Monticello Trip

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Logan and I took the kids down to Monticello for the 4th of July holiday. For those of you don’t know where Monticello is (hard to imagine, I know), it’s in the southeastern corner of Utah in San Juan county. It’s a small town; the population is around 2,000. My grandparents have lived in Monticello for their whole married life (over 50 years), and my Grandmom’s family settled it 120-some-odd years ago. I took a TON of pictures, so you’ll have to forgive me for posting so many. One of our favorite things to do in Monticello is visit our family cabin. Our family built it at a family reunion 18 years ago. There are cabins that are essentially second residences, complete with every comfort a home offers. This is not that kind of cabin! There is no plumbing or electricity. It’s a place you go to get away from the world, and we have some wonderful memories there. Amanda really enjoyed her time at “the cabinet,” especially the playhouse that Granddad built for the grandkids and great-grandkids.On the 4th of July, we drove to Blanding for their parade. The girls LOVED it! Lily couldn’t seem to get over the wonderment of people randomly throwing candy into the street for her to collect. We had a little firework show in the driveway of my grandparents’ house that night.








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Sarah said…
Those are awesome pictures!! Your kids are sooo cute!
July 8, 2008 at 6:51 AM
Anjuli said…
I love to look at pictures of your family! You are a great photographer too!
July 9, 2008 at 9:04 AM
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