Time with the Family

July 2008 Activities

Grandma Great, Scout and Izzy

Grandpa Haney priming his water pump to water his lawn and garden. Notice he is wearing sweat pants.....I was really proud.
Sorry you have to look sideways.....These are the same bleachers where after giving mom her engagement ring, she sat and watched my play a softball game while holding hands with her old boyfriend.
This is the field where I gave Debbie her engagement ring....after which I umpired an American Legion baseball game.....Pretty romantic..
Izzy and Scout taking time to smell the flowers in Grandma's front yard.
Grey sharing his watermellen with Grandpa
Grey eating watermellen the no-hands method
Izzy, Scout and Grey enjoying a watermellen evening
Swimming in Grandma's back yard
Grey with his corn on the cob
Grey after his corn on the cob.....getting a bath in the kitchen sink
Grandpa Haney talking with Gary at the reunion
Debbie and friends
Debbie and younger friends
Dar and his family joined us for breakfast....Dar got a little more than he bargained for
Grandma and Bennie at the reunion

Hi Everyone,

We finally have a day off from activity to sit down and update the blog. We have had a busy last couple of weeks. We packed and got ready to go to beautiful Nat Yo Pa Idaho for the Haney family reunion which Debbie was in charge of. We took Grandma with us and left her beside the freeway and hope her brother would find her and keep her for a few days. She stayed with her brother Floyd in Wendell while we attended the reunion. Debbie was very busy at the reunion as the organizer, the photographer, and the socializer. I visited with those I knew and made one new friend. I helped with setup and dishes and went for a long walk until I met up with four dogs who did not want me walking past their house. I turned around at that point and decided to sit on a small culvert pipe and rest before starting back the three miles or so I had come. As I sat down on the culvert to rest, I must have disturbed a rattle snake who was in the culvert to get out of the sun. He, (or she.....who knows) came slithering out between my legs. It was about three feet long and motivated me to get moving on my return walk. We packed up on Sunday, drove over to look at the new Twin Falls Temple and picked Grandma up at the side of the freeway. We left the camper at Floyds and went on up to Ontario. We left Grandma at her sisters home and got a motel room in Ontario. We spent three good days there visiting and going through family histories, sorting pictures and making copies of pictures and documents. We spent a day with Neva and Bennie, two nights with Dar and Kathy, and a day with Bob. Debbie bought a recorder and got her dad talking about his growing up years. We have never heard him talk as he did. He talked for about four hours. Debbie was able to clear up some stories, heard new stories and it was really interesting and enjoyable to sit there and listen to Grandpa Haney.
I took a few hours to go around Ontario and try to recall memories of my youth. I took a few pictures and recorded some of my thoughts. I am going to try to work on my history this year.
We packed up and grabbed Grandma and came home. We had the opportunity to take care of Mike and Ali's kids for a week and really enjoyed it. It was good to bond with them. Today is the 24th of July and my summer is almost over. Here are some pictures to update our past couple of weeks.

Amazing Likeness

Check out Grandma Deb and Papa Gary

Potato Head Style!

We love you Grandma and Grandpa!
Love Camryn, Dean and Kate

Fourth of July Fun-er-ama

It is Sunday afternoon and we just finished watching possibly the greatest tennis match in history....the Wimbledon Men's Final. Mom is now asleep and Jeff and I are bonding on our laptops.
We had a good 4th of July holiday weekend. Jeff planned out his 3rd annual 4th of July Funerama. He was out in the dark Thursday night mowing the lawn. Friday, Mom, Jeff, Mike, Ali and the kids went boating at deer creek reservoir while I stayed home and prepared things for the funerama. We had the playground, the pool, badminton net, awning, tables and chairs set up. Those attending were the Mitchell family, Mike, Ali and their family, Grandma, Maggie, Mom, Dad, Jeff, and Brooke. Jeff's friend Annette also came. For food, we had Bar-B-Que Ribs, potato salad, corn on the cob, chips, cherry choc. cake, blueberry cheese cake and apple pie. When it got dark, we all went out front and lit off fireworks. Even though we did not go over to Provo this year, I think everyone enjoyed the day and it was less hastle and stress for all.....especially for me.

Nate and Ali waiting for a serve.

Kids waiting for the fireworks to start.

Gage felt more safe watching the fireworks from Grampa's lap.

Grandma, Jeff, and Izzy at the Fun-er-ama

Mike jumping the wake at Deer Creek

Jeff riding the wake at Deer Creek.

Izzy, Gage, Addie, and Scout waiting for the next parachute to go up.

Mom fixing the food......She is a good egg.

Mike and Brooke ready to defend their title.

We had a great time, but were missing Angie, Mike and their family. We got used to having them close. We also missed Kevin and Kerri, but Kerri is not feeling too well.
Hope you are all doing well.......See you next week.

Izzy and Scout waiting to see Uncle Jeff wipe out.

Mike and Grey playing beside the Moomba.

June Update from c&d

june....... what can I say!?! It has been busy here from day one.

angie and mike,and the kids from arizona, they brought hot summer weather with them, b's B-day, fathers day, kev's b-day and the twins b-day. it's been so much fun having everyone here off and on throughout the month. i think this will be the beginning of grammie debs annual "gramma camp"



sorry, while the guys were off golfing I was watching six kiddlelids in the pool and i didnt take any photos. yes , thats right, i did not take any photos. another highlight in june, dad had two major dr. appts. yes one doc said his hearing was fine he just cant hear women and children. Go figure!! grammie loves all of you little guys, you big guys too!! feel free to comment about my typing and lack of capitalization.

Four Things About Coach

Started by Brooke, inspired by Jeff, forwarded by Amy, posted by Angie - here are a few things we loved learning about Dad:


Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Cleaning a Butcher Shop,..almost got my fingers caught in a hamburger making machine...got fired.
2. Making Cinder Blocks,..put gas in the radiator on the fork lift...got fired.
3. Bossing three women putting hashbrowns into boxes..I used to speed up the boxes and they would get way behind...I got fired.
4. Joining wood moulding pieces together..ran 21 slivers into my thigh...got fired.

Four movies I've watched more than once
1. Madagascar...21 times with Kate over Christmas.
2. Last of the Mohicans..love it.
3. Steel Magnolias..love Wheezer
4. The Patriot

Four places I have lived:
1. Bunkerville Nevada,
Melba Idaho,
Parma, Idaho
Nampa, Idaho
Ontario, Oregon
Provo, Utah
Miami, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
San Juan Puerto Rico
Hialieah, Florida
Springville, Utah
Payson, Utah
In my trailer.

Four places I have been:
Fiji
Canada
Santaquin
New York.

People who e-mail me (regularly):
Angie
I have no friends
Medco prescriptions
Nebo School District

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Swiss Steak
2. Hamburgers
3. Sirloin Steak
4. Steak and Shrimp Combo...I am trying to limit my red meat.

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Home
2. Someplace Warm
3. At a movie
4. eating

Four Things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Camping
2. Bar-b-Quing
3. Trip to Paris
4. Gardening

Four T.V. shows that I watch:
1.Prison Break
2. 24
3. American Idol
4. MASH

Love you Dad!