Jan 18, 2011

How did your family spend time together?

Playing games inside and out. Listening to record on the record player an old 78. Eating together. Having Family Home Evening before it really became a push in the church to do it. I guess though it was a lot of working together also since we had the farm and plenty of work to do. Haying in the summer, canning in the fall, and chores all year round. We would maybe go to Centerfield a couple times a year and have Uncle Mont and Milton and then later after they moved have Harold do the chores for us. We went on only a few vacations to Blanding and Idaho falls and Yellowstone. I remember going to the Four Corners area of Utah before it became commercialized and cost a lot to go to see. We also went through the area where Lake Powell now is located. we also went once while the dam was being built. One other activity that we did almost yearly was go to Vernal and to Dinosaur land. I saw a lot of the bones excavated through the years as we would take cousins over there. It was always a lot of fun. we also tried to go to Split Mountain Gorge each time as well and have lunch there by the Green River. When Alma graduated and went to work at Jacob Lake AZ we took a coupe of trips down there and then on to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I loved that place but I think it scared mom and dad since it was hard to keep track of us as we went near the edge of the rim. I didn't go very close since it scared me pretty good just looking down from behind the fences.