The Evans Family

FANTASTIC BOOK!

2009-05-11T16:41:00.000-07:00

This book is long over due! Kudos's to all you Mom's out there that make great sacrifices to stay home with your kids. I do not think you get enough praise, neither does Dr. Laura. I gave this to my daughters and daughter-in-laws for Mother's Day. I am so proud of all of them for the great Mom's that they are. You have the hardest job out there. Do not let anyone make you feel less important for what you do every day. You are each heroes to me. I know there are always extenuating circumstances for some and if they could choose to be home they would. But this post was meant for those of you that have the opportunity to be home! I salute you!

Our Founders Were Inspired Of God!

2009-04-20T10:28:00.000-07:00

December 12, 2000...

The Americans Who Risked Everything

My father, Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr., delivered this oft-requested address locally a number of times, but it had never before appeared in print until it appeared in The Limbaugh Letter. My dad was renowned for his oratory skills and for his original mind; this speech is, I think, a superb demonstration of both. I will always be grateful to him for instilling in me a passion for the ideas and lives of America's Founders, as well as a deep appreciation for the inspirational power of words which you will see evidenced here:

"Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor"

It was a glorious morning. The sun was shining and the wind was from the southeast. Up especially early, a tall bony, redheaded young Virginian found time to buy a new thermometer, for which he paid three pounds, fifteen shillings. He also bought gloves for Martha, his wife, who was ill at home.

Thomas Jefferson arrived early at the statehouse. The temperature was 72.5 degrees and the horseflies weren't nearly so bad at that hour. It was a lovely room, very large, with gleaming white walls. The chairs were comfortable. Facing the single door were two brass fireplaces, but they would not be used today.

The moment the door was shut, and it was always kept locked, the room became an oven. The tall windows were shut, so that loud quarreling voices could not be heard by passersby. Small openings atop the windows allowed a slight stir of air, and also a large number of horseflies. Jefferson records that "the horseflies were dexterous in finding necks, and the silk of stockings was nothing to them." All discussing was punctuated by the slap of hands on necks.

On the wall at the back, facing the president's desk, was a panoply -- consisting of a drum, swords, and banners seized from Fort Ticonderoga the previous year. Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold had captured the place, shouting that they were taking it "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!"

Now Congress got to work, promptly taking up an emergency measure about which there was discussion but no dissension. "Resolved: That an application be made to the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania for a supply of flints for the troops at New York."

Then Congress transformed itself into a committee of the whole. The Declaration of Independence was read aloud once more, and debate resumed. Though Jefferson was the best writer of all of them, he had been somewhat verbose. Congress hacked the excess away. They did a good job, as a side-by-side comparison of the rough draft and the final text shows. They cut the phrase "by a self-assumed power." "Climb" was replaced by "must read," then "must" was eliminated, then the whole sentence, and soon the whole paragraph was cut. Jefferson groaned as they continued what he later called "their depredations." "Inherent and inalienable rights" came out "certain unalienable rights," and to this day no one knows who suggested the elegant change.

A total of 86 alterations were made. Almost 500 words were eliminated, leaving 1,337. At last, after three days of wrangling, the document was put to a vote.

Here in this hall Patrick Henry had once thundered: "I am no longer a Virginian, sir, but an American." But today the loud, sometimes bitter argument stilled, and without fanfare the vote was taken from north to south by colonies, as was the custom. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

There were no trumpets blown. No one stood on his chair and cheered. The afternoon was waning and Congress had no thought of delaying the full calendar of routine business on its hands. For several hours they worked on many other problems before adjourning for the day.

Much To Lose

What kind of men were the 56 signers who adopted the Declaration of Independence and who, by their signing, committed an act of treason against the crown? To each of you, the names Franklin, Adams, Hancock and Jefferson are almost as familiar as household words. Most of us, however, know nothing of the other signers. Who were they? What happened to them?

I imagine that many of you are somewhat surprised at the names not there: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry. All were elsewhere.

Ben Franklin was the only really old man. Eighteen were under 40; three were in their 20s. Of the 56 almost half - 24 - were judges and lawyers. Eleven were merchants, nine were landowners and farmers, and the remaining 12 were doctors, ministers, and politicians.

