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Sunday, February 28, 2010
February 2010
It was another busy month (what month isn't?). Early in the month we ate at the home of our friends from India, the Haq family. We loved the different herbs and spices, including a saffron dessert. On Sunday, Valentine's Day, I went to the viewing of the son of a friend (Justin Hutchinson) of mine. The next day, Presidents' Day, I attended Dane Hutchinson's funeral in Nibley. The following Saturday Craig and I performed at Pioneer Valley Retirement Home. In between, we continued to see lots of Avril. Here are some shots from the month.
One day Gayle, Avril, and I walked the Logan mall. Here we stopped at the kids' play area to sit on a cupcake.
No matter the age, children like to look at bright candy! If she could talk it would be, "Papa, can I have a quarter?"
"Oh well, there's no way I could chew it anyway."
Avril likes few things as much as pulling stuff out of cupboards and drawers. Here she is in Gayle's bathroom checking out the toiletries.
"What's this for, grandma?"
She's starting to get into music, too.
Two generations. How about that Valentine's design on the new outfit from Carme, Jesse's mom?
Mom and daughter in our hallway.
Gayle with the flowers I got her (we got together) for Valentine's Day. Gayle's dressed in red because she gave the Relief Society lesson that Valentine's Sunday.
Nana and Avril. Similar hair color.
Great grandma assisting with Avril's walking lessons. We were all at Alicia's and Jesse's for Avril's 1st Birthday Party.
One year old! It didn't seem unusual to her because she's always the center of attention anyway.
An uncle (Jared) and the parents. Adrian and his family are hopefully coming in the spring and will get some time to spend with Avril too.
Gayle made and decorated the birthday cake (cheesecake).
Among the guests were the great grandparents.
Jesse's and Alicia's friends, the Brown family, also came to the big event. Their parents came by later. Bryan and Shelby came too. It was a grand celebration. We had "haystacks" for dinner.
This was taken out the lower window at Gayle's physical therapy office at the Sports Academy. Do you see something hiding in the bushes, camouflaged?
Maybe this is easier to discern. Click to enlarge. It's in the upper right quadrant. Yep, it's a pheasant. They are pretty common around town.
Gayle, modeling her new hat and pocket book from Rosemarie, her sister in Social Circle, Georgia. Gayle's birthday (61st) comes in two days.
Avril came by today to show off a new dress. Here she is sitting on the countertop. Later, she came by again and we helped her practice taking steps.
One day Gayle, Avril, and I walked the Logan mall. Here we stopped at the kids' play area to sit on a cupcake.
No matter the age, children like to look at bright candy! If she could talk it would be, "Papa, can I have a quarter?"
"Oh well, there's no way I could chew it anyway."
Avril likes few things as much as pulling stuff out of cupboards and drawers. Here she is in Gayle's bathroom checking out the toiletries.
"What's this for, grandma?"
She's starting to get into music, too.
Two generations. How about that Valentine's design on the new outfit from Carme, Jesse's mom?
Mom and daughter in our hallway.
Gayle with the flowers I got her (we got together) for Valentine's Day. Gayle's dressed in red because she gave the Relief Society lesson that Valentine's Sunday.
Nana and Avril. Similar hair color.
Great grandma assisting with Avril's walking lessons. We were all at Alicia's and Jesse's for Avril's 1st Birthday Party.
One year old! It didn't seem unusual to her because she's always the center of attention anyway.
An uncle (Jared) and the parents. Adrian and his family are hopefully coming in the spring and will get some time to spend with Avril too.
Gayle made and decorated the birthday cake (cheesecake).
Among the guests were the great grandparents.
Jesse's and Alicia's friends, the Brown family, also came to the big event. Their parents came by later. Bryan and Shelby came too. It was a grand celebration. We had "haystacks" for dinner.
This was taken out the lower window at Gayle's physical therapy office at the Sports Academy. Do you see something hiding in the bushes, camouflaged?
Maybe this is easier to discern. Click to enlarge. It's in the upper right quadrant. Yep, it's a pheasant. They are pretty common around town.
Gayle, modeling her new hat and pocket book from Rosemarie, her sister in Social Circle, Georgia. Gayle's birthday (61st) comes in two days.
