Wood Gathering for FHE

School got out at 11:30 on 9/16/13 for a "teaching team 

preparation day."  Dad was off work so he decided we should

 go get some wood for FHE before winter sets in.  The farmer's 

almanac predicts an unusually cold winter with heavy snowfall. 

Our permit was for the Nebo Loop, so we just drove up a little dirt road, 

and turned around.  We started with an ominous empty trailer! 

The saw is fueled and oiled---so let the adventure begin! 

Dad finds a dead standing tree and cuts out a wedge near the bottom. 

The tree is starting to tip! TIMBER!!!! It is on its way down!

Dad cut the tree up in lengths.  My job was to 

load them up and stack them in the trailer.

Next we found a huge tree trunk that was already down.

The chips began to fly! And fly!

We got TEN sections from this tree.  They were super

 heavy and I had to load them one at a time.

Dad next cut three small standing trees.  These trees  were in the

 remains of the recent mud slide due to all the rain we've had.  

 

We decided to pull them out to the road with the truck and avoid the knee high mud. 

When Dad pulled the third tree, it got lodged in the fork of the second one and he was 

able to pull them both out onto the road.  He couldn't do that again for any amount of money! 

We got one whole tree on the stand, but I had to balance it and 

hold it down while Dad trimmed sections off the ends.

Last of all we found this big tree right by the road. :)

Dad is notching the bottom. He and I both felt an uneasy 

feeling about this tree.  Dad decided to throw a hook and 

cable up over one of the branches and attach it to the truck to assure 

it fell the right way.  NOTE: You'll notice no pictures were taken of

this tree coming down.  As soon as Dad got the cable taut, the whole 

kit-n-kaboodle came down and I  had to ran for my life!

 Dad just went to work on it.

Our load continued to grow as the hours ticked away! 

 The chips continued to fly and I kept hauling the sections over and stacking them.

After 4 hours of intense labor, the trailer was pretty well load.

 

 This shot documents that Dad was not alone.  We're an old team, 

but we've still got it.  This jag of wood is proof!

Tyler's mission farewell 9/8/13

Tyler spoke in the Page Ward on 9/8/13 and reported to the MTC on 9/11/13.

 Tyler is a sensitive, mild young man with a good heart.  

He spoke on love and forgiveness--- which he will need to 

know about as he tries to teach in Missouri, where many 

still hold hard feelings towards the LDS Church and Joseph Smith.

 A luncheon was served at Uncle Kent's and Aunt Rebecca's

 home following Tyler's farewell.This group of photos were

 taken at that gathering. (Grandpa Marvin, Zac, Zander and Paige )

 Alyssa's husband, Josh and their new baby girl.

 Group shot!

 Rebecca, Jolene and Kent

 Emily and Brian

 The food table would have rivaled Chuck-a-rama!

 Cousins (plus Kylee and Craig) file down both sides.

Grandpa Kenison and the Mellors wait patiently in line.

September at the homestead

These are just some random shots from home

during September that I didn't want to forget!

I love the clouds here in Levan!

Colton captured the moment the sun set!

With all the rain we've had a few rainbows.   I always remember the 

covenant made in Genesis 9:9-17 when I see one.

One thing I will always love about living in Levan is the gorgeous sunsets.

The hut I made in the lilacs for Bradley and Daniel is empty---

except for the cats, birds, and Abby. Aunt Kathleen's cats even like drop by!

My flower fairy ring on the front lawn!

This is a big black widow that Dad found near the garage door.  

When we went back to see  her, she was gone!  Andrea came out 

armed with the hornet spray and blasted the area heavily.  Within 

seconds the spider appeared.  She writhed in mortal anguish, 

flipped over on her back and died!  No one cared!  :)

This gourd bush came from a start Colton and Malea gave me for Mother's Day.

These are "birdhouse" gourds. 

I plan to dry it, then carve out a birdhouse!

Sheena isn't doing too well.  She looses ground each day, but she looked 

pretty regal on Sept. 9th when I got home from my morning bus run!

A little critter found refuge in my 4 o'clocks!

The gourds have white blossoms.  The bees love them. 

Blossom on the squash plants.Check out the little beetles.

We will have pumpkins for Halloween.

 My sunflowers are so heavy they can't raise their heads!

Dad, Andrea and I went to JHS's homecoming game on 9/13/13.
They played the Grantsville Cowboys and lost miserably! (14 to 0) 

 How do you like their new black uniforms?

 

Fireworks went off at half-time and the "J" was lit. 

big rain

The annual Labor Day  O.D. and Mary Marvin Family Reunion 

was held on Sept. 7, 2013 at the pavilion at Spring Lake.

We noted the dark clouds gathering on our way up, but a 

text from Grandpa Marvin assured us it was hot and dry in Payson.  

Apparently we took the severe weather with us. :)

We hadn't been there long when a huge clap of thunder announced 

the cloud burst! Monsoon type winds sent a chilling mist in on us 

even though we were in the very center of the pavilion.

The rain was unbelievable for Utah.  Reports say the first 15 minutes

brought 3/4 of an inch!  Within an hour, 1 1/2  inches had fallen!

The rain was so heavy that it obscured the mountains in the background.

Notice how the mountains appeared as the rain began to let up.

Rain was only part of the total experience. There was

 yummy lasagna, soft- hard rolls and fresh peach pie!

This photo was stolen from KLS, but it shows the water 

that gathered in the hollow just west of Grandpa Marvin's house.

This is a hijacked picture as well.  It is the Church on the Highway 

between Payson and Spring Lake.  We drove through this "puddle".  

Two cars thought it would be fun to puddle duck through it.  Both 

drowned their cars out and got to sit in it until someone could rescue them. 

This photo was taken out the van window as we approached 

the intersection just one block west of Payson Park. 

No!  We didn't try to puddle duck!

Nearly every corner had flood water because the drains could not 

gather it fast enough.  This is where we turn down Utah Ave. to go to 

Grandma Anna's house, in front of the old Payson Movie Theater. 

Spanish Fork didn't fair a lot better.  Can you see the Macey's 

sign in the background?  We were on our way to Costco! 

Apparently Provo and Orem got hit hard as well. 

Check these pirated pictures out!

This vehicle will be a few days before running again.!

Parking lot opportunists! 

 

As fun as the storm was for us.  Many homes ended up with water 

in their basement. Austin's restoration business had every truck out 

all night long sucking water from the homes flooded.  ):

Once was not enough for Spanish Fork.  They got hit again on Sept. 13th!

These kids decided to make the most of a bad situation! 


 Andrea had a job interview with "Sports Cuts" that day and drove through
this big puddle.  This car is on the road that passes Maceys and Cosco.  Andrea was
lucky enough to go through behind a big truck and fared better than this car.