Sleigh 2010

Aaron Nelson and Becca were very constructive during the Christmas break. Here they are riding the snow sleigh with packages ready for delivery to every girl and boy that was good during the year.

Which present is yours? These look good enough to eat.

Raquel took a break from baking rolls to observe the work. 

She was not ready for a Ride

Christmas picture 2010

Here is a normal family Christmas picture. See how everyone is smiling or at least showing something with their mouth.
What a joyful time of year. Thank you everyone for such a great time.

RedWeek 2010

What does this picture, -11 degrees and Gary, have in common? Please enter your comments.

Vivian Park 2010

Here is the day we hiked to Vivian Park.

I look good, don't I?

Ask this old house how to build a tool box

To build this tool box you first need to place plywood on top and bottom. Glue was applied, as was 1.5" screws.
















Here is the measurement to begin the sawing. The back of the box will be deeper than the front.













Here is where you start to saw. Yes, it needs to be cut all the way around the box the hard way, that is; with the grain of the wood






Here I am continuing to saw all the way around. By doing the cut this way, all corners of the tool box fit tightly into place. Notice: the big strong biceps I have. I also have great drops of sweat. Actual cutting time was only 1.5 hours.

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Some helpers came by to observe quality workman ship










Here I am cutting the front doors










Some of the helpers relax by showing off in front of the camera.













 After the doors were cut, it is time to install the hardware. These bolts go all the way through the frame to secure the doors.

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After the hard ware is installed you can see the precision of how the door meets the box, perfect







Here is how the box will be hung on the wall. This piece is attached to the box...








... while this piece is attached to the wall. Then all you have to do is lift the box onto the wall hanger.

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Then add a little paint ...

Then we we are finished and can use the tools. Here I am applying a 'C-clamp' to the drill.

Couch

See a whole family fits on this couch. This was the day Bryan Nelson and family came up to church when Grandma Nelson gave a talk in church.

June 2010 TERT

Here I am at Aspen Grove Trail Head. For this week end I was TERT, (Timpanogos Emergency Response Team)

Yerke Sprinklers

Here is the monkey hose party. See everyone is having fun.
Christopher is helping also. He has a big smile.

Before look at the front yard


Two great engineers at work. Now where is this supposed to go?

The Dying Fisherman's Song

The Dying Fisherman's Song

'Twas midnight on the ocean,
Not a streetcar was in sight,
The sun was shining brightly
For it had rained all that night.

'Twas a summer's day in winter
The rain was snowing fast,
As a barefoot girl with shoes on,
Stood sitting on the grass.

'Twas evening and the rising sun
Was setting in the west;
And all the fishes in the trees
Were cuddled in their nests.

The rain was pouring down,
The sun was shining bright,
And everything that you could see
Was hidden out of sight.

The organ peeled potatoes,
Lard was rendered by the choir;
When the sexton rang the dishrag
Someone set the church on fire.

"Holy smokes!" the teacher shouted,
As he madly tore his hair.
Now his head resembles heaven,
For there is no parting there.

-- Author Unknown

North Quincy - Speech 1945

N. QU1NCY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SPEECH 1945
JUDITH HANSON

The coming generation has always been under fire. Whether it was the coming generation of 1945,1925 or 1876, the present generation was sure the younger one was all wrong. It was too careless, too frivolous, too indifferent to its responsibilities. It'-has listened to endless admonitions beginning--When I was a boy or when I was a girl.

In spite of the gloomy predictions about it, the present generations has always survived--and creditably. Each successive one has become the present generation and then the past shaking a warning finger at its successor. Yet, each one has solved its problems and left behind its contributions to the great American tradition.

Are we equipped to tread the untrodden paths, to solve the puzzling problems of the world ahead with its new industrial, governmental, and social conditions? The earlier generations faced a predictable pattern of life. They could not stray far from the old well-worn grooves. However,the coming generation of 1945 is faced with new conditions. Conditions on which the sage advice of its elders 'can throw little light.

It is this future, which this graduation class of 1945 is soberly facing tonight. We take courage from the achievements during the last few years of our brothers,cousins, and friends. Flung into the fiery furnace of war, they have not failed in courage, endurance, suffering and even death. For the end is not yet, for many of us shall join them in finishing the work that they have begun. For we are the coming generation by whose hands the new world will be formed.

Are we equipped? Can we accept the challenge? Nurtured in an American public school, we have had every opportunity to develop the courage and initiative that our future demands, as countless generations before have met theirs and as you have met yours.
Thank you'

Krietners in Utah

Here is when Dick and Debby Krietner came to Alta Utah. They enjoyed Skiing, puzzling, falling snow, family history research in SLC, and they enjoyed the Huttons and Yerkes.

Dry Canyon Hike

One day we went for a hike up Dry Canyon. This is the one just east of us. Drive up 2000 North then just keep going to the parking lot. Raquel is a good one to hike with. She has an even pace and knows when to stop for air. [Paul and Becca just hike too fast] Here we enjoyed the view. Yet we stopped when we started hiking in the snow and mud.

Christopher can hear

Christopher can hear really well. He likes to look at where the sound is coming from. Especially when it is a new sound. But then after awhile he gets tired. Everyone enjoys his company.
Hey I thought there was a method of uploading a video. How do I do that?

Christopher enjoys Lacrosse

Here is Christopher enjoying the game of Lacrosse. He cannot wait until he can play catch with his Uncles Paul and John. Give me a ball he says. I want to chew and slobber on it, and play catch.

When the girls get together

Do you want to know what the girls do when they get together?