Thanksgiving Weekend
We went down to Susan's Parent's home for Thanksgiving Dinner. We left Tuesday afternoon and arrived in Fayette at 9:30 pm. The children were remarkably well-behaved and we had a fairly uneventful drive down.
I got up the next morning and met my friend Darin Dearden in Richfield. We usually get together to photograph once a year or so. He drove us out to the San Rafael Swell in Central/Southern Utah. It is a remarkable place. We spent most of the day walking around, exploring, and photographing the rim of Black Box Canyon. We then drove up to visit Buckhorn Wash Panel (a lovely rock art panel in the canyon). It was a great day photographing, visiting with Darin, and being in a remarkable landscape. I will probably head back down this spring to do some research for a possible travel class with students in the summer.
I got back to Fayette at 8:30 pm. Most of Susan's family had arrived and we had a good time visiting and watching the kids play. The next morning I headed out for some birding around Fayette. I didn't find anything remarkable, but it was fun. We then went over to the Fayette Community Center for Thanksgiving Dinner with Susan's extended family. It was nice.
After dinner Susan and Jacob drove up to Susan's sister's home in Syracuse. Susan and her mother's side of the family does the early Black Friday Christmas shopping thing and they don't quit until the afternoon. Of course shopping all day with the women in Susan's family isn't my idea of a great day, so I took the boys with me to my parent's home in West Jordan.
I've always though the early morning shopping thing the day after Thanksgiving was a bit silly, but my dad had a couple of deals he wanted to get in the morning, so my cousin Amelia and I joined him. We got up at 5 am and drove to Big 5 Sports. We got in there, got our items and got out in about 15 minutes. We then went to Target for some good deals on movies among other things. It was crazy. People were parked all the way out in the dirt at the edge of the parking lot. Once we got in we could barely move down the aisles because of all of the people. We eventually made a few purchases and got out. I have to admit as crazy as it was, it was pretty fun. We got home before Kevin and Ethan were awake.
After a visit to the Asian market, Cabella's and Nalani's new home we met up with Susan and headed to my parents home. I made Curry and we had a nice dinner.
Saturday was a little more low-key. We visited IKEA, which was a great store. We found all sorts of stuff that we want. The problem would be getting it all home, so we bought a few little things, but we'll be back. That evening we all got together for at my parents house for a "Cousin's Dinner". Basically it was my brother's family, my sister's family, my cousin Nalani's family, my parents, and us. We had BBQ pork and Thanksgiving leftovers. Later that night my Aunt Sharon joined us. We had a great time laughing and telling stories.
We drove home Sunday morning, so we could get back in time for church. It was a lot of food, a lot of driving, a lot of stress, and a lot of fun. Thanks to everybody that put up with us this weekend.
Here are some photos (mostly from the swell with Darin)
Black Box Canyon View #1, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Black Box Canyon View #2, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Buckhorn Wash Panel (pictograph) San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Buckhorn Wash Panel (petroglyph) San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Buckhorn Wash Cottonwood Tree, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Cousins -left to right- Parker, Ethan, Carson, Kevin, Dexter, Jacob (photo courtesy of Carrie)
I got up the next morning and met my friend Darin Dearden in Richfield. We usually get together to photograph once a year or so. He drove us out to the San Rafael Swell in Central/Southern Utah. It is a remarkable place. We spent most of the day walking around, exploring, and photographing the rim of Black Box Canyon. We then drove up to visit Buckhorn Wash Panel (a lovely rock art panel in the canyon). It was a great day photographing, visiting with Darin, and being in a remarkable landscape. I will probably head back down this spring to do some research for a possible travel class with students in the summer.
I got back to Fayette at 8:30 pm. Most of Susan's family had arrived and we had a good time visiting and watching the kids play. The next morning I headed out for some birding around Fayette. I didn't find anything remarkable, but it was fun. We then went over to the Fayette Community Center for Thanksgiving Dinner with Susan's extended family. It was nice.
After dinner Susan and Jacob drove up to Susan's sister's home in Syracuse. Susan and her mother's side of the family does the early Black Friday Christmas shopping thing and they don't quit until the afternoon. Of course shopping all day with the women in Susan's family isn't my idea of a great day, so I took the boys with me to my parent's home in West Jordan.
I've always though the early morning shopping thing the day after Thanksgiving was a bit silly, but my dad had a couple of deals he wanted to get in the morning, so my cousin Amelia and I joined him. We got up at 5 am and drove to Big 5 Sports. We got in there, got our items and got out in about 15 minutes. We then went to Target for some good deals on movies among other things. It was crazy. People were parked all the way out in the dirt at the edge of the parking lot. Once we got in we could barely move down the aisles because of all of the people. We eventually made a few purchases and got out. I have to admit as crazy as it was, it was pretty fun. We got home before Kevin and Ethan were awake.
After a visit to the Asian market, Cabella's and Nalani's new home we met up with Susan and headed to my parents home. I made Curry and we had a nice dinner.
Saturday was a little more low-key. We visited IKEA, which was a great store. We found all sorts of stuff that we want. The problem would be getting it all home, so we bought a few little things, but we'll be back. That evening we all got together for at my parents house for a "Cousin's Dinner". Basically it was my brother's family, my sister's family, my cousin Nalani's family, my parents, and us. We had BBQ pork and Thanksgiving leftovers. Later that night my Aunt Sharon joined us. We had a great time laughing and telling stories.
We drove home Sunday morning, so we could get back in time for church. It was a lot of food, a lot of driving, a lot of stress, and a lot of fun. Thanks to everybody that put up with us this weekend.
Here are some photos (mostly from the swell with Darin)
Black Box Canyon View #1, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Black Box Canyon View #2, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Buckhorn Wash Panel (pictograph) San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Buckhorn Wash Panel (petroglyph) San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Buckhorn Wash Cottonwood Tree, San Rafael Swell, UT 2007
Cousins -left to right- Parker, Ethan, Carson, Kevin, Dexter, Jacob (photo courtesy of Carrie)
5 Comments:
That was crazy and fun! Thanks for the effort of coming down and hanging out with us. Also, thanks for the potato cellar photo!
I like the Southern Utah photos, especially the one with the tree.
Thanks for a wild weekend--that's a cute bunch of little boys! I guess we're going to have to dedicate a room in our house for a gallery because I really like these, too. We'll have to go explore this area.
Hi. I justed clicked on Clem snide, on "music i like" and i ended up on your blog, checking out who else listing to them. I love you blog. So cool. Like your taste in music as well. Keep up what yuor doing.
Great photos! Thanks for hanging out with us in our "little" house!
You forgot to take your sugar cream pie with you!
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