With only a few exceptions, such as Samuel Adams of Massachusetts, these were men of substantial property. All but two had families. The vast majority were men of education and standing in their communities. They had economic security as few men had in the 18th Century.

Each had more to lose from revolution than he had to gain by it. John Hancock, one of the richest men in America, already had a price of 500 pounds on his head. He signed in enormous letters so that his Majesty could now read his name without glasses and could now double the reward. Ben Franklin wryly noted: "Indeed we must all hang together, otherwise we shall most assuredly hang separately."

Fat Benjamin Harrison of Virginia told tiny Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts: "With me it will all be over in a minute, but you, you will be dancing on air an hour after I am gone."

These men knew what they risked. The penalty for treason was death by hanging. And remember, a great British fleet was already at anchor in New York Harbor.

They were sober men. There were no dreamy-eyed intellectuals or draft card burners here. They were far from hot-eyed fanatics yammering for an explosion. They simply asked for the status quo. It was change they resisted. It was equality with the mother country they desired. It was taxation with representation they sought. They were all conservatives, yet they rebelled.

It was principle, not property, that had brought these men to Philadelphia. Two of them became presidents of the United States. Seven of them became state governors. One died in office as vice president of the United States. Several would go on to be U.S. Senators. One, the richest man in America, in 1828 founded the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. One, a delegate from Philadelphia, was the only real poet, musician and philosopher of the signers. (It was he, Francis Hopkinson not Betsy Ross who designed the United States flag.)

Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, had introduced the resolution to adopt the Declaration of Independence in June of 1776. He was prophetic in his concluding remarks: "Why then sir, why do we longer delay? Why still deliberate? Let this happy day give birth to an American Republic. Let her arise not to devastate and to conquer but to reestablish the reign of peace and law.

"The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us. She demands of us a living example of freedom that may exhibit a contrast in the felicity of the citizen to the ever-increasing tyranny which desolates her polluted shores. She invites us to prepare an asylum where the unhappy may find solace, and the persecuted repost.

"If we are not this day wanting in our duty, the names of the American Legislatures of 1776 will be placed by posterity at the side of all of those whose memory has been and ever will be dear to virtuous men and good citizens."

Though the resolution was formally adopted July 4, it was not until July 8 that two of the states authorized their delegates to sign, and it was not until August 2 that the signers met at Philadelphia to actually put their names to the Declaration.

William Ellery, delegate from Rhode Island, was curious to see the signers' faces as they committed this supreme act of personal courage. He saw some men sign quickly, "but in no face was he able to discern real fear." Stephan Hopkins, Ellery's colleague from Rhode Island, was a man past 60. As he signed with a shaking pen, he declared: "My hand trembles, but my heart does not."

"Most Glorious Service"

Even before the list was published, the British marked down every member of Congress suspected of having put his name to treason. All of them became the objects of vicious manhunts. Some were taken. Some, like Jefferson, had narrow escapes. All who had property or families near British strongholds suffered.

· Francis Lewis, New York delegate saw his home plundered -- and his estates in what is now Harlem -- completely destroyed by British Soldiers. Mrs. Lewis was captured and treated with great brutality. Though she was later exchanged for two British prisoners through the efforts of Congress, she died from the effects of her abuse.

· William Floyd, another New York delegate, was able to escape with his wife and children across Long Island Sound to Connecticut, where they lived as refugees without income for seven years. When they came home they found a devastated ruin.

· Philips Livingstone had all his great holdings in New York confiscated and his family driven out of their home. Livingstone died in 1778 still working in Congress for the cause.

· Louis Morris, the fourth New York delegate, saw all his timber, crops, and livestock taken. For seven years he was barred from his home and family.

· John Hart of Trenton, New Jersey, risked his life to return home to see his dying wife. Hessian soldiers rode after him, and he escaped in the woods. While his wife lay on her deathbed, the soldiers ruined his farm and wrecked his homestead. Hart, 65, slept in caves and woods as he was hunted across the countryside. When at long last, emaciated by hardship, he was able to sneak home, he found his wife had already been buried, and his 13 children taken away. He never saw them again. He died a broken man in 1779, without ever finding his family.

· Dr. John Witherspoon, signer, was president of the College of New Jersey, later called Princeton. The British occupied the town of Princeton, and billeted troops in the college. They trampled and burned the finest college library in the country.

