Friday, July 16, 2010

Ye Old Brit

Stratford  Upon AvonWarwick Castlemy cottage Upon AvonCanal lock Stratford Upon AvonWarwick Alley

Monday, July 5, 2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Tourning The Reef

The cool shade of ponderosa pines on boulder mountain.

Hannah taking Canyon to the heart of Utah's National Parks.

A hearty hannah and a casual canyon trek toward Hickman's Arch

under the arch

the vista toward fruta

see? Capitol Dome

see? Singletree Falls

an angle of repose

secret canyon of rock carving

a funny moment in the dark by a fire

seeing forward looking back

Canyon relegated to the back seat

Canyon relegated to the top

gnome
reclined

where's Walda?

Colorful Hayley

breaking the goblin

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Grumpy Melon tours San Diego

Vacations are all about happy kids, not grumpy Grandpas.But, sometimes kids can be grumpy too. The new Mormon Battalion Visitor's Center was quite impressive -- Grumpy Grandpa William Huntington was in the movie, at Mount Pisgah.

Kids after the Padres dismantled the Mets on Memorial Day.

Grandma and Cole read the USA Today.

Not so grumpy tour guide in her red car.

An Arizona Strip Cowboy on the La Jolla Beach.

The newly married Gordon and Sarah greet the Grumpy Gramdpa.

Dancin' without the kid's makes this couple happy.

Hmmm. Hard to read, grumpy or not so grumpy?

This couple had been married the longest -- 53 years, and look at those smiles!

Attending a wedding in a temple wrapped in scaffolding an hour late could make some people grumpy.
But this seems to cure even the worst case of grumps.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Melon tours a storybook wedding

I went to a wedding just the other day. It was in the historic Pine Valley Chapel. It was a beautiful setting.One of Cory's adoring adorable daughter's was getting married... not one of these... but

this adorable one -- Camille

Yes, he gave her away to Danny.

Of course Danny's parents were there.

Right along with Camille's.

And Jenna...

And Kaylee, And Jordan.

And, Isa!

Along with a bunch of wedding crashers.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Spring Project Done

After a few weekends we have the "after" picture of Luke, Ashlie, Cole, and Max's little back yard. I liked these pavers in the backyard of the Santa Clara House so we laid them in North Salt Lake too. I hope they provide a few good "BBQ"s!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Touring Short Crick

Uncle Linc set up a daddy daughter outing and we took a tour of Short Crick (Colorado City). After touring the town, the shut down meeting houses and public schools, we hiked up the short Short Crick. At the top of the short Short Crick was this pond. We ate our peanut butter sandwiches here. Very nice day, very nice walk, very nice company. "It's nice to be nice to the nice," Frank Burns