Tuesday, July 29, 2008

All By Myself . . .

I hate to start deviating from the Yellowstone tribute and memories, but here goes . . .

So I'm sitting here all alone in my own house (which is a very strange sensation). Alan is back at work. The kids are back in school. Our bags are unpacked, our house is reorganized, and I've done my morning chores. I'm even almost used to the constant sweating and fuzzy hair that comes along with the Hawaiian paradise package. In other words, after a handful of naps and a bout with boredom, we have transitioned at last. Needless to say, we miss you all!

The drive to Jackson Hole was beautiful, with highlights including 2 bear spottings (Wyatt says 3, of course) and a close encounter with a ginormous bull elk that sent our pulse racing. Upon arrival in Jackson Hole we were overcome by the outlaw spirit and simply had to get a photo (as you can see).

















Bear Lake isn't nearly as pretty as Island Park, but the water is nearly as bright and blue as Hawaii and there we added to our pot of awesome family memories.

And then there was Chicago for Alan and Zach where they were welcomed like celebs. At the opening ceremony he got to run out the Soldier Field tunnel with his name in lights and his face on the big screen. It was all very exciting. The Cubs game was a classic father-son moment and Zach especially enjoyed the polar bears at the Chicago Zoo. He made a lot of friends and came home with a bronze medal and a bag full of free gifts for the whole family.











We are happy to be back together as a family all safe and snug in Hawaii and we're thankful there were no broken femurs along the way.

Hope you are all well too!
--Deb

P.S. Alan and I saw Batman last night. Anyone seen it? Any comments?

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Summer Spectacular at Island Park - 2008 - AZ Frampton's

First of all, we finally figured out how to post...Yeah! That in itself is a great accomplishment for us! Thank you to everyone for a fabulous trip and many wonderful memories! It was so fun to be with the family and get to know each of you a little better. Our time that we spend together in Arizona as a family always includes stories and memories of our trip to Island Park. Each of us has our favorite moment from the trip, but most of all we each enjoyed every minute of every day because we were with all of you...boating, wake boarding, riding the quads, driving through Yellowstone with our enormous caravan of cars, having late night talks at the cabin, enjoying dinners together, laughing and singing by the campfire, and most of all being surrounded by those we love so much! Chase received the tape and wanted to thank all of you for taking time to talk to him. He loved it and missed being there, but knows that he is where he needs to be right now and that he will catch the fun next summer! We love each one of you and miss you already!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

How many want a picture book of the reunion????




Bobbi and I are in the process of putting together a 100 page hard cover photo book of the reunion. It will have as many of the pictures we all took as possible to fill the 100 pages up. It looks like it will be between $50-$60 a book. (Usually it is $1 a page for books. Well over $100) Once I get done putting it together and order I will have a more definite total. I am buying one and putting the time together for it and before I order the books want to see if anyone would like one also. It's not going to be a book of just my kids and family. It will be more of a reunion book of everyone's families and all the activities. Call and let me know or email would be fine also.

Dave, Susan, Kent, Marianne and Bruce we are all anxiously waiting your first blog entry!!!!

The books above are what they will look like but with our photos.






Monday, July 21, 2008

A Big Hug and Thanks - Paul Frampton Family

Thank you for...

Grandpa: for sharing your wisdom and stories, for being the most handsome 76 year old man at the reunion (We got some good-looking pictures of you!), sharing your love with the family, sitting with Shelby on the beach, talking to Jenessa, giving Bailey hugs, having great fun with Asia, and being the best grandpa ever!

Grandma: for your contagious laughter! for bringing the blue shorts and giving us a great memory, for writing down what happened each day, for being strong in the gospel, for telling Shelby looked beautiful in those spandex outfits, for talking to Jenessa in the car about your past, and for being a positive example.

Bruce: for sharing The Golden Arm story (Bailey), bringing the four-wheelers, sharing your unique vocal talents around the campfire, sacrificing the shorts to the fire, being a valiant competitor in frisbee golf, for changing the last hole from a Par 3 to a par 4, and for teasing Shelby about talking on the phone to boys.

