Trip down Memory Lane

Yesterday, Grandma (Lorna), Dad (Robyn), and I (Marisa) went on a little road trip around Payson, Salem, Santaquin and Genola. We had the following items on our casual to-do list:

1. See how work on the "Dream Mine" was progressing
2. See how work on the new Payson Temple was progressing
3.  Visit the graves in Santaquin
4. Eat scones at The Family Tree
5. See Great-great-grandma's (Nel's and Annie's) house in Genola

While we traveled Grandma told us a few stories. I'll write a couple here. When we went to see Great-great-grandma's house in Genola, Grandma told us about growing up in Genola.
Louise and Cecil's house was at the end of a lane and Nel's and Annie's house was four telephone poles away. Nel's and Annie's house is still standing and pretty much the same from the outside. It's a bungalow sided with large white bricks. One summer, Cecil sold a cow to buy a bike for Lorna and Deloy. They learned how to ride the bike quickly, but noone taught them how to stop. They would ride often between their house and their grandparents'. When they would get to the third telephone pole they would start yelling for their uncle to come out and stop them. Once he didn't make it in time. Lorna turned left into the field and rode and rode while their unclechased after them into the field.

    Later, we drove from Elberta around the backside of the lake. Grandma told us how her dad raised turkeys on the farm next to the lake. While they were watching the turkeys, Deloy and Lorna would take pitchforks and stab carp from the lake. They would then feed the carp to the turkeys.
    The family would go to the same farmland every Easter. Deloy and Lorna would take their Easter eggs and try to roll them down the hill into the lake.

Welcome!

  Welcome family! This is a blog designed to document as much family history as we can before it's lost. The goal is to find out, remember, and record any stories you know already or any you learn from Grandma. I thought this would be a good way for everyone to be able to contribute and have access to these stories. Also, it will help us see where there are holes, so we don't all ask Grandma for the same information over and over again.(Although, I know she loves to tell stories and doesn't mind repeating.) Please, feel free to add videos, pictures, or anything else you wish, too. The list on the side are just some ideas of things you could ask Grandma about.
   Finally, this website is not limited to only stories about Dean and Lorna, but it can include any information from ancestors or descendants. I think this could be a great project for all of us!
   If you're wondering what to find out about, use the story-starters on the right!