Cousins for the summer

All for one and one for all, celebrating Danny and Amanda's marriage!

Then some free time in Grandpa and Grammy's backyard

Next time we need to wear the proper shoes...

some sprained ankles,

 bumps and bruises

Family Night at the Bee's Game

and the Bee's WON!

Koosharem, Utah

On our way back from Capital Reef and Teasdale, we visited the Grass Valley and the very small town of Koosharem, the birthplace of my mother's mother, Beatrice Petersen Marchant.

 From the highway you can look through to the serene Grass Valley and town of Koosharem.

A historical marker is placed at this spot, concerning a significant treaty 

between the Mormon settlers and the local Indian tribes.

In the tiny Koosharem cemetary, we found the headstones of Great-Grandma's

mother and father, Anna Christine Pearson and Frands Peter Peterson.

Their daughter, Beatrice was only seven years old when her mother died. 

Her father married another woman, from whom she had many siblings.

Beatrice's father lived a long life and died just a couple of years before her husband, Stephen.

Fantastic Fourth of July weekend

Capital Reef...the magnificent sites of Utah

Thanks to Camilla's hospitality at her family home in Teasdale, we spent the holiday watching the Torrey parade, eating at the Boy Scout breakfast, and driving through some of the amazing sites at Capital Reef National Park, outside Torrey, in Wayne County, Utah.

A local quilt show inside the historic school house in Torrey

Camilla was smitten by the puppies for sale at the street market in Torrey. This one felt like velvet and had bright blue eyes.

If you blinked, you missed the parade. It went down the main street one way then turned and came back. 

Walker was our favorite entry.

Danny and Amanda joined us later in the day,

and we visited the Gifford homestead, in Fruita, at Capital Reef.

Looking at the petroglyphs made by the 

Fremont Indians,

a thousand years ago.

Grandpa and Walker on an early evening walk in Teasdale. 

The Scruggs home is in the background.

A beautiful sunset in Teasdale.

The original LDS Church in Teasdale, just across the road and down a few houses from where we stayed.

Postscript to the wedding...

Luke gets a haircut...
from his Dad and Uncle Jordan

Best event ever

Amanda and Danny get married

The Wedding Dinner, Friday, June 18,

In the Empire Room, Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg.

Early guests: Ryan & Ashlee, Jackson & Cara, Jordan & Camilla

Married at last! After the ceremony in the Salt Lake Temple,
Saturday morning, June 19th

Older Owen siblings with spouses...
Younger Owen siblings...
with spouses...

Danny and Amanda with Grandpa Butters and Susan

A very happy day!

U Museum of Fine Arts for the Reception

Ava carrying her floral headband

Steps of grandchildren, 14 to be exact

Bells were ringing!

Danny started up the jeep....and off they went!