Our Beach house

Mindy in front of the beach house at Rockaway Beach, Oregon.

How to Pump

I think Mindy was showing Davis how you pump to make your swing go higher.

At Cannon Beach

On our way back to Sandy, we stopped by Cannon Beach. This is the beach that has the famous "Haystack Rock". We played on the playground and then had a clam chowder dinner at Mac's. It was very good. We also walked down the beach for a ways.

Fun Times in the Sand

We had such a fun time at the beach. Mindy loved getting right into the sand and helping Davis have fun too. It was overcast and windy but we did our best to still have a lot of family fun. Dad was sitting on the sand doing a video with his camera while I did my own video.

Playing in the Sand

Mindy was digging so hard and Davis was playing and having so much fun in the sand that he couldn't contain himself. Notice Mindy has taken her sweatshirt off now and is having a fun time with Davis.

Avery's 6th Birthday

Tonite was Avery's family birthday party. Dad and I and Don & Donna came and his Grandma Kay (Don's mother) and she brought her other gr. grandson with her. We had presents, of course, and cake. Just a small gathering which made it easy for Erin to do. He loved the skateboard he got probably the best - I think Jeremy & Bodee loved it almost as much too.

Early Morning in the Garden

The garden was so green and pretty this morning that I thought we needed some pictures of it. This is the raised bed which has tomatoes, green peppers, swiss chard, carrots onions and lettuce in it. - all doing very well. The metal rooster is a weather-vane planter that has yellow flowers growing in it. The Hardings gave that to us as a thank you to Dad for his tilling and planting their garden. By the way, John is home now and recovering.

The Corn Patch and others

You can see the corn stalks and beside that are bean plants and then zinnias. Dad was sure in the garden mood this summer. Everything is so full and green. That's what I love about summer. In the background you can see the cherry tree and beyond that is the grape arbor.

These are some flowers by the pond - Day Lilies I think. They just looked so pretty that I had to take their picture too.

Inside the Grape Arbor and finding green grapes

This is taken as I was standing under and inside the grape arbor. These are Concord grapes and they will turn dark purple and be ready to pick in about October for juice.

Visiting Gardner Village

Quaint little shops and ice cream cones to eat. What more could you ask for? Here is a link for more pictures: http://www.point1.us/T_UT_GarnerVillPhoto/GVillPhotoIndex.html

Water Wheel at Gardener Village

On our way to the airport, we and the girls decided to visit Gardner Village. It is where a grist mill, mattress factory, broom factory, blacksmith shop and general store once existed. Today it is rebuilt into a restaurant and small shops. This is the original water wheel I think. Archibald Gardner was an immigrant from Scotland and had 11 wives and 48 children. It's a very fun place to wander around and look in the shops. It was a 90 degree day but it was fun anyway.

More Resting Time

Silly little grins and resting in the shade.

Resting in the Shade

We took a minute to sit in the shade on this cute little bench. We had just finished eating ice cream cones which helped cool us off. There are so many cute little shops to browse in. I loved the one that is in the large building by Archibald's Restaurant. It had tons of stuff to decorate your home with and it was a real temptation not to overbuy. Actually I only bought one thing and that was a quilted table runner. I love it.

Pony Rides

Mercer and Logan had to do the pony ride as soon as we arrived at Gardner Village It was such a hot day but that didn't keep them from riding.

The Hales Reunion - Ogden, Utah

On Saturday, Dad and I ventured up to Ogden to attend the Hales Reunion. It was held in a park by the college and the program was held in the auditorium on campus. There were so many people attending and just to think that we were all related in one way or another all from our gr.gr. gr. grandparents Hales. The picture is of Henry William and Eliza Ann - my gr gr grandparents.

The Hales Family

As you climb up the stairs to the second floor of the auditorium you see these cardboard figures greeting everyone. They are the children of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales - the mother and father who first accepted the gospel in Toronto Canada and were taught by the Pratt brothers and baptized there. It was awesome to have them so life-like. Mary Isabella had a real shawl around her shoulders which made her come to life. All in all, the reunion was very fun and I was able to get a picture of my gr gr grandmother which I had never had before. The auditorium was full which surprised me and I didn't know a soul there. That's okay though, because we were all related in one way or another.

Me and Henry

I want you to meet my gr. gr. grandfather - Henry. He was a pioneer, saw the Prophet Joseph Smith when he was going to Carthage Jail, saw Joseph and Hyrum in their coffins, lived in Nauvoo and received his endowments in the Nauvoo Temple, moved to Garden Grove and helped plant and build for the Saints there, in the spring of 1851 he came to Salt Lake valley in the Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company. His two wives were Eliza Ann and Ewing and Sarah Jane McKinney. My gr gr grandmother was Eliza Ann.

Elder Robert D. Hales - a cousin

Elder Robert D. Hales was the main speaker for our Hales Reunion. You can get his talk on the Halesgathering.com website. What a privilege it was to listen to him speak to us about the Hales family.

Melodian

This is one of the family antiques that was on display. It is a small piano - called a Melodian.