North Family Visits

Friday evening the North family (Andy, Meghan, Luke & Rylan) came to visit from Henderson, NV. We spent the evening playing games and visiting. The kids did really well playing together.

Andy raced in the Logan "Top of Utah" marathon Saturday morning. We met him at the end of the race. After fearing that we had missed him, he came across the finish line...really tired...and really smelly. It seems that he aged about 35 years during the race and I'm sure he's still feeling the effects.

We went back home, had a Cafe Rio for lunch, rested a bit, and went back to playing games. It was a really fun visit.

Here's some pics of Andy. Way to go Andy..

Utah State Fair 2007

Last week we continued the tradition of going to the Utah State Fair with our friends the Workmans. This year they finally had Faith (they in the adoption process during last year's fair) to push around with them. We ate lots of good, but otherwise very unhealthy food, walked around and watched the rodeo. My favorite was the mutton-bustin' which I vow to train JJ for and have him enter in the years to come.

Family History Tour

Lisa and I just didn't make it up in time for church. Itching to get out of the house for the day, I decided we'd take a family history tour down to Manti where my dad was born and raised. Here's a few pictures...

The munchies. Notice how many cookies JJ can hold.

Manti Temple.


Grandpa & Grandma (Lionel & Alice) King's home. I remember the playing on the manicured lawn for hours and hours. It looks like it pretty much went south. Notice the barn that was torn down and the new home that's being built. The original property line went to that power pole. The chicken coup is still there behind the new house.

Some headstones...

Kelly's Grandparents (Marion Lionel & Alice Smyth)


Kelly's Great Grandparents (Jane Marie Antionette Snow & Marion King)


Kelly's Great Grandparents (Frederick Duncan Smyth & Mary Verona Cox)


Kelly's Great-Great Grandfather (Adam Craik Smyth) Famous for Joseph Smith's First Prayer "Oh how lovely was the morning"

And lastly...pictures of the farms (three). I was amazed that the sheds that Grandpa King built still look like the day that we left them. The same goes for the fences too. He built things to last. I'll have to have dad's help naming them. I remember one was Ottisons, Halversons, and...




Notice the water from this natural spring is still running after all these years.