Fishing at Green Valley Lake - Payson

 Marty, Jake and the Nunley brothers had a great adventure fishing at the lake in Payson. (The picture below is not of Jake as a little boy, it is Sam!!) Sam and Jeff both caught fishes - they cleaned them and ate them - all by themselves. Uncle Eric was kind enough to grill the fish for them along with all the ribs, hamburgers and hotdogs. What a feast!

 

The Merry Month of May

 

 

May - The lovely month of family gatherings!!

The irises are from our cabin gardens. 

Easter Treasures

April Snow at the Cabin

 

What to our wondering eyes should appear as we awoke in the morning, but snow gently and steadily falling, filling our world with magic. Beth and family dashed up to enjoy the brief, but beautiful moments of eating homemade chowder, tortilla soup, homemade bread, hot chocolate and yummy cookies fresh out of the oven and hiking in the snow filled forest.

Birthday Time

March is "birthday time" for 5 family members - 

what a great excuse to celebrate!

Jared will be celebrating in South Africa on the 25th, although he has not received any birthday packages or letters yet!

This picture is from last year. (South Africa)

Here's more party pictures

Happy Hearts Day

Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, children, siblings - all gathering together are among the most treasured moments of life.

 

MTC Graduation Day

 

It is with mixed feelings that we spent the day at Camp Pendleton and at the San Diego airport with our Marine after his graduation from combat training. We are so proud of Joe's determination as he went through the past 5 months of training that pushed him to the limits of endurance and came out smiling.

He has shown himself to be of the same character as his Grandpa Sevey and Opa Bielefeldt as they both served in the military with honor and courage. 

Joe shared with us his fears, hopes and dreams just before we left him at the airport. We hugged and I cried later, wondering when we will next meet our son - our Marine.
We are proud parents of a proud marine!

Fun in Snowflake

 

While visiting in Snowflake, just a few days after a huge snowstorm, we braved the ice and went to explore a treasure house that we had discovered several years ago.  Now that these kids live there, this might become a favorite spot. Of course it wasn't too cold for an ice cream treat, which everyone enjoyed, but only Allie made hers last long enough for a picture.

The delightful Heritage Antiques has wonderful homemade sandwiches and soups, cookies, ice cream and a variety of specialty drinks appropriate for families, served from an old fashioned soda fountain. If that's not enough, it is great fun to explore the old treasures in the musty basement and several rooms that seem to infer hidden tunnels to a fantasy world. I would recommend planning to do some shopping as well as eating in this magical place.

Treasures of My Heart

 

Grandaddy, tell us the stories about these pins on your hat !