Joshua and His Bears

Joshua loves his panda bear and his polar bear. When we travelled, they always came with.



Here is taking them for a ride in the Radio Flyer wagon

Ben and Jerry's Factory Tour

From the Teddy Bear Factory, we headed to the Ben and Jerry's Factory Tour. On the way in to the parking lot, we saw this motorcycle and trailer.



The tour was interesting, but not worth a second trip.

A couple of family pictures by the Ben and Jerry Mobile:

Vermont Teddy Bear Factory

After our visit to the Camp Joseph and the Joseph Smith Birthplace, we headed north to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. Some pictures follow:

Two cute teddy bears: Grace and Caleb


The Papa and Mommy Bear


The tour was terrific, and here is a small sampling of the more than 150 possible bears.

Joseph Smith's Birthplace

We left Camp Joseph and went to the Joseph Smith Birthplace.

At the Monument


Jared and Family At the Monument


All At the Monument

Camping at Camp Joseph

Jared, Mary, Grace, Caleb, Josh, Sally and I headed to Sharon VT to camp overnight. We had a great time. Some of the fun pictures follow.

Caleb Bringing Wood


The real reason that Grandma (also Grandpa, Jared, Mary and Caleb) wanted to go camping.


Working the Fire


Cooking the Dogs


Sally Hauling the Trash

Decide, Fix Up, Rent, Sell, Distribute, and Move

In early June, Sally's dad decided that it was time to sell the home and move into Assisted Living. We hustled and with the help of the many of the children, grandchildren and spouses, we fixed the drainage in one of the window wells, painted the basement bedroom, the basement walls (9 gallons of Paint), the basement floor,the den, the family room, the kitchen and the dining rooms. Sally organized and with her brothers decided on the distributed of things. We spent much time in MN, in fact we spent 9 hours in our house during July. That was an unscheduled overnight on the way to the temple.

There were many late nights, especially for Sally, as the apartment was organized and decorated.

Grandma and Grandpa W are adjusting to live in Assisted Living.

Beans' Visit

Oliver, Kristin, and Clara (Beans) visited us in early August. Here are some of the pictures.

The View from the Living Room


On the Settee



On the Counter


There visit was too short, but we had a great time together.