The GOOMsters

Christmas Crazy

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Cookies for Santa

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Christmas with Gramma Rose & Grandpa Jack

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Snow, The Subject Of A Lot of Pictures

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Food, It's The Subject Of A Lot Of Pictures...

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Playing Spies

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You should have seen all of the stuff in their spy bags!!

Happy Halloween on the 30th!!

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The kids went trick or treating on Saturday. Read all about it. The spoils
It was so rainy. The kids went out anyway. Except for Gracie, she was too sick.

Off he goes...

Ballerina

Tinkerbell

Lil Devil

Zombie Witch

SNOW

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Photos by Gracie

Hail

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The kids were so excited for snow, they had to get outside and play

in the hail the night before the snow was coming.

The Last Pumpkin Harvest

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Gathering seed for next years flowers.

Pumpkin Carving

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Wheeler Farm

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It's Fall!

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Thanks for visiting, Nana!!!!

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Punkin Patch With Nana

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From The Car

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These are the best photos of the interstate trip.

On our way to California!!!!

The Pacific Ocean

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California Academy of Sciences

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This was one of THE coolest places we have ever been.

So, there is a rainforest, planetarium, aquarium, naturalist center, living roof, natural history museum, and raptors outside. What more can you ask for.

My pictures don't even do justice to the coolness of this place.

Japanese Tea Garden

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This was so beautiful. So beautiful.

Fabulous Tour Guide Mimi!

Not super zen-like with all the people running around. Still, so cool.

Here's the link.

There are some seriously pretty churches in SF

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SMILE!!

"Our" Dim Sum joint in Chinatown.

Bay Area Discovery Museum

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This was so much fun, right down almost under the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fun hands on activities and cool outdoor play spaces.

Another stop on our whirl wind tour of all the super cool places in SF.

Pashley Family Nostalgia Tour

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Papa's first apartment.

University of San Francisco

Owen, the Masked Reader

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Snuggling with Auntie Mimi and Horace.

Other Tourist Attractions

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Chintatown

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Lombard Street

Incredibly steep hill to Lombard Street picture area.

This is what kids from Utah do when they get to California

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They were sooooooooooooo excited to see the Golden Gate Bridge. Seeing something for the first time that you have seen in pictures and have been waiting to see in person, PRETTY COOL.

Mission San Francisco de Solano

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Checking out the mission with Mimi.

The park in downtown Sonoma.

Stinson Beach

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Gingermummy

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Pumpkin Patch in Petaluma to see where the Gingerbread Man came from.

Bath Time

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This is what happens when Papa is in charge of bathtime.

Birthday Party

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Uh, we did go to the bowling alley. Mom forgot the camera. Doesn't know how to transfer pictures from phone to computer. Anyway, it was fun. Back at home we all dressed up and ate cupcakes and whacked a pinata. It was great!

Did you know Friday is Pizza Night?

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Canyon Rim Park

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I took three to the park while Gracie had another Jr. High Club get together.

Owen said this looked like a Dr. Suess tree.

She's eight.

Labor Day Birth Anniversary

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She's great! She's eight! Lots of well wishes from near and far. In person and via US Mail.

Purse from Nana

From Mom

Handmade doll and crowns from Grace.
She used wool, flannel and foil. She's pretty tricky.

CD flower wall hanging made by Grace.
She checked a book out from the library on reusing CDs.

Gramma Rose

Grandpa Jack

Mirror Lake Highway Mushroom Trip

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I love going into the mountains on a Wednesday. NOBODY AROUND. Sweet.

No, it's not Halloween yet...

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Swimming with Shell

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These are from a few weeks ago.

Random shots

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Mmmmmm

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Sure can't get enough home made pesto.

Tomatoes are coming....

If Jeff Doesn't Wake Up Tomorrow Morning....

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It's because this is what he eats for dinner.

Tibble Fork

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Owen is Six

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Well, he turned six a month ago, but who's keeping track --right?
Birthday doughnut

Knight Owen

Hugs for Livs

Puppets from Olivia

Batman's cave

Batman

Lovin the wedge from Nana

Nana-- it seems to be a hit!

Lots of birthday love

Gettin A New Smile

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How cute is she???

Hot Day Play

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So, you know how some places have inside play on rainy days. Not so much here in July. We have been HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT here in the city of Salt. So, perfect time to break out our amazing collection of Fisher Price and Weebles thanks to MJ. She downsized & we upsized. Take a walk down memory lane would you? I took some pix of vintage & recent toys together. We had them all out in the living room-- I mean Adventure Town Room.

Happy Fourth of July

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Ruth Lake

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Pink Ladies

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Mary's Reading Basket

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she takes the books out and sits her bottom in

Peas and Strawbabies

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Sweet green from Mother Nature.