Connie: for loving your grandchildren (you're cute!), laughing at Paul's jokes, being Brianna's favorite person, and bringing your own flashlight so you wouldn't have to turn other lights on.

Colby: for showing your unique dancing talents in your blue tight outfit, for your maturity, for watching Avatar with Devin and Shelby, for letting Shelby beat you in pool, for taking us four-wheeling and getting covered in dust! for having some of the best biffs on the wakeboard, for opening up to Jenessa, and for socializing with everyone.

Jeremy: for losing to Paul in pool from hitting the eight ball in without calling it, for being a back-up boat driver to Ned, for telling Jenessa she's good at chopping celery, for doing laundry batches, for dealing with all the girls in your room every night, for sharing Bobbi with everyone, and for sharing your extra life-jackets with Bailey and Asia.

Bobbi: for making us more beautiful with your haircuts, for doing Jenessa's toenails over and over, for giving great hair tips! for being open to learning and sharing your experiences between you and your dad, for letting Asia play with Emyly and Averi so often, and for talking to Jennifer about life and dance.

Emyly: for making Shelby get out of her book to talk to you, for watching Avatar with us, for playing with Asia, for catching dragonflies with Asia on the pier, for making forts out of the banana chairs downstairs, for giving Devin all your cheese and crackers, for playing house with Asia, for dancing with jenessa, and for being an example of high spirit.

Averi: for being such a great helper, for giving everyone so many hugs, for coming and laughing with Shelby under the blanket, for getting Devin water when he asked, for dancing with Jenessa, for making forts with Emyly downstairs, for riding in the boat with Asia, and for looking so pretty with your hair curled.

Brianna: for running around during Paul and Jer's pool game giving Shelby a laugh, for having such big blue eyes, for wanting Jenessa to hold her one night, for letting Uncle Paul walk around and show her different things in the cabin, and being a great little sister to Emyly and Averi.

Chris: for sharing the story of your first kiss with Rebecca, driving your car up and around Yellowstone, and for jumping in the cold water to get the boat properly docked.

Rebecca: for poking and teasing Bailey at Mammoth Hot Springs outside on the grass, for your awesome accent, for running with Asia up the wooden stairs, for sympathizing with Jenessa when you both had to go to the bathroom, and for laughing with everyone.

Heather: for making an effort to come up even for a shorter visit, for sharing your story on how you and Kyle met, and for being a part of seeing the Grizzly bear.

Kyle: for being happy and smily, willing to go with us to Yellowstone, for loving Heather, and for not getting lost on the four-wheelers even though Bruce went to find you.

David: for going to the Tetons with us, for looking after Asia so she didn't get lost, for staying determined to find us all at Chuck-a-rama, for the skipping rock competition with Devin and Jenessa, for letting Asia build a tower with the jam at the bunnery, for catching Tifanee's pitches, and for playing pool with Devin.

Keri: for always looking so pretty, for letting us talk to Chase on the tape recorder and giving us a tape to do the same for Taylor, for letting Shelby and Devin pig out on your garlic bread, for singing around the campfire, and for wanting hugs from those on the boat before you left.

Tiffanee: for being so funny on the boat, for talking about the dish (Jenessa says you'll get it?), for letting Paul catch your speed pitches, for coaching Jenessa in pitching, for playing phase ten late in the night, for being interested in Paul's Happy Valley movie, for letting us embaress you on the phone talking to Kyle, for walking around with Jenessa when we shopped at Jackson Hole, and for making sure everyone felt included.

Amber: for talking to Jenessa about college at the Bunnery, for finding such a wonderful husband in Tyler, for laughing, for your beautiful voice around the campfire, and for having the sweetest tan line on your legs (Jenessa).

Tyler: for being persistant on getting up on the wakeboard, for joining in with the family even though your the in-law, for boating with everyone, for telling lots of scary stories (Blue Lady), and for talking with Jenessa at the Bunnery.

