Try again-Cabin

Cabin Trip 9-25/27-09

Ryan and my Friends from work

Week or so later-doing better

Painful, Miserable Ryan - What a trouper
Broken Collar bone surgery (Trying to smile)

Painful, Miserable Ryan

Broken Collar bone surgery

My Best Friends of the General Authority Group

Left to right: Randi (Elder Holland's Sec.)

Me...Mother and Grandmother - prior secretary

Jill Larsen (Elder Cook's Sec.-Apostle)

Linda Stewart (Elder Johnson's Sec - Seventy)

Luella Thompson (President Packer's sec.)

Sandy at Johnson Res. boat dock

Merril at same Johnson Res. Dock

Another view of Dianes Kitchen

Remember Richard did most of the building!

Fishlake and Visit to Diane

Merril in Living Room on Main Floor

Shot from main floor to top floor

Diane in her beautiful kitchen

Fish Lake

One last Fairview

On Top of Skyline

Lone and Dreary World...Dark clouds followed

us most of the trip along the top, but we never

got rained on! I prayed a lot...I didn't want those

steep roads to get slippery!

More Fairview Pictures

Cleveland Reservoir - We took the Skyline Drive trail

from Potter's Pond - alond Skyline and back on the new

trail to Cleveland and then to camp...A Long Day..So Fun!

Yeah Right!

On top of Trail 55

Fairview trip-September 14-19

Potter's Pond

Mom with messy hair after taking off helmet

Up Cotton Canyon Road - We did a loop

Route 55 that was pretty scary, but fun.

Huntington-Miller's Flat Area

We went as far as Cottonwood Canyon Rd

Turned around and in the mean time it hailed

ESPECIALLY sticking to the road...slippery!!!!!

Monday, September 14

Started storming as soon as we got there

while we were trying to find a camp spot

If you have any questions about one of the pictures, I can only say, I didn't have enough hands!

Summer Activities

Burgess Family Campout - 2009 (Camped on road off Potter's Ponds main road) Each family sang their verse to "That's Right" song.

Cemetaries, Nauvoo, Adam ondi Ahman,Bens Homecoming

What I/we have been doing the last 7 weeks!

As you know I have been gone for quite some time...so here are some pictures of the places I have been.

More...

Vickie's House

Sisters in Kentucky

As most of you know I just returned from Kentucky. It was WONDERFUL to spend some time with my sisters thanks to Uncle Richard who paid our way there with his frequent flier miles. We talked, shopped, watched movies, and ate of course. We saw Twilight and watched a ton of dvds.

I am enclosing two sets of pictures since they wouldn't all connect the first time I wrote this. The green shirts were embroidered on by Nicole...bless her heart she bought the shirts and did the work. The saying on the shirts says: Our Family Tree has lots of Nuts....Sandy Nut, Vickie Nut, Diane Nut,

Nancy Nut and Robyn Nut (each of us had our own name on our own shirt.) Thanks to Nicole if she reads this! We loved the shirts!

Curtains

Curtains made on a VERY VERY OLD MACHINE with frayed wiring.... Miracle they ever turned out!

The Pictures

OK! I typed this big long thing about my trip to MN and had lots of pictures, but for some reason it didn't post (this was on Sunday) so I will try it again. The pictures already shown as you know are of Stacie and Darren and their family and their new house in Otsego, MN (12179 66th CT NE, Otsego MN 55301) I believe...correct me if I am wrong...that was off the top of my head..
I will now include pictures of the three rooms I made curtains for, and other family pictures of their family. It was hard to leave, as it is every time I leave each of my other daughters and son who live away from Utah. Dad say I won't be a very good Godess because I don't want my children to have trials and experiences where they grow and want to help them too much...sorry! I just have to turn you all over to the Lord and He has promised he will take care of all of you... Have to leave for Skylers game...I will add pictures when I get h ome

Emily Nicole Jensen

Grandpa looks pretty proud!