Avril came by today to show off a new dress. Here she is sitting on the countertop. Later, she came by again and we helped her practice taking steps.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
A Busy January 2010
It's been such a full month that I'm just now getting to writing a new post. Earlier this month mom hosted their study club (which has been meeting monthly for over 45 years - since before we moved to Logan). She gave a lesson about Alexander Baird, one of her ancestors.
Mom had all the trays ready to go for the treats prior to her presentation.
Gayle and I joined in to hear about Alexander and to assist with the serving. Here Gayle poses with Dad.
Here are some of the regulars before the lesson, enjoying mom's treats.
And here are some of the others. Dad's in the corner.
About mid-month, for my birthday dinner, we went to Toro Viejo, a good Mexican restaurant in town.
Avril wasn't sure she wanted to wear a sombrero.
On the 14th I went down to Sandy, UT for lasik surgery to my right eye. It was corrected for distance (PRK procedure) while we did nothing to my left eye since it's already myopic (so I can use it for closer vision - although it also has astigmatism). The PRK procedure takes longer to heal than what Gayle had done a year ago so it's still gradually getting clearer. I'll have to get used to mono vision. The very next day I was with the ward youth up at the yurt (a tent facility up near Beaver Ski area) for an activity. Here's a shot of some of the attendees, eating and waiting for the fireside.
Clay Egan, a world class rock crawler (where you compete in scaling rocks in vehicles), who happens to be quadriplegic and uses only his limited-use hands to control the vehicle. He gave a great inspirational fireside for the youth. He had a motorcycle accident at 22 yrs. old and also had other extreme challenges during his life, yet has a tremendous outlook and attitude. Search his name on YouTube to see some of his climbing.
Garland Grant recently started working at Thermo Fisher in my area (Product Management). He's alone in Logan while his kids finish up the school year in Raleigh, NC. His wife and kids will move out in a few months, but we wanted to let him experience the family life in Logan a bit so we had him over for dinner. Alicia, Jesse, Bryan, and Avril came over for company too.
Some of the Yargers.
Avril and Gayle, bonding.
January 25-29 I was at our Sales Meeting in Savannah, GA. Here I am with some of my colleagues after the awards banquet. I'm with Jon Reid, Dave Radspinner, Don Young, and Tariq Haq (Tariq has been featured on our blog before!).
Our team building exercise involved riding on a river boat and visiting a revolutionary and civil war fort. I think the boat is the Georgia Queen.
We're entering the Fort.
A duo was playing Americana (folk-country) tunes.
I enjoyed freshly steamed oysters.
They even shot off one of the cannons. It could shoot a 32 pound cannon ball a mile and a half using 8 pounds of gun powder. They only used 2 pounds of powder for the blank and the percussion was amazing. Yes, we did hold our ears.
We woke up this morning to another 8 or so inches of snow. Here's a shot out back. I was surprised to see how it covered most of our rock walls.
Avril came over today after our stake conference. Here she is in her cute little church outfit she wore to Alicia's ward. She likes lots of different foods. Gayle was feeding her the raspberry yogurt shown in the background.
Jared dropped by to spend some time with Avril before heading up to help grandma with a printer problem. Avril likes to play with Jared.
Avril is just starting to experiment with walking. She rarely wears shoes, but here she is trying some out.
Mom had all the trays ready to go for the treats prior to her presentation.
Gayle and I joined in to hear about Alexander and to assist with the serving. Here Gayle poses with Dad.
Here are some of the regulars before the lesson, enjoying mom's treats.
And here are some of the others. Dad's in the corner.
About mid-month, for my birthday dinner, we went to Toro Viejo, a good Mexican restaurant in town.
Avril wasn't sure she wanted to wear a sombrero.
On the 14th I went down to Sandy, UT for lasik surgery to my right eye. It was corrected for distance (PRK procedure) while we did nothing to my left eye since it's already myopic (so I can use it for closer vision - although it also has astigmatism). The PRK procedure takes longer to heal than what Gayle had done a year ago so it's still gradually getting clearer. I'll have to get used to mono vision. The very next day I was with the ward youth up at the yurt (a tent facility up near Beaver Ski area) for an activity. Here's a shot of some of the attendees, eating and waiting for the fireside.
