150 Anniversary: Mountain Meadows Massacre

In September Joel and I attended the weekend actvities of the 150 anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. We have always been interested in this event and have read numerous books on the subject. In 2001 we were on a wagon train that travel to Mountain Meadows. During that trip, we were leaving The Herb Young Living Farm in Mona on the morning of 911. We were on our way home when we heard it on the radio. The following weekend we spent in Cove Fort and the next weekend we were at Mountain Meadows. We camped there for the weekend. Our wagon train is the only one to ever camp there since the massacre. We had a church meeting put on by the local ward in Enterprise. After the meeting the flag was raised back to full staff. It was a wonderful experience for everyone. Here are some pictures of the events that took place that weekend of the Memorial Services.

Provo High School 40 Year Reunion

Here are some of my classmates from the Class of Provo High 1967. We had a picnic in the park on Friday night, and some of the pictures are from that activity. The next night we had out dinner and program at the Riverside County Club in Provo. It was good to see everyone again. Some of us had changed sooooooo much. The next morning I met Doug Wakefield for breakfast and we had a great time talking and catching up.

Dance Recital

In June, Jayda and Chloee were in the Dance Showcase Company recital. They both did a great job performing, and we had a great time watching them. The girls looked so cute in their costumes. Afterword, we went to Applebee's for dinner.

The House where I grew up in PROVO

Grandma Crawley's House

Timpangoes Elementary School

This is the house that I lived in since I was born. My parents lived in the apartment downstairs, and my mother's parents lived upstairs. I took this picture because the grade school that I went to was going to be torn down, and I drove by to take a current picture. My great grandmother, Effie Crawley's house is being torn down to make room for the new school. It was sad to see them both go.

Laney's Goodbye lunch

Laney and Heidi Johnson

Christy Lever and Kelly Gish

Karla Sheehan

Erin callaway, Jenny Morris, Teri Ivie

Laney's friends met at MiMi's in Sandy for her "send off" lunch. She is moving to New York, and we wanted to get together for one last time. Her friends came from all over the state. Some of us hadn't seen each other for years. It was a great time to reconnect and catch up on everything. WE will sure miss Laney--the life of the party. Good luck!

WAGON TRAIN

Wagon's ho! Our group had another wagon train during the Memorial Day Weekeknd 2007. We camped the first night in Ephraim, and the rest of the nights in Spring City, Utah. We rested, went on rides, ate, ate and ate. Our dinner meal was catered, and the food was great. It was great fun, and everyone was glad to get together again.

We camped for lunch at the Spring City Cemetary on Memorial day. The town people were surprised to find us at the cemetary of all places!

Brad and Debbie James

gone but not forgotten......

After we took MY cute little car on our trip to Jackson Hole, Joel came home and promptly sold it!!!!!!! He could not believe how small it is, and not good for a trip. Well, I am the one who drove it!!!!!!! I already miss buzzing around in my cute little car---I want another one! Yes, the trunk couldn't hold much, and it was a pain to take scrapbooking with all my stuff, but sure could get up and go, it had a turbo.

Jackson Hole--again

Here we are again for another short trip to Jackson, Wyoming. This was taken by JOEL by Jackson Lake. Joel has been trying to put together a wagon train.........that probably isn't going to come to be--because the city of Jackson Hole has to many loop holes to jump through. Anyway it was a fun trip anyway. We saw alot of wild life and I captured this picture of this mangy moose that was eating sagebrush very close to the road. We saw a mother bear and two cubs, but couldn't get a good picture of them.

Palm Springs--again

OK--so we have made another trip to Palm Springs--over President's Day weekeknd. We went there to visit Dave, Glen and Joel's mom Loneta. The weather was in the 80's, and it was just beautiful! We went to lunch at our favorite Japanese Resturant, and the next day we celebrated Joel's belated birthday @ Marie Calendar's. It was a quick trip!

Dave's house has a grapefruit tree in the front yard--but brought home more fruit than we could possible eat.

Sundance Film Festival

Joel and I made time to go to Sundance to catch one of the movies being shown. We saw "Girl 27". It was pretty good. We wished we could have seen more movies, but we just could not work it into the schedule! The weather was warm, and clear. What a fun day! The valley was cold and foggy, so this was a great change of scenery. Is my hair really that red????

Lunch At Mimi's

Teri Ivie, Laney Benedict, and myself went to lunch @ MiMI's recently. Laney is moving to New York State soon, and we needed to spend some quality time together eating, eating and eating. We also make our plans around food. We have been friends for a long time now, as we were neighbors. We have celebrated birthdays, had scrapbook over-nighters at Park City, done lunches, and mourned the death of our friend Shannon. At one time we all played BUNKO together. What great memories. Good luck Laney--as we will miss you alot!

Is George Bush for real???

I can't believe my ears. After seeing the President on 60 Minutes and listening to some of his "State of the Union" address, I am in disbelief. This man is train wreck. What is he thinking, or not thinking? Win in Iraq? Send more troops? I know he is a lame duck kind of guy now--but he is incredibly stupid. Does he think we are all brain dead? Wake up Utah and quit thinking that is he "the right". Right choice? There is the subject of Chris Cannon. How does this idiot keep getting elected? Does the righteous right just blindly vote for every Republican? Someone needs to put a muzzle on him. Then there is his brother Joe--the new editor of the Deseret News. Now where did that come from anyway? The only other choice that could have been worse would have been Sweet Sister Sherry Dew.......

The day that Rumsfeld resigned, I heard it on the radio on my way to work. I told a girl there what I had just heard, and she almost broke down in tears. Why he is is doing such a good job. UNBELIEVABLE. You might feel different if you had son or daughter in Iraq.

Doesn't anyone watch Anderson Cooper and CNN? Ever listen to Wolf Blizter? Larry King? I feel bad for the next President, as George will leave his mess for the next one to clean up.

Jackson Hole Wyoming trip--what a bummer....

OK--so here is another Murphy moment. Joel and I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming with Paul and Stacey Bliss to plan our summer wagon train. I was working on needlework, and when it got dark I put my things away. Somehow my very sharp scissors fell out of my bag, and I managed to sit on them and they went into my rear end about two inches. Not so good==it bled pretty bad. Joel had to pull over and find the flashlight and the first aid kit. Well it was dark and it was also 12 below zero..... To make a long story short--he had to doctor my wound in the dark and cold with the flashlight as his guide. I will never live this one down, will I? Anyway here are some of the pictures I took on the trip. The one is of Stacey taken at The Bunnery. We also got to eat at Bubba's--something you can never do in the summer--it is always too long of a wait. The other pictures are of Kelly Hot Spring, The Tetons and my favorite animal--the moose.

2006 Favorite pictures!!!

These are some of my favorite pictures I have taken this year: