Jeff & Vickie

I justed wanted to get off Cristin's 3 month old list.

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Can't figure out what's in the tree's? Answer: Wild Turkeys
They can be found in the Riverdale, Idaho area.

My kids will remember this old van. I discovered it in Richmond, Utah. I know it's our old family wagon because there isn't another ugly fake wood van with black running boards anywhere else in the world.

California got it's rain and tornados. Ohio got it's hoar frost. And Utah got 2 feet of snow!

I found this clip taken a few weeks ago.

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I uploaded this especially for the Millers and Fischers.

Meet "Indy"

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I think this new dog dish will work better as his bed.

Meet Indy Smith. The newest member of the family.

Don't let his innocent look fool you.

He's not afraid to take on something bigger than himself.

" G r o w l "

GeoCaching Scavenger Hunt

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Spiderman and Spiderboy and Spidermom, take part in the Sunday (after Regional Conference) scavenger hunt.

Mollee slept thru the whole thing.

Jill and Ashley went as SALT & PEPPER.

Jami organized the event.

The Wizard of Oz family also included Jon as the Tinman, Anna as Dorthy and Aubri as the lion.

The Pacific Ocean in October 2009

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Is that Casper the friendly Ghost, or Kalli the friendly Ghost?

Look out behind you!!

Kalli celebrates an early birthday. She'll be 5 soon.

Grandma and Treyvan are enjoying some time together.

That's one BIG pumpkin!

The Fischer's take Grandma and Grandpa around town.

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I couldn't get "It's a Small World after All", out of my head all day.

I thought Michael Jackson wasn't around anymore? Huh

Pumpkin City cartoons. Featuring Grandma and Kalli.

Treyvan was loving the whole ride around the Park.

The Fischer family loves the winter weather in October. 85 degrees.

Fun in the Sun

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Snoopy still lives in LA.

Grandma finds Marilyn Monroe's handprints.

Pumpkin City is a fun spot for the whole family.

Kalli scoops out the pumpkin. She requested a "mad" jack-o-lantern.

California here we come!

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Treyvan, Grandpa and Grouchy!

Treyvan loves "beach-time" with the family.

Grandma standing below the Angel Moroni and the LA Temple.

Nate went ga-ga when he spotted his favorite actor on Hollywood Blvd.

Kalli's in jail at the Disneyland police station.

Some special grandchildren moments

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Calli, Brook and Elise at your service.

Kalli really gets into dreamland.

Here are four very tired cousins.

Here some true little princesses.

Here's a few of my favorite wedding photos that I just found on my camera.

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Here comes the bride....... here comes the bride........

Here comes the bride.

Here is the bride.

There goes the bride......... there goes the bride...........

There goes the bride.

Family Reunion in Millville

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James shows off some of the "table decorations" that he's smuggling home.

Brittney says she now has 7 or 8 "guy" friends. She promises not to kiss any boys until she's 21 years old.

Currently, she's working on getting a driver's license now - WATCH OUT.

Kenny loves soccor and girls. (Or maybe it's the girl's that like him.)

Mollee arrives!

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Mollee is getting prepared to be held by her mother for the first time.
This Nurse (Leslie Parkinson is very special).

This is Mollee Jean Ricks.

Owen's little sister, Mollee.

A family picture, with mom and dad.

Meanwhile, back at home - Owen tries his first corn cob.

Armstrong's invite the Miller's and Ricks' for F.H.E.

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The former Elder Armstrong, which I'll refer to as Craig, invited us over to enjoy his lake.

Hey, that's Grandpa holding his nose.

I'll bet Kalli would be ashamed of her Grandpa for holding his nose!

This is Brooke, riding the zip-line across the lake. She zipped across many times.

Before we left, the Armstrong's fed us chili dogs and tropical fruits. They really showed us a great time. Thanks Craig and family!

Elder Armstrong & Elder Ricks meet again

2009-10-04T23:57:00.004-06:00

Can you tell I'm alittle nervous? I haven't flown off a grass strip before.

This plane has two set of steering wheels.

We are off!!! And the view is breathtaking. Check out the sun set.

Here's a view of the landing strip. Hope the golphers haven't made any holes!

I forgot to show you a view of Troy, Ohio (home of Hobart, ie; KitchenAid, until Whirlpool took over in the 80's)

Let the Easter Celebration BEGIN!

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Getting ready for Easter dinner and a egg hunt.

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The little kids have a BALL on "Easter Hill"

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Easter brings out the L o v e!

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Nick's first egg rolling Easter trip to the hill.

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Taryn visits Utah for a day and first thing went 4-wheeling.

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Taryn checks out the work of the beaver - even saw one.

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Poppy loves Taryn

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Elise attends USU

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Elise enjoys USU Basketball!

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Phoenix Trip

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The morning we left Utah, it was -2 degrees.

Ryan takes us thru the amazing Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau Showroom/Training Center.

It was 50 times better than our expectations!

Ryan shows Vickie some new product.

Vickie feeds the frog.

(Ask her what eventually happened to the bottle of suds.)