Clay Egan, a world class rock crawler (where you compete in scaling rocks in vehicles), who happens to be quadriplegic and uses only his limited-use hands to control the vehicle. He gave a great inspirational fireside for the youth. He had a motorcycle accident at 22 yrs. old and also had other extreme challenges during his life, yet has a tremendous outlook and attitude. Search his name on YouTube to see some of his climbing.
Garland Grant recently started working at Thermo Fisher in my area (Product Management). He's alone in Logan while his kids finish up the school year in Raleigh, NC. His wife and kids will move out in a few months, but we wanted to let him experience the family life in Logan a bit so we had him over for dinner. Alicia, Jesse, Bryan, and Avril came over for company too.
Some of the Yargers.
Avril and Gayle, bonding.
January 25-29 I was at our Sales Meeting in Savannah, GA. Here I am with some of my colleagues after the awards banquet. I'm with Jon Reid, Dave Radspinner, Don Young, and Tariq Haq (Tariq has been featured on our blog before!).
Our team building exercise involved riding on a river boat and visiting a revolutionary and civil war fort. I think the boat is the Georgia Queen.
We're entering the Fort.
A duo was playing Americana (folk-country) tunes.
I enjoyed freshly steamed oysters.
They even shot off one of the cannons. It could shoot a 32 pound cannon ball a mile and a half using 8 pounds of gun powder. They only used 2 pounds of powder for the blank and the percussion was amazing. Yes, we did hold our ears.
We woke up this morning to another 8 or so inches of snow. Here's a shot out back. I was surprised to see how it covered most of our rock walls.
Avril came over today after our stake conference. Here she is in her cute little church outfit she wore to Alicia's ward. She likes lots of different foods. Gayle was feeding her the raspberry yogurt shown in the background.
Jared dropped by to spend some time with Avril before heading up to help grandma with a printer problem. Avril likes to play with Jared.
Avril is just starting to experiment with walking. She rarely wears shoes, but here she is trying some out.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Odds n' Ends
On New Year's Eve we had mom and dad over for some special soup and cornbread that Gayle made. Mom brought some fruit and we had some pineapple to add.
Enjoying a simple but tasty spread before the new year.
Jared and I went skiing Saturday, and when I got home Gayle showed off the thrift store toys she bought at bargain prices for Avril. Here Avril tries out the new rocking pony for the first time.
This shot caught Avril by surprise, but it's a great one of Gayle so we included it!
Ride em' cowgirl! Clippity clop, clippity clop (it also has recorded sounds).
Avril's excited by the toys in the toybox.
The happy couple, ready for the new year.
Enjoying a simple but tasty spread before the new year.
Jared and I went skiing Saturday, and when I got home Gayle showed off the thrift store toys she bought at bargain prices for Avril. Here Avril tries out the new rocking pony for the first time.
This shot caught Avril by surprise, but it's a great one of Gayle so we included it!
Ride em' cowgirl! Clippity clop, clippity clop (it also has recorded sounds).
Avril's excited by the toys in the toybox.
The happy couple, ready for the new year.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Alicia's Birthday and Christmas Holidays
We had a birthday celebration for Alicia at our house on the 20th (the day before her birthday).
Avril was excited to attend the party.
Here's part of the crowd. Jesse's brother and dad made it too.
Avril ate ground up big people's food. Gayle did the honors and here suppresses a laugh because of the face Avril pulled.
Alicia loves pineapple cake.
We skimped on the candles.
Ali with some of the gifts.
The deer have returned to our back hillside. Here are a couple kicking back under our pines just outside our windows.
On the 22nd we went to Temple Square in Salt Lake City to see the lights. Even though Jesse has lived many years in Utah, he had never been to Temple Square.
Gayle, Avril, and I posing in front of the Christus statue.
Us in front of a Christmas tree inside the south visitors' center.
Jesse, Alicia, and Avril next to the same tree.
Meanwhile, it continued to snow outside, which only made the lights look prettier. It's hard to photograph lights, however, when it's snowing.
Avril stayed bundled up and enjoyed the occasion.
The young family staying warm.