Alan: for "Born to be Wild" memory, for bringing up your outgoing children, for your prayer for the family before we left and blessing for Melissa, for your lefty frisbee throws in frisbee golf, for your advice about how we are all human beings striving for similar things, and for entertaining us on the tubes.

Debbie: for getting along with everyone, for being the best cheerleader, for being Jennifer's picture buddy, for letting Shelby use your computer to look at pictures, for running with Jenessa and Paul and getting further distance each time, for leading songs by the campfire, for dancing and singing with us, for being so interested in Jenessa's dance, and for letting Shelby and Jenessa steal your chocolate raisins.

Tatum: for keeping a simple and positive mindset, for liking scrapbooks, for talking with Shelby out on the dock and tickling her to get her laughing, for giving everyone compliments (even uncle Paul's singing), for tying with Colby on the biffs, for staying up late with everyone, for getting into Avatar, for dancing with Shelby on the Pokemon dance even though you didn't know it, and for running with Jenessa and Paul.

Zach: for sticking melted marshmellows in Shelby's clean hair, for playing pool with Devin, for watching Avatar with all the kids, for playing Craps with the kids, for leading the Check the Poo skit, for leading a bunch of songs at the campfire, and for laughing at uncle Bruce's jokes.

Wyatt: for dancing and bringing energy! for playing pool with Devin till the end, for catching crawdads and sacrificing them in the fire with Devin, for the check the poo, for jumping right in and swimming in the lake, and for sitting in the flowers for a pretty picture for Jennifer.

Garrett: for your Nacho Libre jumps, for letting Bailey push you in the lake, for check the poo, for the dances moves, for laughing and teasing Kim, for being so 'cool', for playing pool with Devin, for being so outgoing, and for watching Avatar with the kids.

Susan: for your laugh and your cute smile, for singing with Paul "Yesterday", singing around the campfire, for jumping into the lake with all your clothes on the clean off, for your most embaressing moment story, for your graduation letter to Jenessa, and for doing nails with the girls.

Brittany: for pushing it through the week even with shingles, for being startled by uncle Paul in the bathroom, for staying up in the girls room to talk and laugh, for playing speed with Jenessa, for doing nails with everyone, for being brave enough to get a different cute hair cut, for getting covered in dust and getting the best dirty face with Melissa.

Melissa: for the tie for the dirty face from four-wheeling, for being a trouper even after having your wisdom teeth pulled, for playing Taboo and Pit with Shelby even though people didn't nessicarily know how to play the game, and for looking through magazines with Jenessa and Tatum.

Ryan: for taking the most awesome pictures, for the best picture of Devin, for chasing the moose to get pictures, for putting your comment in about missionaries while we did hair, for being a part of the blessing on Melissa, and for being there at all the Yellowstone trips.

Jessica: for talking to Shelby on the ride up in Kent's motorhome, for playing Rummikum and talking with Jenessa, for talking about preschool with Jennifer, for being so good with the babies especially Bri, and for sharing how you and Ryan met.

Crystal: for watching Tyler so well and being a great mom to him, for your beautiful smile, for letting us tease you about you and Jonathon's bike crash, and for bringing us our milk and garbage sacks.

Jonathon: for using him tall skills to help us shorties with the dishes, for loving Crystal, and for your cute smile, for serenading Crystal (Brittany and Melssia spilled the beans).

Tyler: for waving to everyone, for having the biggest cute smile, and for being playful and happy with everyone.

Ned: for driving the boat! for forgiving Asia when she was sorry for breaking the plastic part on the boat, for letting Asia get excited when you tried running over the ducks, for missing a sunday as the bishop, for going crazy with Devin on the boat, and for jumpstarting the four-wheeler for Paul.

