Spring Projects!

Neil's garden is doing so well!

My spot in the garden - where I watch it grow!

Neil, Ron and Conrad building a fence around our house.

These Christiansen guys are a great team.

"The Chain Gang"

They have come up with some ingenious ways to stretch the fencing.

Wedding, Graduation, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren

Great Grandchildren LOVE Grandpa Neil's Goat!

This is Brittany's Avery

Staci's Lincoln

Beautiful cupcakes made by Aubrey and Ashley for Heidi's wedding reception.

Heidi and Ty Webb

(Heidi is DeeDee's youngest daughter)

Steve and DeeDee transformed their home into a wonderful reception center!

Lisa's daughter Amanda - Cyprus High

Karen and Steven's daughter Chandler - Murray High

Fun in the Desert

Kelli, Brian and their kids came and spent MLK weekend with us.  We really enjoyed sharing the beauties of the St. George area with them.

New Years Eve

Steak dinner at home with good friends, Pam and Lee Rugg, "Hand and Foot" games, boys won one and the girls won one.  That's about as good as it gets for a man with home confinement, chained to his walker! 

Christmas Highlights

Annual Ashton Christmas party at "This is the Place Heritage Park"

Having the Birrell family here from Washington State for Christmas

Neil coming home after a total hip replacement

Annual Burn Pile at the Cabin

2009 Annual Burn Pile at the Cabin

It's that time of the year to burn dead fall and other trees cut for fire prevention purposes. This year the Division of Natural Resources cleared trees another 100 feet behind our cabin to help perserve our cabin in case of a forest fire. They brought a chipper up for the small stuff and put the large logs and trees into our burn pile. We had to clear some trees to put a wider drive thru behind out cabin and Neil's brothers did a lot of clearing behind and around their cabins. So it was our biggest burn pile yet. We got the burn permit and started the fire at 4:00 P.M. and it didn't burn out until 2:00 A.M. So Neil and his brother, Mont, didn't leave the fire for 10 hours! Several fishermen and hunters stopped to get warmed by the fire. You can't even believe how much heat it put out. I was in a sweat shirt and the temperature outside was probably in the low 30's or high 20's and I didn't even get cold.

Getting the burn permit.

Strike the match.

What a hot, beautiful bon fire it was.

Neil and Mont never left the burn pile for 10 hours.

All most gone!!! Good work Neil and Mont!

24th of July At the Cabin

Rachael Washburn, Brian Washburn, Kelli Washburn, Josh Olsen, Justin Olsen, Julie Olsen, Skyler Olsen, Spencer Olsen, Tonya Olsen, Jeff Olsen, Wendy Christiansen, Nora Washburn, Neil Christiansen, Zach Olsen, Ashlynne Olsen, Aiden Olsen, Brody Washburn.

Jeff Olsen

Old cabin across from our cabin - tale has it that Butch Cassidy stayed in it.

Ashlynne and Justin Olsen

Neil, thinking out his next play in "Hand and Foot"

Zach and Josh Olsen

Skyler Olsen

Josh Olsen

Rachael Washburn

Skyler, Justin and Aiden - our successful fishermen

Julie and Justin Olsen

Aiden - the boys loved catching frogs!

Justin Olsen, Julie Olsen, Tonya Olsen, Jeff Olsen

Spencer, Zach and Josh kicking back to watch movies.

Brian , Kelli and kids

Brody Washburn

Nora and Brody Washburn at old cabin.

Justin taking kids on raft.

Zach Olsen

Spencer Olsen

Zach Olsen

Nora Washburn