In Memory of.....

Grandpa Jay Rockwood's Special Place.

It will remain a treasured and never forgotten memory in our hearts and noses forever.

We came upon this very sad and touching scene when we first arrived at the cabin. The boys removed their hats in respect (I should have got a picture of that) and we all dropped a tear or two (since we can no longer drop anything else there).

Jacob's sweet moves

That dance reminded me of some shots I got of Jacobs sweet moves up at Silver Lake.
This one is my favorite. Looks like Jacob taught Jim some new moves to do on the dancing rock.

Jacob's dance @ Silver Lake

We need a post

Thought I would add a little communication here - this blog has been on stand-still for too long.

It was fun to read A&E's 24th of July adventure - sounds fun. Also nice that Katie, Nate, Carrie and Simon were able to go to Clay's wedding reception. We look forward to eating more huckleberries this next trip - sounds like Jailynn & Katie got enough that they won't have to hoard them quite as diligently. (~:

Dad and I have had a boring August going into September. Going no where and having no visitors. Just: get up / live a day / go to bed. We look forward to our trip to Utah the first of October even if Dad will be in meetings part of the time.

Cataract Canyon Raft Trip

I'll post a few pictures from Katie and My rafting trip down the Colorado River.

The S-Rig!

The Lazy River Rat and infamous Granarys

If you don't know what's in the bag, ask Katie what we ate for lunch that day. She's seen it twice.

What's Happening in Colorado

Might need to turn the volume up 'cause it's kinda quiet.

(Can you guess? I'm using the camera from my bday!)

Last of the April Birthdays

We got to see Nato for his birthday. We got him a Hippity-Hop, for Simon to use, but I bet Nate tries it when no one is around. It made me remember when he was little on his spiderman hippity-hop bouncing like crazy with his hair flying up in the air.

The next night we went to Samantha's birthday party for a 3 course meal of smoky smoked sausage and potatoes and then ribs and then cake, the kids had the outside edges the adults all ate pieces from the middle. Samantha had a cake of her own that only she ate and she got it good.

Three Little Nipper @ one

This was a difficult time since Simon's ears were hurting him. I have one picture of Simon looking so sad it still makes me want to cry - plus the cute picture of him hiding and sleeping in the corner of the couch.

A Little of This & a Little of That

What new in San Jose:

The Roses are blooming like crazy. We went for a walk in the San Jose Rose garden Sunday afternoon. It was beautiful - so many roses. We have a few nice roses in our yard and lots and lots of other flowers -- big mess of yellow Columbines


We went on a drive Saturday afternoon - after Dad came home from teaching a workshop - we drove alone the coast - had lunch in an old place in Pescadero - it was so crowded! We had to wait 20 minutes to get a seat - we almost said yes to a seat in the Tavern - but as we followed the waitress into the room we found it was wall to wall black leather and bandannas. So we waited. We had actually seen the wearers of this attire - at least 200 of them - no kidding - We had to wait for them to pass before we made a left turn (picture) then we drove behind them for several miles coming into the city.



We ended up at Phil's for dinner - seeing lots of things on the drive. The Boardwalk was packed as full as a summer day - difficult to find parking places all along the drive. Guess it's summer in California.

Here are a few new facts that you may or may not be aware of:

Several beaches have rivers right now so you have to do some wading to get to the water -- at natural bridges the little lake is a big lake and the river out of it goes all the way to the 'bridges'.

There is a new car bridge to "Phil's" - no more one car bridge.

The prices at Phil's are still way too high. Won't be going there very often

There is no more Castro Middle School - only one Middle School: "Moreland Middle School" - it is where Castro was - the other Middle school is not being used.

The Beehive Book store moved to a little place in the strip mall behind "Goodies Restaurant". They sold the other property - new owners

Century 24 is gone - the one by Toys R Us.

There is finally a Pizza Place where the old Pizza place was on Campbell - It's now a Round Table - we haven't been there.

Well, guess that's all I can think of right now.

Oh - and we did find a few geo's on our travels - It can be so frustrating - I won't go into that one. Here's a picture of Dad writing a sign in at a find in the bushes at Rosicrucian Museum. (sorry it's sideways - don't know how to turn it now)

Have a good day - write more - post more pictures.
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Bryce's house?

It looks like the Google car won't drive down streets that aren't on their maps. Is this your neighborhood, Bryce?

April almost over - two birthdays to go

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day. When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, a cloud come over the sunlit arch, And wind comes off a frozen peak, And you're two months back in the middle of March." - Robert Frost

This poem has certainly been true. Next year we should record what the weather is like on each of the April birthdays - some were winter, others spring and even summer.

Happy Birthday Simon

Well there wasn't really a party. Nate and Carrie brought Simon over to open some presesnts and eat cake while they did laundry, but it made for cute pictures. Especially with the icing hairdo.

Here comes Peter Cotton Tail, beware.

This makes me laugh. I can remember watching it on Sesame Street when I was little, maybe that explains why I'm nervous and apprehensive. What were they trying to teach us exactly, very weird. Sooo...Happy Easter!

Three Little Nippers

Google Streetview Hits Utah

Looks like the little camera car went driving around Utah last summer. So far it hasn't visited Campbell, Rexburg, or Fort Collins but if it went through Morgan, I'm sure it will soon.

Happy Valentines Day - Mom & Pop/Grandma & Grandpop

I thought put this on here too while I was at it.

Happy Valentines Day!

Rexburg Temple

I thought this was fun to watch.

Here we are at the open house with Katie too, and also by the cornerstone.

There is a nice clip of the inside of the temple on youtube.

Inside a mormon temple, Rexburg

Snow Day

The kids are on their 4th snow day, they went today but the bus got stuck in a snowdrift on the way home so they were a little late, a tractor and snowplow had to help them out. All the roads in and out of Rexburg were closed many times. It's nice to have our teen boy slave labor for shoveling.

More Alaska Pictures

In these pictures are dad and I cross country skiing on the winter solstice. That's about as light as it got all day and it only lasted 2-3 hours. Next is an ice carving show we saw in North Pole which goes along with the third one. The next one is of the viewing hut where we sat in the middle of nowhere to see the northern lights. The last one is at Santa Claus's house in North Pole. We actually took this picture for a virtual geocache.