Flower bouquets for fairy houses.

Mary likes to pick her own berries and peas.

Surprisingly, she actually gets some. She's kind of like Sasquatch in the little berry patch.

Mom: Mary, what are you doing?

Mary: Eating strawbabies.

Mom: Mary, what are you doing?

Mary: Eating peas.

Misc.

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Olivia's baby sling she made herself.

Quiet ride home from the library. Too bad it's only about a minute and a half ride.

Alpine Loop

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Jump Roper

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Mushroom Hunting

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Summer is here in WVC

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Little Backyard Cafe

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I forgot to post these pictures from a couple of weeks ago, before the crazy snow storm blew off all the bloosoming tree's petals. Olivia was the supplier of garden produce, Grace was the cafe owner who used her produce, and Owen helped create the meals. They traded for their businesses instead of using any currency.

It was pretty fun for them and they all got along!

Hoola Hoopla

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This one's for you Laina.

Last Day of School

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Yesterday was the last day of school for Owen & Olivia.... Olivia was bummed, Owen not so much. I just might miss those little red jumpers....

It's official.... she's eleven

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Gifts of cash spent at Target and Petsmart from relatives near and far

Lots of homemade gifts from Olivia

Zebra bag from Nana

Webkinz

La Frontera

Papa and 4 eleven year old girls at Hollywood Connection. God Bless that guy.

Oh, Gracie... I can't believe you are eleven. That sounds so big. You are growing up into someone who is beautiful, bright, funny, creative, a jokester, artisitic, a voracious reader, a tennis player, and a responsible small pet owner.

You are the best.

At Gramma Great's House

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Random Snapshots

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Me mo tado

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Translation: May I please have some more of that delicious avocado?

The Chronicles of Narnia

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Remember when I told you millions of readers that we were reading some classics before they were "Disneyized"? Anyway, next up is the CS Lewis pageturner and all-time CLASSIC-- The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition we are reading is all of the books together in one place. The first is The Magician's Nephew. HO LY SMOKES. All I can say is-- it's great. I mean we all know that already right? But still-- go back and re read The Magician's Nephew and you will be captivated by the beautiful writing. I could go on, but I won't because I know you will stop reading. But seriously, go back, get the book off the shelf, or check it out from the library, or ship it from Powell's or whatever, but re-visit an old friend. He'll be glad you stopped by.

aaaawwwww

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How cute....

All Dressed Up

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Owen reading to Nana

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Owen showed Nana his mad reading skills. It was snowing on her, so she put on her coat & hat.

Happy Birthday Mary Catherine!!

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What a happy day!! Nana came to visit us!! YIPPIE!! What a great time we all had.

Uh----

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I only left Owen and Mary alone for like-- MAYBE an hour, an hour and 45 minutes--MAX.

Visit to Gram's

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Owen's riding his bike

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Poses were Owen's idea, then Mary had to copy what brother was doing. Cuz that's what little siblings do.

Look Who's Riding A Two- Wheeler!!

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All's well that ends well.

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Jess must have read up on this!! And this.

Luckily we were going slow and no traffic.

That's OK!!

We had a GREAT time. Thanks so much Grandpa & Grandma!!

Day Two

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Day Two of whirlwind book tour. After staying overnight in ELY, NV, we pushed on into the desert. We stopped again throughout the book, seeing where the trail went. Making our way back home, the second half of our circle trip. We visited North Knoll Spring (page 182) and Tule Valley. Cool scenery. Like you are on the moon. Alkali flats, 3 miles wide Captain Simpson said, (page 185). Everything was going fine!! Then we had some tire issues, alas, we must cut our trip a little short. That's OK.

Book Tour Warning Lots of Hyperlinks Get your learn on

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OK, so we went on the Route for the Overland Trail book tour with Nanc & Jess. Pretty cool. We followed along in the book -page by page.

Captain James H Simpson is who we were shadowing. Throughout Jess's book, he visits each part of the trail with Simpson's diary excerpts and his own journal entries. Very, very cool. The kids had their own field journals to make notes and draw pictures. We saw lots of historical markers and plenty of wildlife. Strange, because we were in the desert. Surprisingly full of wildlife, the desert is. Anywho-- major learning weekend for homeschoolers and history buffs. And getting to see Jess in his element.

Visiting Pony Express stations, Lincoln Highway markers, Simpson Springs, Fish Springs, we saw book entries in real life. We saw where the cover art painting was taken from. We saw the ridge lines, crumbled stations, wagon trails, canyons, caves and we even saw a Golden Eagle.

Fish Springs Pony Express Marker

Imagine these guys hauling tail across the West. We could totally see it.

