Faces- Jane Morgan Patterson

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Tasty Traditions- Grandma Hofheins' Baker's Secret Cake

Family History can be Yummy!  Click on Tasty Traditions for Grandma Hofheins' Baker's Secret cake recipe!

Currently Craving- Color!

Currently Craving COLOR- Click on vintage finds to see how color marries the old with the new... 

Calf Creek Falls- Destination Adventure

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Father's Day Fun!

Rigby and I met when we were fifteen- this year we turn 40- I have been so blessed to have him as a best friend, husband, and father of our children.  As a husband and father, he does so much for us.  He provides for our every need and has made it possible for me to be at home with our children.  He is patient, kind, considerate, and sensitive.  He loves to be wherever his children are- and that's a lot of places with these 5.  He is fun, adventurous, and quite the little tease.  He has made my life so much better.  Happy Father's Day to the one I love more than life- my Rigby!

 He spent his Father's Day weekend coaching Madsen's tournament baseball team- they won the chamionship!

        We made him a Danish Favorite for breakfast- ebelskivers

We always try to find him something special- but he says he loves cards best!

                                 Madsen found the best mug for the best dad!

                                Stockton's card was laugh out loud funny!

                Rigby poses with his "Fab Five"

 After church the kids put hobo dinners together and we headed to the hills to join mom and dad Rigby for a little dinner in the woods.  Nothing fancy, but very memorable.

                                                             The Prep Work

                                           Writing of the cards

              A favorite spot- gathered by the fire

                                      Of course we had to have Dad's Root Beer

                                            The Finished product!

 What a great example Travis has for a father.  Dad Rigby always has a joke on hand, loves to laugh, sing songs, stays close to the Savior and loves each of us!

Vintage Finds- Currently Craving Eldro's Music

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Kolob Canyons- a Kaleidoscope of Color

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Monday Memory- Why Barnwood?

Dickson Homestead, Richville Utah

 In the spring of 2010, I took a pilgrimage of sorts to discover my roots with my then 93 year old grandfather, Max Dickson Weaver.  This journey led me to the path that I knew I must take.  We returned to the land of his grandparents, Albert Douglass Dickson and Harriet Rosella Flint.  The home where his mother was raised and where he gathered often with his Dickson cousins- Richville Utah- The Dickson homestead.  It was a most sacred experience to me- an experience that has not left me.

Albert Douglass Dickson's grave overlooks the land his beautiful farmland

 We knelt at the graves of his grandparents, Harriet and Albert and great grandparents, Mary Ann Stoddard and Billa Dickson.  These were my ancestors that had sacrificed much as they embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ.  This sacrifice has blessed my life endlessly.  Their faith has bolstered my own!

 How proud I am of my lineage. How grateful I am to have stood at the graves of these dear pioneers who came to the land of Zion so that I might enjoy the fruits of their labors!

We stopped at the old barbershop on Main Street in Richville where Grandpa's cousin Paul cut his hair

 Grandpa told story after story of his boyhood experiences here- his eyes swelled with tears of memories and of moments with loved ones now gone.  I cherished this time with my grandfather.  This journey changed my life.  I guess if I could have one more day with him- it would be this one!

Porterville, Utah cemetary

 Porterville, Utah is near the small community of Richville.  The cemetery is on the top of the mountain.  The view- incredible.  I remembered grandpa found the graves of his great grandparents with ease- his footsteps were slow and thoughtful.  I observed with great interest and admiration.


And then we hit the jackpot- the old tabernacle where Albert Douglass Dickson served for years as Bishop.  Only the skeleton of the former building remains, but the edifice is nonetheless beautiful.  I imagined my great, great grandfather Dickson here and the years of service he rendered.  This picture still gives me chills!

Porterville tabernacle

I saved the best for last- the Dickson Barn- more than a century has passed and this land and this barn has witnessed the strength and the fortitude of the Dickson clan.  A treasury of great faith- a tradition of love!

Barnwood!

Happy Father's Day- Grandpa!

And that's where the barnwood comes from- Barnwood and Tulips

Faces- A tribute to my dad for Father's Day

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Wishin' I was Fishin'

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