· Judge Richard Stockton, another New Jersey delegate signer, had rushed back to his estate in an effort to evacuate his wife and children. The family found refuge with friends, but a Tory sympathizer betrayed them. Judge Stockton was pulled from bed in the night and brutally beaten by the arresting soldiers. Thrown into a common jail, he was deliberately starved. Congress finally arranged for Stockton's parole, but his health was ruined. The judge was released as an invalid, when he could no longer harm the British cause. He returned home to find his estate looted and did not live to see the triumph of the Revolution. His family was forced to live off charity.

· Robert Morris, merchant prince of Philadelphia, delegate and signer, met Washington's appeals and pleas for money year after year. He made and raised arms and provisions which made it possible for Washington to cross the Delaware at Trenton. In the process he lost 150 ships at sea, bleeding his own fortune and credit almost dry.

· George Clymer, Pennsylvania signer, escaped with his family from their home, but their property was completely destroyed by the British in the Germantown and Brandywine campaigns.

· Dr. Benjamin Rush, also from Pennsylvania, was forced to flee to Maryland. As a heroic surgeon with the army, Rush had several narrow escapes.

· John Martin, a Tory in his views previous to the debate, lived in a strongly loyalist area of Pennsylvania. When he came out for independence, most of his neighbors and even some of his relatives ostracized him. He was a sensitive and troubled man, and many believed this action killed him. When he died in 1777, his last words to his tormentors were: "Tell them that they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge it [the signing] to have been the most glorious service that I have ever rendered to my country."

· William Ellery, Rhode Island delegate, saw his property and home burned to the ground.

· Thomas Lynch, Jr., South Carolina delegate, had his health broken from privation and exposures while serving as a company commander in the military. His doctors ordered him to seek a cure in the West Indies and on the voyage, he and his young bride were drowned at sea.

· Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward, Jr., the other three South Carolina signers, were taken by the British in the siege of Charleston. They were carried as prisoners of war to St. Augustine, Florida, where they were singled out for indignities. They were exchanged at the end of the war, the British in the meantime having completely devastated their large landholdings and estates.

· Thomas Nelson, signer of Virginia, was at the front in command of the Virginia military forces. With British General Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, fire from 70 heavy American guns began to destroy Yorktown piece by piece. Lord Cornwallis and his staff moved their headquarters into Nelson's palatial home. While American cannonballs were making a shambles of the town, the house of Governor Nelson remained untouched. Nelson turned in rage to the American gunners and asked, "Why do you spare my home?" They replied, "Sir, out of respect to you." Nelson cried, "Give me the cannon!" and fired on his magnificent home himself, smashing it to bits. But Nelson's sacrifice was not quite over. He had raised $2 million for the Revolutionary cause by pledging his own estates. When the loans came due, a newer peacetime Congress refused to honor them, and Nelson's property was forfeited. He was never reimbursed. He died, impoverished, a few years later at the age of 50.

Lives, Fortunes, Honor

Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create is still intact.

And, finally, there is the New Jersey signer, Abraham Clark.

He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to that infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York Harbor known as the hell ship Jersey, where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father. One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight, with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons' lives if he would recant and come out for the King and Parliament. The utter despair in this man's heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: "No."

The 56 signers of the Declaration Of Independence proved by their every deed that they made no idle boast when they composed the most magnificent curtain line in history. "And for the support of this Declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

My friends, I know you have a copy of the Declaration of Independence somewhere around the house - in an old history book (newer ones may well omit it), an encyclopedia, or one of those artificially aged "parchments" we all got in school years ago. I suggest that each of you take the time this month to read through the text of the Declaration, one of the most noble and beautiful political documents in human history.

There is no more profound sentence than this: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness..."

These are far more than mere poetic words. The underlying ideas that infuse every sentence of this treatise have sustained this nation for more than two centuries. They were forged in the crucible of great sacrifice. They are living words that spring from and satisfy the deepest cries for liberty in the human spirit.

"Sacred honor" isn't a phrase we use much these days, but every American life is touched by the bounty of this, the Founders' legacy. It is freedom, tested by blood, and watered with tears.

- Rush Limbaugh III

A Few New Additions To Emma Janes Boutique

2009-04-03T17:49:00.001-07:00

These are few new additions to Emma Janes Boutique. Visit the Boutique to see more.

