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Yeti Nine: Beaver Mountain
A back up of cars following behind three snowplows coming out of Sardine Canyon.The recent warm spell in the Beehive State got me to worrying that some resorts may not stay open much longer. With six...
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Yeti Ten: Cherry Peak
Insider info indicated that Cherry Peak would not be open much longer due to limited snow. We had hoped to join with other Emmetts for a ski day next month at Utah's newest resort--opened just this...
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Provo City Center Temple
Last Tuesday morning we went to the Provo City Center Temple Open House. Sarah was excused. She didn't want to miss calculus and had already toured the temple once with the Young Women in the ward...
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Yeti Eleven: Sundance
Whereas ninth grader Joel Emmett tried out earlier in the week and made the Springville High School JV soccer team (yahoo!) and this morning was the first strength training workout and he went skiing...
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Enjoyment
Truth be told, some days are better than others. Today was better.This semester I have been working hard keeping up with two new courses: "representations of nationalisms" which is a co-taught course...
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Yeti Twelve: Deer Valley
It was the last day of the term and Sarah and Joel were all caught up with school work so we decided to play hooky. Delightful Deer Valley was our destination. It is a rare treat to ski at this...
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Beauty For Ashes
Prior to the dedication of a new LDS Temple, youth from the temple district participate in a cultural celebration. I believe the origin of this practice developed decades ago as a way to entertain...
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A geographer in San Francisco
I attended my first annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers thirty years ago in Minneapolis. A group of graduate students drove up from the University of Chicago and packed into one...
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Yeti Thirteeen: Snowbird
Our Saturdays are now full with soccer training for Joel and soccer games for Will so we decided to take advantage of Spring Break for a little spring skiing. Since I teach on M-W-F, Tuesday and...
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Yeti Fourteen: Brighton
We didn't need enticement from this innovative and amusing advertising campaign (it is healthy to laugh at one's own culture sometimes) a few years ago to get us to ski Brighton. We have been skiing...
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Senior Prom
Back in the day when Polaroid cameras were the rage, dad decided that he should instantly document our departure to the Senior Ball at Logan High School with a candid photo. Those photos were then...
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Good Will Running
Today Will gave the other fifth graders in Springville (coming from all six elementary schools) a run for their money. It was the annual Springville Track meet (formerly known as Hershey's Track and...
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at the footBall Ballet
It is the end of the Football (soccer) season. Joel played as a freshman on Springville High School's Red Devil JV Soccer team: 3 wins, 2 ties and the rest losses. Joel scored one goal. Will finished...
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Bernie Sign Bandits
On February 13, 2010, The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) issued a letter to be read in all Utah congregations, which encouraged Latter-day Saints to attend...
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Sarah's Graduation
Today Sarah graduated from Springville High School with high honors--almost a 4.0 had it not been for the past two terms of calculus. Way to go Sarah. We love you.These four beautiful young ladies were...
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Utah Rocks: Arches
Friday afternoon, after the boys’ last day of school and my fun morning of skiing with my brothers at Snowbird, we headed south for a five day mini vacation to explore the red rock region of southern...
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Utah Rocks: Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point, Gemini Bridges
Day two started out with a sleep in and then attending the 10:00 sacrament meeting of the Green River Ward--nice talks, patriotic songs, and more than a few cowboy boots and bolo ties. There were quite...
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Utah Rocks: Goblin Valley and Capitol Reef
We started out our Memorial Day by exploring Green River to learn about how a town survives in such a place. Green River started as a place to ferry across the river and then blossomed as a supply...
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Utah Rocks: Scenic Byway 12
Tuesday we were driving with a purpose: to get back to Springville in time for Joel and Will to rest up and then get to soccer tryouts by 6:30 pm. We were on the road by 8:30 heading south and then...
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Harriet Dudley and Henry Roland Emmett Family Reunion.
Generation 1 & 2. Harriet and Roland Emmett with their six children clockwise from the right: John (5), JoAnn (6), Dud (short for Dudley) (4), Pat (3), Lucile (1), and Dorothy (2). Harriet at Bryce...
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