Halloween 2010

Spent the evening with the MacMichaels and the Mihus.  Some great costuming going on.  Here are a few pics:

Wonderful week

Tabers and Changs have come to Utah Valley for a short while.  Changs to pick up Justin from his mission, and Tabers for a long awaited visit.  We have really enjoyed our time together and I'll be posting about several of our activities.  Today I am sharing a photo shoot of the girls in the garden.

Do they come any more beautiful?

Pretend tea party

MAREN'S BIRTHDAY 2010

We celebrated twice.  On Maren's actual birthday we had Chinese sundaes at our house, and the next evening celebrated at their house with family. 

5K for Wayne and Robert

Wayne and Robert (Mihu) ran at a benefit for St. Jude's Hospital which costs 1.5 million dollars a day to run. It was early in the morning and we had the wind from Spanish Fork Canyon to endure, but eventually the sun came over the mountains and it warmed up a little. Both men made good time and were pleased to run.

Kailin is off to college

Scrapping today, I ran across this picture of Kailin (and Justin) in 1997--first day of school in Pittsburgh.  And today she is off to Western University.  Time does fly!  Good luck Kailin!!

LABOR DAY DRIVE

Wayne suggested that we do something different this holiday and go for a drive to see something new.  So, we drove to Heber, then to Duchesne, then almost to Price, and then home through the canyon.  About five and a half hours of driving.  We did a circle.  Hit our last stoplight in Heber, and didn't see another one until Springville on the way home. Saw lots of mountain forests, dessert and red rock, climbed summits, went through an indian reservation, saw that Strawberry Reservoire makes Deer Creek look tiny, saw a few trees and scrub oak just barely starting to turn color, passed tons of traffic going the opposite way (going home) and ran into a traffic jam almost at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.  Its quite a sight, after all that nature, to see the windmills at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon.  Impressive.  Utah is a beautiful state and there are places where you could still shoot a western motion picture.

Some things repeat through generations

I am working on fifty-year-old falling-apart-scrapbooks.  This one--my years at BYU.

Found a picture of myself and friend, Ann Christensen from Meridian, dressed as Indians for a Halloween party/dance.  Remembered a picture of Tory dressed as an Indian at BYU with a whole tribe of squaws.  She is on the back row with the headdress.

Celebrations

THis weekend we celebrated two big occasions--Jon turned 12 and was ordained a deacon.  Reilly turned 8 and will be baptised.

Jon, two minutes after arriving home from church

Reilly, getting ready to blow out the candles

More pics from reunion

Chip

Melanie

Ron

Tammy

Santha

Audrey?  (belongs to Santha)

Terrindee

Jeff

Bodily Reunion 2010

The reunion was hosted by Laurene and Ron and their family and was held at the community center in Clifton. A really nice place for a reunion with its kitchen, stage, bathrooms, and lots of room.  Seven of the Mihu children were represented.  Merlyn, Santha, Merlinda,  Terrindee, Elena, Maren, the twins, Ramael and our families were also there.  Almost 60 people. Laurene has done a lot of research about ancestors in the 1600s and we learned about some of them.    We ate and visited and played and learned, and hung out.  Very nice.  We stayed at a B & B out in the desert--lovely setting and very nice.
                                                          At the B & B

The B & B

Bodilys up a tree

Laurene

Wayne

Maren

Merlyn

Reilly and Angel

Busy Saturday

Got up and gardened.  Translation=pulling things out and transplanting seedlings in the newly made spaces. Then Maren and I went to the Farmer's Market in Provo which is more like a flea market right now.  More produce a little later.  Lots of jewelry and hair things and food and other stuff.  Maren was glad our time was short because she kept on buying hair things. Then, Wayne and I went to a barbecue at his cousin's home--just returned as mission president of the Denmark Copenhagen Mission  Then I went for a perm and Wayne had a sand tray client.  Then we went to Pizza pie cafe for supper.  I liked the pasta the best. Today we went to the mission report given by Doug Olausen (Margaret and Clarence's son) and his family.  Two daughters went to Denmark with them.

Perm

Wayne modeling his apron from little Ross Larsens

Fourth of July Weekend

Lots of family.  LouAnn and Ivan stayed with us for a few days.  Charlie Loper had his first birthday party. Laurene and Ron came for the weekend.  On the fourth we gathered at Rob and Tina's---Laurene and Ron, LouAnn and Ivan, Kimberly and Stephen, Maren and Jeff, Tyson and Janna, Wayne and Elena, Alysa? (David's daughter) and various children attached to the above.

Charlie--what a cute one!

The group

And me, (I took the picture of the group

Ceder Hills Festival

Went with the MacMichaels to sit on their new front lawn and watch the parade pass us by.  Kirk, Kathy and Jon came and later, Tina and girls.  It was a cute small town parade with Julia in the marching band, the governor of Utah, a huge ward primary, the missionaries, and a half hours worth of people and vehicles going by.  Kirk and Jon had run in a 5K earlier that morning, Jon coming in third (with a medal) and Kirk coming in fifth in the old man category.

Julia 

A fire engine for Mikey

Ye old undertaker

The world's largest piggy bank?

There was a luau, a carnaval, and will be fireworks tonight.  Not a bad celebration.

Then we went over to Kirk's to watch Ghana defeat the USA.  No celebration there.

Addendum to the previous post

The one Wayne wanted to take home

Elena's loved this one!

Its called "The Time-out Chair"

Alumni Art Show at BYU

Wayne and I went to the HFAC to see Tara's illustration and saw ones by Tory and Norman as well.

Tory's

Norman's

Siblings--June 2010

Carolyn

Sheryl

Merlyn

Elena

Laurene

LouAnn