Carey Family

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97!

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Scott and I traveled to Washington to visit with Grandpa Carey for a few days and were able to celebrate his 97th birthday with him.  We had a great time talking with him and got some stories about his life as well as identifying where his uncle’s homestead was in Grafton, Utah.  The next time we visit the ghost town in Southern Utah we promised to take a picture of the site for him.  Scott took him to play Wii Bowling on his birthday and he opened up presents that had arrived in the mail.  He loves to read so we gave him some books we found at the local thrift store plus some honey roasted peanuts.

We also had fun visiting with Aunt Diane and Uncle Wally and ate fresh corn and blackberries from their garden.  We also attended their ward in Omak and had a great weekend.

Further adventures in Southern Utah

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While we were in St. George for Tuacahn, we headed out to Santa Clara to see the Jacob Hamblin home.  We started on the Indian Mission Trail but it was just too dang hot, so we gave up.  Kudos to us for hiking…….100 yards.

We drove back into St. George and toured the Tabernacle and then over to the Brigham Young Winter home.  We had an interesting tour and Mark talked “Texas” to a sister missionary from Austin.  We learned lots about the home and the Cotton Mission.  It’s amazing to me that those early pioneers were able to make a living in such a hot, dry climate.  It’s beautiful, but it must have been a daunting experience.

 

 

We also did some thrift store shopping around town and scored some finds, did some swimming at the hotel pool, and had a great time!

Tuacahn 2012

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We traveled to St. George during a little heat wave that made it quite hot in Southern Utah, but had a great time anyway.  We took Mark and his girlfriend, Lauren, and saw both shows.  “Aladdin” was awesome and had lots of surprises with a revised script from the movie version and lots of bells and whistles.  They had lots of live animals, a flying carpet, great dancers and singers, flames and explosions, and 3D glasses for the audience.  We really enjoyed the show and the Genie was amazing.  The next night was “Hairspray” and it was also totally awesome.  The actors were great and there were some fun stagings.  The choreography for “I Can Hear the Bells” was simply hilarious and all the dancing was high-energy and fun.  I couldn’t sit still in my seat during some of the songs and just had to tap my feet and shake my shoulders.