1 Year Older & Wiser 2 B Sure- Even @ 96

A harder working guy- I know of none. This guy runs circles around the Energizer Bunny. Still likes to shovel his walks in the winter, out in his garden everyday from spring to fall doing something. Digging a hole and filling it up again? Maybe. That's what he told my sibs and I to do growing up under his tutelage- at least, that's how it seemed. And when he's not in his garden, he's out in his shop making pens or mending something, perhaps amputating a finger of a worn out glove, only to attach it and give new life to another- nothing wasted. Here are a couple pics of his precious little playground, and a sample of his wares. Check out the "tamatas" hanging off of each arm. The guy is truly amazing- Happy Birthday Dad.

And Mom and Dad Can Hardly Wait for School to Start Again

School Daze! Carson, the wee babe of the family is starting high school this year (he is a Syracuse Titan), and Sydney is starting college (she is a Utah State Aggie). How did we get to this stage of life so quickly? Where has time gone? Sunrise, Sunset, quickly fly the years... etc. etc.? Gosh, it's quiet at home... :)

Rush at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre

On August 16th, Brenda and I had some great fun... well, more me than her probably. It all started back in April when I found out that Rush was going on tour again- the TIME MACHINE tour. I was very excited as the last time they came I missed the show as I was too busy running the restaurant- yeah, where were my priorities, right? A while ago, I had read a book that Neil Peart (the drummer) had written and he mentioned that one of his favorites places to play was at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, CO. I thought to myself, "self, why don't you just go there to see the show? Denver isn't too far away". So, I listened to myself and did just that. I thought that in that amount of time, I would be able to find someone to go with me- but that fell through, and I couldn't get anyone else to go with me, so Brenda reluctantly acquiesced. I think she had a good time though... "Excuse me, excuse me. I'm afraid you're just too darn loud." While there, Brenda and I met a group of guys that meet at a venue around the country and do a show together... they called it a "man-cation". It sounded like a lot of fun and Brenda thought I should do it (a sneaky way for her to get out of going with me next time, I'm sure).

The show was great- from the opening Spirit of Radio, they played a couple new songs off the upcoming album, the entire Moving Pictures album of course, all the way through to Working Man, the crowd was way into it, on their feet the whole time- it was awesome. And the videos that the group put together and showed before, halftime, and at the end were quite funny as well.

What a place to see a show- I must say Redrocks was very cool, an excellent venue, the company sweet, as was the show. I hope that Rush will rock on for many years to come so that I can do a "man-cation" some day... not saying Brenda was not great company :)

So, here are a few pics from the show- enjoy. I wish you all could have been there with us. After the show (about 11:30 pm), we hopped in the Cadi and drove all night to get home for work the next day- nuts ya say? Yes, but I was still so "wired" from the show that I wasn't going to be sleeping for quite a while anyway. I've come to understand a little bit better that old primary favorite that was a big hit way back when on the plains of Wyoming during the migration to the west- "... pioneer children sang as they walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked, etc. etc.", I felt like I drove and drove and drove and drove and drove... oh good gravy! But we made it OK and made it to work just in time for a nice nap ;)

As an added bonus, on the 5th of August, my brother was kind enough to ask me to go to the Rush show in SLC. He didn't get a date, so I guess I came in a close second- "Always the bridesmaid, never the bride..." as they say. He asked if it would just spoil the show that I would be going to at the Redrocks, I said "how could it, it's Rush!" It also was a fine show, although the section we were sitting in was full of dead heads- no life at all, but I think we livened it up enough for all- thanks Russ! Here are a a couple pics from that show.



All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players performers and portrayers
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage

Limelight-RUSH

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Sydney, happy birthday to you! She couldn't decide on which restaurant to go to... Macaroni Grill or The Cheesecake Factory. She "chose" to go to the Cheesecake Factory :)

P.A.R.T. Why? Because we gotta!

Mom and Dad Zaugg- check out this pic. I don't think I've ever seen them wearing sunglasses... lookin' so good! So, they are celebrating their 70 years together at our reunion this year. We had a celebration where neighbors, friends (those that are still around) and family (many we hadn't seen for many, many years) came to enjoy with us. Below are a few of the pics from the reunion.

4th of July

We had pretty darn good 4th of July weekend... we didn't do much!!! Emily B. from Mass was here, Rory and Rebecca came up, and of course we had Emery. We were going to go see the fireworks in Clearfield that evening, but when it was time to go, we pooped out and decided just to go out back on the haystack and watch them from here- much more cozy that way anyway. Emily was to scared to climb up on the stack, so she and Sydney stayed down below. Anyway, as we were waiting for Clearfield's show to start, lo and below- there came a light from the west... actually West Point. I didn't know West Point did the FW show. It was quite good, much closer and we could even hear the boomage.


As I mentioned above, we had Emery for the weekend- oh my goodness, she is so fun. Her dad bought her a little wading pool. She had so much fun going in and out, splishing and splashing, and we had so much fun watching her. Below are a few pics- enjoy.... we did.





What a cutie! She's got us wrapped around her finger- can you blame us? Just look at that face!

Born to be wild....

Gma and Gpa Z went on a small buying spree and bought Emery a stroller and a trike. She loves to go in the stroller and see the horses (hussus). Last Sunday morning, we went and saw the cows (cows)- she had a great time. Here we see her enjoying the trike. It's a little big right now, but hopefully by the end of the summer she might be able to peddle- we'll see.