ksl.com - Weber River rages in Summit County

ksl.com - Weber River rages in Summit County
This is a video from ksl.com. It shows the Weber River last night. This is the river that flows through Oakley the town we drove through where people were sandbagging yesterday.

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

This is a video of Lehi and Sandy area. Lehi is in Utah County where I live.

Drive up into the high Uinta's

Today Matt and I decided we were going to go for a drive, and Matt wanted to go look at some places up past Kamas, Utah because that is where he is taking the boys for their scout camp this month. Anyway, before we left I was watching the news and it was saying that Little Cottonwood Creek was flooding, and that some parts of Murray were flooding because of all the snow we got in May, and then yesterday it was so hot that a lot of that snow was melting and causing the rivers to rise.
I asked Matt if we were going to run into any flooding where we were going and he said no, so we were off. Well the closer we got to Kamas the higher and faster Provo river got. We missed the turn to go up into the Uinta's so we drove for a while more. When we got to oakley there were people out in front of there homes laying sandbags to keep the water out. We got to another resevior and saw the river just flowing into it like a steam engine. We turned around and went back to Kamas and found the right turn.
As we drove up the mountain the river was getting wider and deeper and faster. Finally we got to the Provo River Falls and got out to take some pictures. Matt was amazed at how much water was coming off of the falls. He said he had never seen them so full; ussually it is just a small stream. Here is a picture of what we saw.
Then we also stopped to take a picture at slate canyon just down from the Provo River Falls nand here is that picture.

Memorial Day trip

Memorial day was a hard day for me. One year ago I called 911 while visiting with Grandma Mary and had to have her taken to the hospital, and she never left the hospital after that. It has been a really hard year for me since then. Every 5 day weekend that I had which happens to be every three weeks, I would go up to Smithfield and spend them with Grandma (especially when Matt was gone taking the scouts camping). So since she has been gone I have had to stay home by myself. You never know how much you will miss someone until they are no longer there to visit with. I miss those days, and sometimes I wish I could remember all the things that Grandma and I talked about on my visits.
Anyway, This Memorial day Matt and I drove up to Smithfield to put flowers on Grandma and Grandpa's graves. I remember when I would be there with Grandma we would put flowers on Grandpa, Boyd, and Randee graves so I wanted to continue that tradition. Here is a picture of Grandma and Grandpa's grave.

Mom wanted me to go by Grandma's house while we were there just to make sure the yard was being taken care of, and things were looking good so Matt and I did that as well.
As you can see it looks just as beautiful as it always has.
Then on our way back home we stopped off to see Wally and Gwen. It was great visiting with them for a while. Then we were on our way. Instead of going home through Sardine Canyon we went through Hyrum, and then out through Ogden Canyon. It was a beautiful drive. Not to mention we got the chance to stop and do some fishing on our way home. I actually caught more fish than Matt did. We let all of the fish we caught go because we had no way to keep them cool.
In the end it was a great weekend.

Excitement caused by Big Jake

Matt has two orange tabby cat's and one of them is quite the character. About a month ago we were getting ready to go camping and Matt walked into the Family Room and called for me to come in. So like an idiot I walked through the kitchen and into the family room. When I did I got the shock of a life time. There laying on the carpet all wrapped up was a little Garter Snake, and next to it was Big Jake looking quite happy with himself. I thought it was dead so I didn't worry to much about it. Then the next time I walked into the family room the snake was stretched out and begining to move. I called Matt and said the snake is alive get it out of the house right now. So Matt picked it up and took it out to the garden.
Then About a week and a half ago I was sitting at the computer with my feet up on the stepping stool under the computer desk. I moved my feet down to the floor and I felt something fall on top of my foot. I looked down and there lying on my foot was a snake. I screamed and ran down the hall. I opened the bedroom door and told Matt that Jake had brought another snake in the house and it just fell on the top of my foot. He started laughing, but came right out and took the snake back out to the garden. All the while I was threatening Jake that he would loose his happy home if he kept bringing snakes in the house.
Well I guess he has learned his lesson as far as snakes are concerned because we have not had another incident with a snake in the house, but now we have to deal with birds being brought in the house. Yesterday 6/6/2010 we were sitting in the family room talking when all at once Big Jake came through the open window with something in his mouth. Jake dropped it on the floor and it started to try to hop. Matt caught it and we saw that it was a bird. Well Matt put the bird outside and Big Jake went out through the window. The next thing we know Jake had brought the same bird in the house. Matt got the bird again and put it outside, then shut the window so the cats could not get through it. Soon both cat's wanted out so we let them out, then Matt opened the window again. Well about 7:00 p.m. we were watching NCIS and jake came through the window again with something in his mouth. This time our dog was in the house and Rose is like a mom to the cat's, so when we raise our voices at them she runs towards them and enforces their obedience. Anyway when that happened the animal Jake brought in hid, and we couldn't find it. We moved all the furniture, looked behind everything we couldn't move, and never found it. Well this morning I came out and sat on the couch to watch some T.V. and I saw Jake trying to pull something out of my hiking boot. It was the same bird he had brought in the day before. Matt took my boot and let the bird go outside then put Big Jake outside. The window is now closed and we will be checking both cat's when they come into the house so that no more critters get brought in.
Sorry there are no pictures, but I was too excited when we had the snakes in the house to grab the camera, and with the bird, we weren't sure if it was a mouse or a bird the last time. So you will just have to trust that it happened.