Scenes from Wheeler Farm

Family Reunion

Our second annual get together at Thel and Marshall's ranch near McGaffy was a great opportunity to see dad, siblings, and several members of the new generation. Some stayed in the bunk-house - (Jack is standing in the door of the bunkhouse) and the rest of us pitched tents in the adjacent meadow.
Activities included board games (with competitive singles scrabble and team (dui) scrabble as the number one sport. I believe that the top winners were Liz, Chris, and Derrick.
Deb's daughter, Shannon, quickly formed an alliance with the horses. That was great until Shannon left and the little one year old filly (Sassy) spent the next 24 hours looking for her. She tried to come into the bunk house, stopped cars to look in the window, tried to taste anything on the picnic tables, and was a general nuisance. Everyone but Shannon's parents, seemed to agree that Sassy should have gone back to Tucson with her new found friend.
Since Jake, Em, and I were the last to arrive we stayed an extra day and then took a leisure drive home. We stopped the the Four Corners Monument and took the drive through the reservation up to Blanding. It took a little longer to get home but allowed us to see some pretty country.

Cousin Fun

We had a fun few days with all of the grandkids here. Chris and family came over for: 1) the blessing of Hunter; 2) the family reunion this week-end; and 3) a family photo shoot.
We shared a number of meals together, the girls had a sleepover at Grandma's, lots of time was spent in the back yard (Kate and Grant were the only photos I got, and we all attended Hunter's blessing and a meal at Jenn's house.
Last night we all got cleaned up and had a photographer follow us through Wheeler farm - stopping occasionally to pose for a photo. We are anxious to see the photos and see if we are at all photogenic as a group. We will share the photos when we get them.

The greatest gift

The primary president asked the question: "What is the greatest gift Heavenly Father has given us?" Several hands went up - "home," "cars," "clothes," "church," "flowers,"... Finally, the president repeated the question: "What is the GREATEST gift Heavenly Father has given us?" A little 3-year-old stretched up her arm and shouted, "Grandma!" Carol Searle, Deseret News, July 24, 2008.