Trip to Calgary....trip down memory lane!

David and I stopped for a little walk on our trip out to Calgary.  Little did we know what a walk down memory lane we would do on this trip.

Here is the Stake Center in Calgary on 17th Ave that David ....was baptized in....went to Stake dances in....was in Oklahoma and Promised Valley and other musical events in.  He was very excited to see it again and remember.

This is what this house looked like when he lived in it. (808 22nd Ave)  This is David and Janet when hula hoops came out the first time.

Family photo in front of the same house.

This is what the house looks like in 2010.  Lots of changes....but there also are in the people that lived there!

( the guy that lives here must love to do brickwork)

Below is the house on 27th Ave that Ken Walton started building before he was married.  He would write his girlfirend, Naida, and ask questions like "Where do you think the kitchen window should be, and how high should the kitchen counter be?"  The porch in front and the siding has been added so obscurs what the original house looked like.  While we were looking at the house, an old lady walks up with her dogs and goes in the driveway, wondering what all these people were doing looking at her house.  It turns out that she and her husband are the ones that bought the house from Ken Walton in 1953!!  And she still lives there.  She invited us in to have a look.  Many things in the house were still original.   She told the story of how the kitchen counter was much lower than most counters, so she had to have that fixed.  I quess it was just right for Naida.  Jim called Grandpa on the phone after we got out, and told him about our visit there. That was a really special experience.   David and Janet were the only ones that had lived here. 

Then we drove to the old Cresent Road Chapel which was a significant part of thier lives.  They actually helped build that building.  The chapel has this view of downtown Calgary.

Next is was on to the house on Utah Drive.  David was 16 or 17 when the family moved there.   That is the one I have memories of.....and maybe some of our childen do too.  The trees sure have grown, and they have added some changes to the house as well.

 We then went out to see the new Calgary temple site and then on to Dianne's wedding. It sure was a fun day together.

Dianne and Jeff Taylor Wedding

The Saturday evening we got into Calgary, we went over to Dianne and Jeff's for a family dinner.  Jeff's parents and children had flown in from all over, and Di's kids and siblings were there, except Janet and Terry that were coming the next day.  Grandma and Grandpa couldn't travel so they weren't there.  We had a lovely evening visiting and had an awesome potato bar dinner.

Lindsay and her cute one year old, Smith. 

The wedding was on Sunday night at a very nice restaurant that Lindsay had worked at before.  One large room was reserved for the occasion.  The table setting and decorations were really beautiful.  Dianne and Lindsay had hand dipped some chocolates that were in little boxes for each person....also a little framed picture of Jeff and Dianne. 

Kyle and Jeff

Jeff and Lauren, his girlfriend.

The procession came in dancing to "Tonight's going to be a Good Night".  The sisters came in first, but I don't have a good picture of them.  Above is Jeff and Kyle, (I know, not a very good shot, but gives the idea).  Then Jeff and Dianne came dancing in, and then they all did a routine together.  It was choreographed, and was very cute.

At the end of the wedding ceremony, the officiator, had each of the children come up and pick up a little container of colored sand and pour it into the larger container...then Jeff and Dianne did the same, and then he talked about how it was symbolic of blending the families together without losing their own characteristics.

Congratulation Dianne and Jeff

The siblings and spouses.....wonderful to be together.

Day at Sundance

The Friday before Conference, Susan and Bill, Jim and Susan, Jennifer and Mike later, and David and I, left from Thompson's home to head up Provo Canyon to Sundance.  I  hadn't been there for many years, and this was a perfect time to go again.  The weather was perfect, and the leaves were turning colors.  We went to the Christensen's cottage......James Christensen, the artist!  Mike and Jennifer are good friends with them and they let us come and see, visit, and eat there.  What a fun, magical place that is.

He has all kinds of cool details that are just his style. 

We are visiting with James Christensen here in his living room....  He's a fun person to visit with....and then he says he has to go get back to painting, and opens the bookcase up and goes into his studio.  How cool is that!  We got to go in and see the painting he is doing and hear him talk about it.

See doorway to the left.

The kitchen has hand-painted cupboards.

The playroom was on the third floor and to get to it you had to go up a very narrow windy staircase...like it was made for children or something.  The bedroom above had a half circle bed with a dome ceiling above it painted like a night sky.  And here is the balcony from the playroom.

After lunch we headed over to the Sundance Ski lift and took it to the top where we started our two hour hike back to the cottage. 

 We stopped by Steward Falls.

 Isn't this beautiful country? 

 We had a great day. Thanks to Jennifer for setting it all up and providing wonderful food.  We need to plan another one sometime.

Trip to Utah

We had a short but very sweet trip to Utah over Conference weekend.  Scott picked us up at the airport, we drove him back to work and we took his car down to Orem.  On the way down we called Amy to find out where her new office is so we could see it.  We had already passed it so had to go back, but finally found it. 

 Graphic Designer Amy with brand new Apple computer.

Here's the Polley sisters....so fun to be together again.  Isn't Jennifer's new kitchen beautiful?

 My Cousins Reunion was Thursday night at Bill Davis's home in Lindon.   We ate and visited for hours. Uncle Owen and me were enjoying yummy peach dessert Jennifer made.  Below is Roger Bunker, Susan Redford, Wayne Abbott, and Jay...cousins all around the same age....(a little older than me)

 Here's the whole group that were there that night. 

Saturday was spent at Scott and Elisha's. ...and Mike was there too.   Here's some special grandkids time.

 Scott and Fos all ready to watch Conference.

 A  little trip to the park between sessions. 

We had so much fun in such a short period of time.