Boyd Station

The ceiling in Stonehouse.

Stonehouse

Page 42 about Spring Valley campsite, now known as Stonehouse.

WILD HORSES!

There they go...

Wanna see the funniest pictures ever?

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Told you -funniest pictures ever!!

Baby Animal Days

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Coming into beautiful Cache Valley

baby pygmy goats

baby bears

railroad conductor

baby lambs

Liv on horse

This crazy mountain man let Owen shoot his antique gun!!

This guy tried to get Owen to leave home and ride the Pony Express

Lots of fun at American West Heritage Center last weekend.

Like, totally funniest movie ever

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Good family fun right there! Wholesome fun while the kids are on Easter Break from school.

Fairy Mary

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What is Going On???

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Old Man Winter needs to back off.

Easter Morning

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Did you know a SNOWSTORM was in the forcast for the Salt Lake valley Saturday night? The Easter Bunny didn't either. Silly Rabbit, don't hide eggs outside when snow is coming!!!

We waited until after Mass and a little snow melt before hunting outside. Luckily, there were baskets in the house for a sugar- induced hour at church.

Happy Easter everyone.

Egg Coloring Bonanza

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Happy Spring

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It started snowing on Wednesday....

.... and by Thursday we had enough snow for some serious Snowman making.

Mary had to put on her "snowman pants" and "put boots on mine". What's cuter than a winterized toddler?

Palm Sunday

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Olivia learned how to make palm crosses this year. She was pretty interested in the extra long Mass (NOT!) and worked on crafts instead. Mary was her usual quiet (NOT!) self. Gracie brought a friend (which was nice). Owen was pretty good, other than his Komodo Dragon breath. I was wiped out today. Does anyone else think taking kids to Mass is just CRAZY TALK?

Guess who's on the horizon?

Crackers and gems

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Pretty simple & so much fun for a toddler. And her dad.

Story Time

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This is what we are reading before bed. Decided to read some stories that were stories before Disney got their hands on them. Up first.... The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The kids need to tune their ears to a different kind of speaking. It's pretty nice to listen to.

Brought to you by Qwest

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Notice all the pictures? Notice the video upload?

We decided to ditch the dial up & spring for high speed. Sweet. I might even update

this blog more often now that I don't have to wait 45 minutes to upload pix!!

Pottery with Tobias

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This was the first time we did this!! Lots of fun in the pottery shed.

Sugarhouse Park

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Tangled Roots

Wet shoes

Pre ---

header into the creek.

Just kidding. She didn't.

Magic Carpet

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This is the learning hill at Wolf Creek. Pretty fun. Be sure to notice the background music. It's radical.

Wolf Mountain

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We went here last weekend. Another ski race with Uncle Ringo & Aunt Betty. Ever been to Liberty or Eden?? LOVE IT. Ever been skiing at Wolf Creek?? LOVE IT. Deer Valley it's not, think rednecks running a mountain. It's wicked cool. So, other than the flu, ski ramp crashes, meltdowns, and slow slow-cookers. It was great!

Antelope Island

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We went here a few weekends ago. Lots of fun. It's totally different than the valley we live in. It was a mini vacation just an hour away. With bison. And birds.

Owen

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More randomocity

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You know I'm good for at least 35 shots a day of wacky things that make up our 24 hour blocks of time right? Why is Mary always crying with the goggles?? She's the one that puts them on, she's the one who pulls them up her face. I don't know. There's one more thing to add to the list "Things I Obviously I Don't Know Anything About" It's a long list, too. I'm sure you're all shocked. Actually, I think it should go on the (also super long) list of "Surprising Things That Make Little Kids Cry"

Take a quick look

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See this? No dirt &

crashed plants.

See this? No people

on the couch.

No 40 thousand

library books on

the table.
See this? It's our

wicked cool

floor from Alex.

Without Legos,

Webkinz, Uno cards,

backpacks, or

dishes on it.

See this? Better look quick.

Before THEY get home.

Random snipits

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Gong Hey Fat Choy

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Lots of fun at our house (as usual). We even made homemade egg rolls & sweet & sour chicken. Don't know how authentic Chinese it was, but hey, it works for us. Thanks Aunti for the red envelopes and chopsticks!!

Mardi Gras Pancakes

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St. Valentine's Day

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What are these little white circles? Why, powdered sugar of course, little paw print shaped dots of sugar on our KITCHEN TABLE.

Heart shaped cinnamon rolls

No french toast with powdered sugar here. Remember what happened last time right?

Photos from school

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what cats do while grown ups are away

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random

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Hello from our front room.

Does this picture looked posed? Does Mary look like a zombie?