Emily Nicole Jensen

December 18, 2008 (4:30 p.m.)

6lbs 15.8 oz

18 1/2 inches

Rest of family attending Halloween Party

Ryan, Heather, Sarah and Becca.

Notice Becca's glasses. Doesn't she look cute.

Sorry, I can't find Mark's family picture. I will see if it saved it in a different folder and send it later.

2008 Burgess Halloween Party

The older kids and adults watched "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" and the younger kids dressed up and had a kids halloween party.

Words to "THAT'S RIGHT"

THAT’S RIGHT!
Written by Merril Burgess
for 2008 Burgess Campout!

I am wild, I have no cares
I don’t brush any of my hair . . .
That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right,
That’s Right, That’s Right, THAT’S RIGHT!

When people see me, they stop and stare
I don’t have any underwear. . .
That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right,
That’s Right, That’s Right, THAT’S RIGHT!

I love to give everyone a scare
Because I am just a Big Black Bear
That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right,
That’s Right, That’s Right, THAT’S RIGHT!

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I have no money and I REALLY care,
I do not have ANY hair . . .
That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right,
That’s Right, That’s Right, THAT’S RIGHT!

I don’t have anything to share
I don’t even have a dress to wear . . .
That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right,
That’s Right, That’s Right, THAT’S RIGHT!

I‘m Shaped like an apple and not a pear,
Some people call me Grandma-Joe . . . IF THEY DARE!
That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right, That’s Right,
That’s Right, That’s Right, THAT’S RIGHT!

That's Right!

2008 Family Campout:

Grandma-Joe and his back-up singers:

McKensey, Lindsey, Chelsea and Brianna...Singing grandpa's new theme song (written by grandpa himself) THAT'S RIGHT!

Another Version

My 5 Sons

Kent took this picure last year at Thanksgiving...he couldn't find it until tonight. I am so excited and want you to see it!

DAD ON A ROCK

Thought you might like to see a picture of Merril sitting on a rock similar to the one we climbed. I was a dummy and forgot our camera.

OUR FIRST BLOG ARTICLE!

Thanks to Kristi for setting me up with this blog page, I am ready to blog my head off!

Merril and I just returned from a week in the mountains...and it was great!
We parked next to a river, all alone (until 3 trailers moved in for the Labor Day weekend) but they parked pretty far away from us and all of a sudden moved out very quickly! They must have heard a news announcement for STORMS in our area! We drove over the Skyline Drive to Ephriam from Joes Valley, We rode the 4 wheeler over to Cottonwood Canyon and took a lunch. We climbed up a huge rock (yes, even at 65 we did it) and ate our lunch on top on it. Far more frightening than climbing the rock was the two trucks of Indians we bumped into on that ride.... They were parked on the side of the road waiting for one of their Indian friends who for some reason was walking up the road several blocks away...STRANGE! I wondered what brought that all about! At any rate we saw them coming and going and they were still waiting for the guy to reach them...
We watched movies, sat around the fire, read 5 chapters in the B of M each day, took more 4 wheeler rides, we were so busy that I didn't even have time to read a book. I did work on my laptop a couple of times however! I love it. We camped in the Lower Joes Valley area... some place we found 4 wheeling at the family campout. It was great for us, but not for anyone with little kids.

Sunday night it thundered and lighteninged and I got nervous...it rained all night but not heavily. The next day it rained lightly off and on and then all of a sudden it hailed for a few minutes....then when the clouds broke for a while and dried up the area a little we decided to come home on Monday night instead of Tuesday. We had a few little difficulties like the generator stopped working, the electical post that hooks into the truck that generates the tail lights, etc. on the trailer disconected on a terrible WASHBOARD road near Moon Lake and drug for quite some time without us knowing it....We picked up a new end on our trip to Ehpriam and Merril did a great job replacing it... Well all in all, it was a wonderful get-away as our first little trip celebrting both of our RETIREMENTS! Yeah! It was GREAT!
Can't wait to do it all over again!