Temples, Temples and Heavenly Bodies

This morning on the way to work I decided I would take a different way home not through Park City and Salt Lake City, not through Provo Canyon but up over the Aspen Loop.

You drive up past Sundance Ski Resort. Just past Robert Redford's gate (I have a picture but it is not that glamorous) I come across the following:

Well I had to stop and take a picture, because I have an Eleanor and I wished I could just turn down that road and see her, Eleanor is my granddaughter

This Picture was on the day she was blessed

Isn't She a Heavenly Body?

Eleanor Marie Deschamps

I love where I live, Utah is Great! The mountains of Utah are heavenly and temples of grandeur

This past year had been a wet one in Utah so the mountains are still green, very green

I must have passed about 100 cyclist on the drive, some heading down hill....

I stopped to take this picture at the top and a cyclist was coming up the hill, "I said it is all down hill from here", He said "I sure hope so this is going to kill me" Given the 8,000 foot peak and the Utah Valley floor is 4500 feet, that makes it a 3,500 foot climb ALL uphill. Not a flat spot in the 9 or 10 miles up hill

This is looking out towards the west towards the Utah Valley

Though the mountains are beautiful and something I enjoy being, I stopped by on my way home and took a picture of another temple The Lord has had created which is just as beautiful and much more precious than any mountain

The Mt Timpanogos Temple

American Fork, UT

I am going to have to make that trip again soon. The next time I will take a better camera my cell phone camera is OK but I think I can take some better pictures

Rich vrs Money

On Thursday, 7/30 I attended the funeral services for The Elder Member of my most family. Uncle Dick, (Richard Washburn Young) was married to my mother's sister Edith Harvey Young. I had the fortunate opportunity to have Uncle Dick visit my home more than some of my other cousins. My home was my Grandparents house, as I was reared by them after my mothers death. Aunt Edith and Uncle Dick would come to Blanding, and with them came their children, and we would drive to Mack to visit them.

Dick and Edith had 7 children, 5 girls and 2 boys and they came in that order. There family was just the opposite of the Cornwell's we had 5 boys and two girls. The Cornwell's and the Young are pretty close, age-wise and emotionally, at least I feel it. We shared many similar life experiences which I will note later

During the service the Young's mentioned several times they didn't have much money, boy you could have fooled me I thought they were Rich and still do. The Richness today is the joy of a close family who seem to have no guile just like their father. At the service I took some notes about memories I had of the Young's. I will list those and comment on a couple of them.

My List:

Water Truck and conserving water

The Old House

The New House, trips to it

Cook-out in the desert

Beckies Graduation from HS

Nate's Wedding and reception at the Young's Home

A summer noon meal and not asking for water

A large garden

Neta spending the summer at Grandma and working at the store

Kathy spending a winter with just Amy and I (1974 I think following her mission)

1980 driving to Becki and Devan daughters blessing in a blizzard

Ricky's death

There are many more memories I have of the Young's but those are the one's I noted.

I always looked forward to going The Young's'. Though they may have not had lots of money, they carved our a very rich home, not big but of so large enough to foster love of family.

One thing things the Young's and Cornwell's shared was the tragic loss of a brother. Ricky drowned at a pond near there home. As I recall it was near or on Scott's 8th birthday, Ricky was 10 if memory serves me. I know this was a tragedy to the Young's, but today Eidth and Dick can now further rear there son Rick.

Uncle Dick left this world a Wealthy, Wealthy man. He left a legacy of a life filled with Rich blessing that I will never forget and a family that loved him more than any man could ever hope to expect. I family I love and admire.

Thank You Uncle Dick, you old cowboy you!

If anyone would like me to elaborate on any of my notes I will happily do so.