VISITING TEACHING MESSAGE

2009-04-03T17:13:00.000-07:00

The visiting teaching message made an unusual impression on me this month. It took me back a few years to the time when my children were very little. The quote in the message that struck me was by Elder Russell Ballard: "I call upon members of the church and on committed parents, grandparents, and extended family members everywhere to hold fast to the family proclamation, to make it a banner not unlike General Moroni's "Title Of Liberty" and to commit ourselves to live by its precepts.... In today's world, where Satan's aggression against the family is so prevalent, parents must do all they can do to fortify and defend their families. But their efforts may not be enough. Our most basic institution of family desperately needs help and support from the extended family and the public institutions that surround us".

After reading the message I went through some of my treasures looking for this banner that our family made years ago. It was designed, named, and constructed by our children. It was to represent what our family wanted to be. It makes me laugh to look at it so many years later, but it served an important purpose in our home and family as it hung on the wall for many years. I want to challenge my own children that may read this post to create their own "Family Banner" as a reminder of what their family wants to stand for.

I Got A Little Carried Away!

2009-02-24T17:27:00.000-08:00

I saw these Burp Clothes at a Boutique and fell in love with them. So I decided to make some myself. The problem was I kept finding fabric that I loved and before I knew it I had made more than I know what to do with. So I thought I might try to sell some of them. If anyone needs a quick Baby Gift and you want to take a look please call me. They come in a set of three. I also made a few Diaper Bags to match some of the Burp Clothes. As if I don't have enough to do. I am asking $16.00 for a set.

Here Is A Sample Of What I Have!

2009-02-24T17:19:00.000-08:00

Twelve Of My Greatest Blessings!

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OUR TRIP TO PLAY IN THE SNOW!

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Merry Christmas To Our Family And Friends!

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I WOULD SAY I AM A LITTLE BEHIND!

2008-12-19T10:51:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was awesome! Great food, great family, and great times together!

WE HAD A VISITOR!

2008-11-24T00:06:00.000-08:00

His name is George!

I Actually Got Out My November Newsletter On Time!

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I LOVE THANKSGIVING!

2008-11-07T14:44:00.000-08:00

I love the month of November because we get to celebrate Thanksgiving. It is my favorite holiday! Some find that kind of strange that I would be partial to Thanksgiving with all of the other fun holidays we get to celebrate. I love it not only because of all the great food and home baked pies that my Mom always did so well, but because we focus on gratitude! It's really hard to commercialize gratitude and I love that. I think we live in a time when so many are so selfish and so ungrateful for all that is good. I love traditions and one of ours is to share with each other what we are thankful for on Thanksgiving Day! I would love to hear some of your traditions, it's always fun to add new ones to our family.

JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW!

2008-11-07T14:26:00.001-08:00

I wanted to let you know that Natalie with "Writings On The Wall" (vinyl lettering) has a new Blog Site. I linked to in my list of favorite sites.

Also my friend Debbie that collects Vintage Jewelry has a new Web Site called "Embellish Girl". I also linked her in my list of favorites web sites.

Check It Out!

My Mother

2008-11-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

Today is my Mom's birthday. She would be 75. I miss her more with each passing year. I wanted to pay tribute to the life she lived, and praise her for the legacy she left behind. Her devotion to my Dad , to her children, and to her God have guided my life. She was a woman of many talents and was constantly learning something new. There was no idleness in her life. She taught me to serve, to sacrifice, and how to work hard. My children and grand children are so blessed to have such a woman as my mother to look up to. They can be proud of the legacy left by their Nana. I hope that in some small way I can bring honor to her good name by the way I live my own life!

HALLOWEEN!

2008-11-02T10:36:00.000-08:00

My favorite thing about this holiday is seeing all the kids in their costumes. Where I live we don't get a lot of tricker treaters because the houses are so far apart. So I bribed the neighborhood over for hot dogs and chile before the door knocking began. It worked! The kids were adorable!

Home Again

2008-10-28T21:28:00.000-07:00

When I got home Justin and Brittany took a little road trip and Dallin and Lincoln got to hang out with me for a few days!

Two happy boys when Mom and Dad return!

Utah

2008-10-27T21:12:00.000-07:00

After returning home from Texas I left for Utah to spend a few days with Celeste, Andrew, Allie, and Kallin!