The is the training room. Who wouldn't want to be trained in a student desk like this!

A view from our Sky Box at the PGA Golf Tour in Scottsdale. This is the 16th hole. Famed for having more spectators than any other on the Tour in 74 years.

Pros and amatures coming onto the green. This is a Par 3.

Grandma loves her grandchildren!

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Our family

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Ben & Mandy, with Taryn, Brooke, Elise and Caleb.

A rare family picture with Grandma Brown.

Treyan enjoys Grandma's hug.

Mark & Cristin with Owen

Christmas was WONDERFUL!

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Ben and his daughters, ready to sled down the man-made hill.

The best Christmas program ever!

Christmas morning sockings were loaded!

Caleb meets Santa Claus. "Oh, he is for real."

The Darrell and Betty Ricks family.

Jeff

Jay

Jen

Cousins: Owen, Caleb and Treyvan

Caleb & Grandma opening presents.

Cousins: Taryn, Brooke, Kalli and Elise.

Brooke ready to dig into her Christmas Dinner.

Unbelieveable! Blackmail photo of Mark enjoying a baby! (of course it's his son)

Troy, Ohio's most FAMOUS FAMILY

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Merry Christmas from the Miller's

World's Greatest Future Cooks!!

The cookies look so good - here's the recipe. Dont forget to add a few cute kids!

Pix from the Toombs photo album...

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Will Mark be playing in the fire soon?

"Hey Dad, I'm ready for my steak now."

Pictures of the past.......

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Post a comment if you can figure this out.

Is peer pressure about to get Mandy to raise her leg too?

Who's the cute little boy that's fishing with his dad?

Come on! Hold up your catchins' for the camera!

Fine! Mom will do it for you.

Thanksgiving memories . . . . . .

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Thanksgiving memories . . . . . .

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Potpouri moments

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Smile - your on candid camera.

The BEFORE shot.

I sketch the Jill made of herself one night. She sat on the living room floor with this jacket on - had a large mirror to her left and poster paper in front of her. I asked her why she didn't poise with a smile.

This a newspaper clipping artwork. Your can see several people walking, with one person carrying a hand bag that has Jill's face on it. The whole piece is 2-poster papers glued together.

This is a four generation photo.

The Pumpkin Patch

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Brooke and Owen

McCain "too old"

Obama "too young"

Reagan "too gone"

The Pumpkin Patch

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Mark, Cristin, Owen, Grandma, Grandpa, Ben and Brooke

Ben after a long day at work.

Mickey Brooke!

Alligator pumpkins!

Brook visits Utah

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Justtttttt Kiddingggggggg!

Brooke visits Utah

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"Over the river and thru the woods".

A beaver chewed down this tree.

Helloooooo dowwwwn thereeeee!!!

Can you see the red berries? I hope there aren't any bears around here!

Having a great time in California!

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Caleb meets Kalli

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Kalli shows Caleb what you can do with sand.

Caleb loves the feel of sand between his fingers and toes.

Caleb is treated like a King at Kalli palace.

Kalli reminds Caleb of his sisters back in Ohio.

Grandchildren across the country!

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Mandy & Caleb with Grandma & Grandpa visit the Fischer's in California.

Caleb from Ohio

Treyvan from California

Owen from Utah

I have a few more recent pictures on ricksdot.com.

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Here's some more - I'll bet we've gone a thousand we had seen yet.

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Take a look what we found in our treasure box!

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Check out this website.

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We are still trying to decide how we want to connect with pictures on the web.

So, we're trying out this idea.

www.ricksdot.com

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From West to East

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We visited Tasha, Nate and Callie in California just a few weeks ago. Then Tasha, Nate and Callie visited us in Utah for Thanksgiving. Now, we (Vickie, Jeff and Jill are visiting Ben, Mandy, Taryn, Brooke, Elise and coming grandson - in Ohio.

We used Frontier airline "buddy passes" to get here. The were only $180 round trip for all three of us - but - the segment from Salt Lake to Denver was full. The next plane out had room for us, but we arrived in Denver just as the plane to Dayton was leaving. So, we spent the night in Denver's Red Lion. We had no trouble at all getting a seat Thursday morning to Dayton.

Ben picked us up and we arrived just in time to see Taryn get off the bus. She gave Jill a hug, but then immediately stood in a line with the other children off the bus until the bus driver said it was ok to leave.

It was great to see all of them. They felt so good to hug. Mandy had a room for us. Of course, Jill's bed was in Taryn and Brooke's room. We had a hot bowl of chili and bread and watch the movie "Troy" until late.

Friday, because of more snow - we shoveled the driveway then Ben and I took the girl to Boonshoft (a neat museum for children) while the ladies went shopping. Actually at this very moment, it is 11:00pm and the ladies are still shopping, the girls are in bed, Ben is asleep on the floor and I am watching MI3.

Play'n with Cousins

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Thanksgiving

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We spend the Holiday weekend at Bear Lake. We had dinner in a cabin on top of the mountain above Harbor Village - overlooking blue Bear Lake.