2011 Tulip Pictures

All the grandkids! (no roadster pics this year)

Grandma and Grandpa Reeve

A great day at the ranch.

On the way out to the Ranch Lyf made a new friend.

I was very glad Lyf went with me. He did a great job pulling the pump out of the well, but he did get a little dirty.

The Bunkhouse on the first day of 2011.

More Bunkhouse pictures

This is the present condition of the kitchen

Cheryl and Pronsie helped me deliver and set up the futon.

Hurricane Valley Thanksgiving Day Rod Run.

Meet at 559 S 400 W at 10 am Thanksgiving day with
your ride for the 7th annual Rod Run. No entry fee, no
registration, no trophies, just Fun! It only takes about
an hour, and there is a chance this could be the first
year that a motorcycle actually completes the run.

Where We Started From

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Update on Bunkhouse progress

By request, here are some pictures taken last Wed.
This is looking at the Northwest corner.

Front view. These are adobe made on site, from local materials.

Front door

South East corner of courtyard.
The electrician is the one holding the project up
at this point, so I need to get busy!

Two Days in Lund

Bathroom floor.

Kitchen floor.

Adobe blocks made on Thursday.

Block making Machine

Thursday afternoon.

Front View, on Thursday afternoon.

View from kitchen looking towards sitting/bedroom area.

Below is a photo taken Wednesday morning.

My First Post

This is my first try to do my own post. Thank you Meridy, and everyone else that contributed to my blog so far. It is great. I flew over the Lund area this morning, but did not land. It looked a little wet. I did take some pictures though. The top picture is the Historic J.H. Johnston Ranch. The next photo is the site of the new geothermal power plant that is being built north east of Lund, at Thermo, Utah and the bottom picture is the wind and solar research center at the Entre Cimas Ranch.

Leslie's (and Darin's) Father's Day Tribute

I am one to easily take things for granted, so to write a tribute to my father-in-law makes me even more aware of this weakness.

I love Chuck's patience with all men (and women.) I remember asking him once about his hunt for gold. He proceeded to explain a lot of things and even get a map out to try to help me understand everything better. I'm pretty sure he knew I only understood half of it, and pretended the rest. But I love him for taking the time anyway and not caring that his intellect and knowledge far exceeded my own.

My mom always told me before I got married to watch how my boyfriends' fathers treated their mothers. I paid attention, and it paid off. One of my favorite things about Chuck is that he shows such patience and unconditional love for Cheryl. I have appreciated his outward show of affection, and complete respect for her. It has been a blessing in my life because Darin treats me much the same way.

I am amazed at the amount of knowledge Chuck has stored inside him. I've always been impressed with his ability to remember the things he reads and learns. He's very humble about this which is even more impressive. I've never seen or known him to talk down to anyone.

Darin and I are hoping these traits are being passed down to his grandchildren. Logan looks up to his Grandpa Reeve so much. He wants to hear about every project Grandpa Reeve has going. I'm so grateful my children have such a wonderful role model in their Grandpa. I feel very grateful that we live close by, and we are able to spend time with him.