Look what living in Utah has done to Celeste and Andrew!

My Trip To Texas

2008-10-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

We went to the pumpkin patch and had so much fun!

Emma Van and Jackson letting me play with my camera

A photo shoot of Miss Sophie. She is so so cute!

A Weekend At The Cabin With Alexa and Jeremy!

2008-10-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

Ammelia Turns Two!

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Party Time!

2008-10-11T23:07:00.000-07:00

My friend Eliz and I have a lot of the same interest. One common interest we have is our love for throwing parties and having a good time. We have a taught a "Party Planning Class" a couple of times at some Enrichment Meetings. We had a great time and really enjoyed sharing our enthusiasm for party planning and meeting new friends. Here are a few pictures of our crazy out of control love of special occasions.

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How To Play This Game of Tag:
1. Post these rules on your blog
2. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself
3. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names

3 JOYS:
The Upcoming Holidays!
My Family!
Photography!

3 FEARS:
Barack Obama Being Elected!
Another Terrorist Attack!
Something Happening To My Dad!

3 GOALS:
Eat Healthy!
Learn Photo Shop Better!
Finish My Christmas Shopping Early!

3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS:
Golden Spoon Yogurt!
Rush Limbaugh!
The Closer! (it comes on tnt my favorite show)

3 RANDOM FACTS:
I Sleep With One Leg Out Of The Covers!
I Am A News Junkie!
I Love To Exercise!

I would like to tag Brittany Evans, Moriya Olsen, Nicole Jacoby

Maw Maw's Malarky

2008-10-08T21:14:00.000-07:00

I finally got my October News Letter out. I have been so behind lately. I don't know what my problem is?

One Of My Addictions

2008-09-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

One of my addictions is children's books. I love them and I keep buying them. Some of my favorites are a series written by Lynne Cheney. She is fabulous. I wanted to let you all know that I found some of her best books at Costco the other day for $10.00. They had: When Washington Crossed Delaware, America A Patriotic Primer, A Is For Abigail, and Our 50 States. The books are beautiful with great illustrations and written so well for children. Any way I just wanted to share what I thought might be a great Christmas idea.

The Changing Season

2008-09-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

My favorite trip to the mountains every year is to see the beauty of the changing season. It is so amazing to me. I only wish I could have taken all of you with me to enjoy the colors, and some great photography.

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED!

2008-09-18T15:03:00.000-07:00

I really don't know how to do this. I looked at some of the others who have been tagged and it looks like everyone does their own thing. I much prefer reading about each of you!

1.I was born in Mississippi. My heritage is very southern. I know how to plant, hoe, and harvest a garden, drive a tractor, round up cows, and ride a horse.

2. Things that make me happy: lots of color, being with friends, time with family, the outdoors, scrap booking, date night, newborns, plants, flowers, trees, and grass, cooking, and learning.

3. I once accepted a date while in college to a school dance. When I got asked by another guy that I wanted to go with more I faked sick to the first guy. He sent me roses and a get well card. While at the dance I looked over to see the room mate of the guy I lied to dancing right next to me. If looks could kill. I was busted!

4. Things that make me sad: hurt feelings, lonely people, poverty, missing my mom, neglect of children, USA bashing, ingratitude, injustice, war, addiction.

5. I am an avid 4-wheeler. I love love love it! The more challenging the trail the more I like it.

6. Things that make me mad: drinking and driving, slanted media, misrepresenting facts about my church, lack of patriotism, laziness, selfishness, politicians, abuse, lost car keys, vandalism.

7. I am very passionate about politics. I get so over the top when talking about it that my husband threatens to ban it as a topic of conversation in our house.

8. Things that make me afraid: snakes, haunted houses, being alone overnight, crazy drivers, space mountain, running out of gas, getting lost, night mares, Everett flying, terrorist.

Well here is a bit about me! I would like to tag: Michelle Scott

I HOPE WE NEVER FORGET

2008-09-11T00:07:00.000-07:00

Today is September 11th. It is hard to believe that it has been 7 years since that terrible day. The debate over our response to the attack on our homeland has become so political Lost in that debate so often is gratitude for the brave men and women who have fought for you and I and protected our homeland. They are the real heroes. In my ward there is such a hero. This hero just left for Iraq leaving behind a wife and 5 children (including a new born). I salute him and all of the brave men and women who put it all on the line for our freedom and the opportunity to worship as we please. I Hope We Never Forget!