On Christmas day grandpa (me) made pancakes and scrambled eggs so we could have strength to open presents.
Avril played with some new toys. It was her first Christmas.
I was really gettin' down with those Christmas carols!
Jesse had just come off of an all night shift and was sleep deprived. Here he catches a few winks.
I got to have grandma sit on my lap.
Carme joined in on the activities too. Here she poses with the other grandma and Avril.
Gayle and I brought back gifts from our Peru trip. Here Alicia and Jared sport their new gorros from the Andes.
Jared modeling his gorro and a generic green linen shirt.
We watched a video clip about the birth of Jesus Christ and even Avril watched some of it.
Alicia with her gorro not pulled down. We told her she looked like a cone-head.
Jared's hat matched his new sweater well.
Avril loves her uncle Jared.
Later on Christmas day we had supper at Mom and Dad Parkinson's house. Kelly and Patricia also came up. We opened a few more gifts.
Here are Olivia, Jared, and Ali.
My mother's mother (my grandma Keller) made these stockings decades ago (60's) for my mom's family. They still get hung up every Christmas. Later my mother made similar ones for each of her children's families.
Mom and Dad with a picture of Olivia.
Jared and Alicia
Avril looked more grown up wearing her new pink boots. She's playing with some of Patricia's Fisher-Price toys from the 1970's while sitting in the table/chair combo that my parents bought for Robert when he was a baby (i.e., Bobby back then) in the late 50's.
Finally, dad got a kick out of modeling his Peruvian gorro along with the colorful penguin blanket hand-made by Patricia and Olivia. Looked right out of the altiplano (highland in the Andes) - well, not quite.
Avril was excited to attend the party.
Here's part of the crowd. Jesse's brother and dad made it too.
Avril ate ground up big people's food. Gayle did the honors and here suppresses a laugh because of the face Avril pulled.
Alicia loves pineapple cake.
We skimped on the candles.
Ali with some of the gifts.
The deer have returned to our back hillside. Here are a couple kicking back under our pines just outside our windows.
On the 22nd we went to Temple Square in Salt Lake City to see the lights. Even though Jesse has lived many years in Utah, he had never been to Temple Square.
Gayle, Avril, and I posing in front of the Christus statue.
Us in front of a Christmas tree inside the south visitors' center.
Jesse, Alicia, and Avril next to the same tree.
Meanwhile, it continued to snow outside, which only made the lights look prettier. It's hard to photograph lights, however, when it's snowing.
Avril stayed bundled up and enjoyed the occasion.
The young family staying warm.
On Christmas day grandpa (me) made pancakes and scrambled eggs so we could have strength to open presents.
Avril played with some new toys. It was her first Christmas.
I was really gettin' down with those Christmas carols!
Jesse had just come off of an all night shift and was sleep deprived. Here he catches a few winks.
I got to have grandma sit on my lap.
Carme joined in on the activities too. Here she poses with the other grandma and Avril.
Gayle and I brought back gifts from our Peru trip. Here Alicia and Jared sport their new gorros from the Andes.
Jared modeling his gorro and a generic green linen shirt.
We watched a video clip about the birth of Jesus Christ and even Avril watched some of it.
Alicia with her gorro not pulled down. We told her she looked like a cone-head.
Jared's hat matched his new sweater well.
Avril loves her uncle Jared.
Later on Christmas day we had supper at Mom and Dad Parkinson's house. Kelly and Patricia also came up. We opened a few more gifts.
Here are Olivia, Jared, and Ali.
My mother's mother (my grandma Keller) made these stockings decades ago (60's) for my mom's family. They still get hung up every Christmas. Later my mother made similar ones for each of her children's families.
Mom and Dad with a picture of Olivia.
Jared and Alicia
Avril looked more grown up wearing her new pink boots. She's playing with some of Patricia's Fisher-Price toys from the 1970's while sitting in the table/chair combo that my parents bought for Robert when he was a baby (i.e., Bobby back then) in the late 50's.
Finally, dad got a kick out of modeling his Peruvian gorro along with the colorful penguin blanket hand-made by Patricia and Olivia. Looked right out of the altiplano (highland in the Andes) - well, not quite.
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