Pictures from the Lake

Just a suggestion . . . I kept the pictures small so that I could do lots but if you click on them you can see them full screen. Love you all.

Our Great FHE Activity

We went for a Sunday drive yesterday afternoon. It was such a beautiful day and so we drove down by the lake. The ice that was pushed up on the shore was so incredible that we decided to come back after work today while there was still daylight so we could take pictures for you all to see. I'm going to put the last pictures first so you can see them in order. We got out there just before 6 PM and got back about 7PM. It was a beautiful sunset. You'll see that the wind and the wave action pushed all these big ice chunks onto the shore. These are as you leave the bay to go out onto the lake. The highest part is at the end of the jetty. We took pictures of it from the 1st jetty and then we went and parked on the other side of the bay and walked out onto the newest jetty to the highest part of the ice. The last pictures are from the jetty across to the mountain over by Pelican Point and the south end of Saratoga Springs. We had so much fun. It was beautiful.


Harbor Entrance

Entrance to the lake from the harbor.

Grandpa is sitting right out on the edge of the entrance to the lake. You can see the high ice on the other side of the opening.


Grandpa is headed out onto the lake. We're glad he didn't fall through.


Grandpa is out on the lake at the entrance to the harbor. The great big pile of ice on the other side is huge. You'll see close-up pictures of them further down.


You can see how thick the ice is. (As thick as Grandma's head!)


Grandpa is headed out across the bay towards the new jetty. He gave me the keys just in case!! We're glad it held.


You can see how the ice has pushed up these large pieces of concrete and rock and pushed over the trees.


Do you think I can make it down?


Grandpa in the ice!


This is looking on the side where the Provo River comes into the lake so the water is open. On the other side of where we are standing is the completely frozen bay.


We're on the jetty on our way to the BIG pile.


Grandpa in the ice pile


Grandpa climbing the BIG HUGE ice pile. (We were thinking this would be a bad time for an earthquake!)



View of Timp from the big ice pile.


Looking back at the Big Huge ice pile. It's getting dark and some places on the jetty we have to use rocks as stepping stones to get across some large sections of ice water!


Love this view!


Some beautiful sunset shots from the jetty rocks across the lake.


Hope you enjoyed our fun time. We loved it and had a wonderful time on our beautiful lake. We'll think about the great time we had this summer as we head out onto the lake when the temperature is about 50-60 degrees warmer.

Love you all soooooooooooooooooo much.

Time for a New Post

Here is the picture we promised Honey. We replaced the counters and tiled the back splash. Thanks to Patti and Ben for the new hood and stove. We love them. Thanks all of you for the Valentines too.! We moved the microwave over by the fridge. It's great there and seems to give us more counter space. Now we need to paint. We love you all.

Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma's - Part 3

This is for those of you that requested to see the curtains and also the downstairs. It's kind of hard to see how the curtains sweep back because it is at night but you should be able to see the lights from the deck through the windows.

It was so fun to have John and Mindy and Johnny, Maggie and Josie her after New Year's. We left the Christmas decorations up. Johnny and Maggie enjoyed playing with the village.

Here are John and Johnny demonstrating the finer techniques with the Wii Sports. I love bowling. I would never get anything done if we had one. It is so fun.!

This is the way the downstairs was decorated this year.
Have I promised any other pictures and forgotten to post them? We put the other counter in the kitchen yesterday. The side with the sink. We just love them. We will post pictures of the kitchen when I get the tile back splash done. Love you all.

Blake and Grandpa

Blake loves to play the guitar and sing using Papa's microphone. It just reminds me so much of Clay only he doesn't say "I need a pick". This day Papa played with him. He looks so serious (which is usually not the case when he provides 'concerts' for Manny as I sit on the couch). Check out the profiles. Notice he is a 'lefty'. Later on he was really wailin' into the microphone as he made up songs about Papa, Manny and Fraidy. So cute.

5 FOOT icicle!!

With all the snow and then the melting during the day and the cold weather at night it has made for some pretty spectacular icicles hanging from the deck. We took this picture just before we crashed it to the ground. It is 38 degrees today so it would have gone by itself real soon anyway. Love you all.

Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma's house - Part 2

We had the Barclay's over for Christmas Eve dinner. It was so much fun to have them. Reecy and Eric and Blake were at the Allen's and the Barclay's and us were the only other ones left. We had a great time feasting. We even used the real china and crystal. (Not so many dishes with only 10 of us!)

Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma's house - Part 1

This was the night of the nativity. It was great fun. We also did the 'white elephant' gift exchange after this. We did one for the kids and then one for the adults. That was lots of fun too. We missed all the rest of you. Love you all.

Lots of snow . . . still not as much as Honey and Ryan!!

These are from some of our early snowfalls. I was talking to Brackon and telling him how much snow we had so he suggested taking pictures and posting them. They are just a little late. It is still very cold here. Definitely the coldest winter we have had here - but not as cold as Canada. I think my blood has thinned out. I have become a whimp! and the ground is still covered.

We had a beautiful pink sunset the other night but I was about 3 minutes too late with the camera.

Grandma and Grandpa Lowry Christmas 2006

Here are Grandma and Grandpa as you would have seen them if you had been able to come to Canada with us on Boxing Day - Dec 26th. Grandpa is ever the wonderful host and is making his yummy pancakes for us for breakfast. Grandpa is a great cook. And Grandma was right down the whole time we were there. She had very painful gout in her foot. It lasted for weeks. While we were there we were able to make arrangements for her to get some "Aids for Daily Living" that sure make it alot easier for her to get around. She is loving her new walker now. She does have terrible pain in her back that has been just awful for her. Kept her awake all night one night. Grandpa is having cataract surgery in Feb. I told him we would remember him in our Feb. fast. Both of them. Thanks for all your prayers in their behalf. They sure do love all of you and so do we.

And last but not least for today . . . Dad got all the patio poured!

We have had such a mild fall that Dad was able to complete pouring the cement patio under the deck. He worked so hard. We are so excited. It will be so wonderful to have. I'm sorry I didn't get any pictures of him and the big digger taking away the hill under the deck. He did a great job. The machine was so big it was like doing brain surgery with a chain saw but he did it!!!! And had a lot of fun too. You can see the wall he built. We still have to put away the cement mixer, etc. and put the stairs back up but it is so fun to have done. Now in the spring we will parge or stucco the walls and put in lighting fixtures. It will make such better use of the space than the ivy was. Thanks Dad and Grandpa. I got a great picture at Thanksgiving that I will include.

Christmas at Thanksgiving???

Because most everyone was going to be away for Christmas we decided to ave Christmas the night before Thanksgiving. It was a big hit with the Grandkids. It was lots of fun. It was mostly just a gift exchange. Grandma actually had all the presents purchased and wrapped. Thanks to Micki and Mindy the upstairs tree got decorated. They did a beautiful job. Thanks guys. And thanks for all the wonderful presents. You are all so good to us. We love you sooooooooooooo much.

Then the next day after the Thanksgiving feast we had the fish pond. It was lots of fun and everyone seemed pleased with their 'little' presents they 'pulled out'. The next day when everyone was over Emma said, "Grandma when are we going to get our presents". When I reminded her that she already had them she just said "oh". I can't blame her for thinking that we had a good thing going. She is such a sweetheart.