Yeah! I am done with my last Quilt for Christmas!

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I Love Photography!

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These are the faces of those I love!

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Maw Maw's Malarky

2008-09-07T15:20:00.000-07:00

I started doing a news letter monthly for my grand kids. I love doing it and I hope they love getting it. Here are a few samples.

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Our New Cabin!

2008-09-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

We have had a cabin at Panguitch Lake for about 13 years. We have had many wonderful times there and have lots of memories. However our family has outgrown it. We owned the land behind it so we took on the project of building a new one. With our already very busy summer this has added a little more for us to do. I don't recommend building long distance! Hopefully we will be able to say it was worth it. Some days I wonder if we need our heads examined.

2008-09-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

What A Summer We Have Had!

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In May Alexa, Jeremy, and I traveled to Texas to visit Chad, Mackenzie, and the children. We helped them get moved in to their new home. We had a great time!

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As soon as I returned from Texas I left for Logandale to help with Lincoln while Brittany and Justin welcomed #2 son Dallin into their family.

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I returned home with enough time to do my laundry and pack a new suit case. I traveled to Utah to watch Kallin and Allie while Celeste attended Girls Camp. It was fun times!

2008-09-03T11:56:00.000-07:00

I returned home from Utah again with a few days to spare and then I was off again to Texas. Mackenzie and Chad welcomed a new baby girl Sophie to their family. Everett and I went to help out and had a wonderful time being there.

2008-09-03T11:55:00.000-07:00

Everett and I returned from Texas June 17. We had one day to to get ready to go again. This trip was to the Manti Pagent and a little R and R. with our great friends Walt and Crystina. We had a blast!

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On Sunday we headed to Logandale to be there for Dallin's blessing.

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On Tuesday after we returned home from a great weekend Emily left for Girls Camp and I had Ammelia for the week. She was so much fun and busy, busy, busy!

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We spent the 4th of July at the cabin. Here is Jeremy Ammelia and Alexa waving their flags!

Alexa and I playing a mad game of Candy Land!

We took in lots of great Four Wheeling!Everett and Levon replacing the railing on our cabin!

Taking advantage of Jeremy's expertise on the Bob Cat at our new cabin location!

2008-09-03T11:51:00.000-07:00

The 1st weekend in August was our McPherson Reunion. Here we are with Justin and Brittany, Celeste, Emily and Levon. We all went up early before the mad rush of 50 extra people.

McPherson Reunion

2008-09-03T11:50:00.000-07:00

Everett and Becky
Celeste Allie and Kallin.
Emily Levon and Ammelia.
My Dad and Sharon.
My brother Lavelle's family
My sister Deborah with two of her granddaughters.

My brother Bruce's family.
My sister Valerie's family.
Preparing for church and anticipating Dad's annual council to us.

We had a fabulous dutch oven dinner!

The kids getting ready to go 4 Wheeling and enjoying a scavenger hunt.

Leave it to Everett to plan an activity that made our hearts stop. Here is Sharon my Dad's wife being such a great sport and flying through the trees. I gave it a try too.

Here are some of the cousins playing together in the fort, and my Dad playing with Lincoln.

The Evans Reunion

2008-09-03T11:49:00.000-07:00

The very next weekend we had the Evans Reunion in Henderson. Celeste and Andrew came from Utah and Chad and Mackenzie came from Texas. We had a great weekend jam packed with lots of fun activities planned.

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We began friday night with a dinner of chicken tacos. We then had a family home evening where Everett talked about the Title Of Liberty. We concluded the night with ice cream bars.

On Saturday we played and played! Swimming, wagon pulls, water games and more games, a picnic, and just hanging together!

On Saturday evening we concluded the Reunion with a Barbque and an Un Birthday Party. The party was complete with presents, pinatas, cupcakes, and games. The kids loved it!

A Very Special Occassion!

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Chad flew out right after the reunion. Mackenzie and the children stayed. Chad flew back in at the end of the week for a very special event. Emma was baptized and Sophie was blessed. Thanks to all of our family and wonderful friends for their support! It was a wonderful day!

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