Beneath the Wraps

                 Richard had decided to buy me a 12 X 12 scrapbook with extra pages as I had enjoyed scrapbooking. This purchase was made at the time when we still lived in West Valley.  8 ½ by 11 always seemed more practical for me though I had made up four or five 12 X 12 scrapbook albums when I was single.  After I had married I had made a couple of pathetic attempts of scrapbooking in order to preserve the memories of my new instant family – but I had given that up after Jaime was born.  I didn ’ t have the room I needed.           Before we had even moved to West Valley Richard had given me a CD set to download to the computer. The program allowed me create scrapbook pages on the computer. No longer would I have to spread out photos and lay them out for placement and seek for stickers or die cuts to go with whatever themes.   I could see benefits for both. The pages I print from the computer...

                 I would guess that I have been to Yellowstone Park at least 15 times.  I have mentioned it in ten posts and posted at least five pictures of my family over the years.  Yellowstone always feels brand new as it changes.  For the most part we found lodging in West Yellowstone and would just drive the west entrance to the park each day.  But there were at least four times we got lodging inside the park.           I couldn’t find any photos when it was just me and Patrick.   Kayla would have been a baby when this one was taken in 1976 This one is of me with Kayla probably 1978 or 1979 Corey and Kayla in 1982 My missionary farewell was in August and my grandma was in town from San Francisco.   We took both of my grandmas to Yellowstone park in 1984.   We stayed at Old Faithful Inn which we had never done before....

Initially I had 99 pictures - and that was not all of the ones I took.  I decided that perhaps I should  hold back just a little. Corey arrived last Sunday just about this time.  I didn't get any pictures on Sunday.  The ones I took on Monday came out in thumbnail form as I was using my phone.  So I borrowed most of these from the ones that Corey took. First 11 pics are of some of the animals that we saw on the Wild Safari in Winston, Oregon (who would have believed?) The next day we went to Watson Falls and Crater Lake.  Here are some pictures that I took North Umpqua River on the trail to Watson Falls Watson Falls Sea Gulls basking at Diamond Lake Crater Lake it looks bluer than picture shows Crater Lake National Park We took it easy on Wednesday as Corey had laundry to do, posts to catch up on, and of course we played games each night that he was h...