How Does Your Garden Grow?

When we moved to Logan, I was afraid I'd have to fore go my yearly

attempts at growing a garden. Our yard is very small here. Thanks

to Ammon and Alison's generosity, I am able to have a small garden

here in Cache Valley. It is also small, but it's looking good and

we have already begun our harvest ( a few icicle radishes (they make

great sandwiches) , beet greens, and some Swiss Chard). Yummy.

I guess the saying is really true; "You can take a boy our of the

country,but you can't take the country out of the boy." I'm already

trying to figure out where to get rid of theexcess zucchini squash.

Everybody had better keep their car windows rolled up when they

start to produce.

Just a small part of our small (but big enough for us) garden.

A Day with Ethan

Today I took Ethan with me over to Montpelier to take care of the yard at our old home.
The following photos will explain why I didn't get done in time to take the clippings to the landfill. We did, however have a great time together. Thanks, Ethan for going with me. First stop was Ricks Springs in Logan Canyon. The water was really gushing out this year, maybe more than I have ever seen it in other years. Very fascinating indeed.
We did a little spelunking along the way as well. The cave was not large, but we did find it interesting, and decided we'd like to go to a larger cave some day.

Another photo of Ethan, the Spelunker.

We stopped at the Bear Lake Scenic Outlook. There was a group of four young men in a van from Maryland, and I overheard one of them say: "This is the most beautiful valley we have seen on our whole trip." The Bear Lake Valley truly is a gem in the Rockies, a truly magnificent place.

Ethan sitting in a patch of wild flowers at the Bear Lake Scenic Outlook.

We stopped for a few minutes in Paris, mostly a photo op, for Ethan in front of this beautiful historic tabernacle, completed in 1888, by the pioneer settlers there, some of which were our ancestors.

A day with Ethan would have been incomplete without a little paleontology and archeology.

It has been said, that the three-part task of an archaeologist is to find, dig, and analyze. We found, we dug, and Ethan will do most of the analysis. We found a few good trilobite fossils, probably a million years old.

Cowboy? Archaeologist, Paleontologist? You can tell by his hat, he is not a sailor or a baseball player, not that he couldn't be if he really wanted to.

Ethan posing near the little stream near Red Hill, where we found some of our fossils. The ground was rather wet, so as we dug and found fossils some of the slate rocks in which they were embedded kind of crumbled, destroying them as we found them, but we did manage to find a few good ones.

Most of the yard work did get done eventually, but we failed to finish in time to get to the dump. People in Montpelier are friendly and a few stopped by to talk. One lady stopped by and wanted me to show her the house, which is for sale. She is a widow and acted like she hadn't had anyone to talk to for a long time. I enjoyed visiting with her. We finally left about six o'clock. By 6:05 Ethan was sound a sleep. His heart must have been beating, but honestly, I didn't see so much as a muscle twitch for the next hour and a half until we got back to Logan. I hope you enjoyed your time with Grandpa as much as I enjoyed being with you. Thanks again for a fun day, Ethan.

As I thought about the day and he beauties that surround us and our family, the words to the song "How Great Thou Art" kept running through my mind. I am in awe of His creation and grateful to be a part of it.

Ryan and Samantha's new addition

Proud Papa, Ryan and his cute kids. They are glad the
new one, Tristan Ryan has arrived and all is well.
Do you think Annika will be a good helper? I'm sure
she will, and Micha too.



Tristan was born at 6:12 in 6/12/ 09. He is a beautiful
baby and we are all grateful that he and his Mom are
doing fine.

They will all be good friends and buddies. What a blessing.

We are happy with the new addition to our family and

pray that we will all stay close throughout the years,

Love to all, Grandma Iris and Grandpa Bart

News Flash!!!!

News Flash!

We just became the proud grandparents of a new little grandson, Tristan Ryan Eborn. He was born about 6:30 this morning and all is well with Mother and Child. I've yet to hear how the father is doing after a sleepless night, but I'm sure he is happy, grateful and will recover from any lack of sleep. The baby was just short of 9lbs. and was 21 inches long. It seems like a miracle to me. Visiting hours are not until noon, so I have no visual evidence of this wonderful event which now brings us to a full two dozen, grandchildren, 12 boys and 12 girls and all of them beautiful, full of wonder and much loved by all of us. How grateful we are that the Lord has entrusted us with all these marvelous blessings.

More to come before long.

We love you all very much.

Grandpa Bart and Grandma Iris

Promotion/Graduation

This was the scene at Friday's graduation of the
Northridge High School's Class of 2009. JT was
a part of it.

It doesn't seem possible that our little "Tater Bug" of years
gone bye, has reached the age of High School Graduation.
He has been a great student, leader, and example to all
who have known him. We could not be prouder of you,
JT. Keep up the good work, Keep your priorities straight,
and always stand for the right. You will go far in life and be
a great influence for good in the lives of literally thousands
of people. Remember, we love you, always have and always
will, come what may. God bless you as you begin this new
phase of your life. You are an outstanding young man.

Have a wonderful summer and may your future be bright
and full of great and meaningful experiences.

Kinsey had her Promotional ceremony from Junior High
in Murray. She is growing up to be such a beautiful,
young lady. We are proud of you too, Kinsey. Always do
your best, keep focused on the right and use your abilities
to grow and to help others. You have been blessed with
many great talents and abilities. May you always find joy
and happiness in your life and may the High School
experience be even greater than those of Junior High. Use your time
to the fullest potential and always remember to help and
be of service to others. You will find that this will bring you joy,
happiness, and satisfaction.

We love you and pray always for you.
Have a great summer. Grandpa Bart