Marianne: for giving directions to everyone, for going on a walk with Jennifer, for your laugh, for sharing your embaressing moment, for the campfire and smores evening, for talking to Jenessa after we left Mesa Falls, for showing pictures of your cute grandchildren, and for teaching and building people's confidence to wakeboard.

Angie: for being pregnent and being so excited about it, for talking with the girls in the bunkbed room about boys the first night, for standing up for Zach in the water, for giving Jenessa potential husband advice, and for having a good sense of humor about losing your sleep bra.

Kim: for talking to Shelby and Jenessa in the hot tub, for sharing her great wakeboard skills, for talking with Jenessa on the boat, for being fine with people calling you Kimberpee, for hanging out in the nail room, for being Jenessa's friend, and for laughing.

Brody: for talking to Shelby about Harry Potter, for being nice to everyone around you, for staying up untill 4:30 playing games, for building a fire, for always helping with the boat, for your amazing wakeboarding skills, for playing pool with Paul and Devin, for coaching everyone about wakeboarding, for sitting outside by the lake with Shelby and Grandpa, and for playing Scum with us even when you don't like our rules.

Mckenzie: for hanging out in the hot tub with Shelby and Jenessa, for getting up on your first try wakeboarding! for letting Tatum go first on the four-wheeler, for letting Shelby steal your blanket to sneak off to the boat at night, for watching Avatar and laughing at it's cheesiness with Shelby, for having such beautiful curly hair, and for being so loving towards all the younger cousins.

Kent: for letting Shelby ride up in the motor home the first day, for all your jokes, for being such a great dad, for talking to Jenessa about art, for encouraging our crazy dancing, for showing off your legs in those blue shirts, for being so proud of your baby daughter, and for being just a little bit shorter than Paul.

Stacy: for driving the RV, for being such a great mom, for wearing the monitor at all times, for preparing three hams to feed us all week, for being interested in other people's lives, and for laughing at people's jokes.

Ashlun: for loving the water, for being the best spanish speaking 2 year old, for your big blue eyes and cute smile, for letting Bailey babysit him and him being 'prizeful', for giving Devin kisses, for being friends with Tyler right away, for knowing everyones name, and for your dancing.

Taylor: for being such a beautiful little girl! for smiling to everyone, for letting people take your picture all the time.


Thanks to everyone for making this such a fun family reunion. We love you all!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

1000 reasons to love Island Park by Jeremy and Bobbi

Well Debbie was the quickest to get an entry on the blog and it was fun to read. I hope as everyone reads the blogs everyone will want to put there own entry also to help with everyone’s memories of the reunion and all that is going on with there lives from here on out. Bobbi and I thought Debbie had a good idea and we are going to also put our favorite memories of this past week.

Jeremy’s favorite memories:

Trying to start a wave at old faithful but failing time and time again; being the candy and soda devil tempting everyone; learning how to drive the boat; watching Bobbi learn how to wakeboard; grandpa clogging the toilet twice; grandma telling Brody and Colby to turn off their flashlights at night (the phone so they could see); frisbee golf; Emyly and Averi loving playing with their second cousins; scratching on the 8 ball right before beating Paul in pool; the smell of nail polish in my room every night along with a plethora of girls in my room till early morning; talking with Kent and Stacey about New York; Ned jumping in the water to cool off; Mckenzie wakeboarding her first try; trying to catch a crab with Wyatt and Emy; Alan and Bruce on the tube with there heads bouncing everywhere; all the good dinners we had; me breaking the boat; seeing how many haircuts Bobbi could give in a weeks vacation; Ryan 10 feet away from a moose not knowing he might be in real trouble; all the girls dancing, talking pigeon with the boys; the MLB all star game going all night; all the laughs everyone had; Emyly saying go slower on the tube at the same time as Averi saying go faster; being a better photographer than my dad; all the wipeouts on the tubes; thinking I hurt both arms on the tube but loving it; talking with everyone till early morning; Jen cornering me to get my girls in dance; trying to shoot the muskrat with the bb gun; Bri following grandma Connie around all the time; Tatum and Peyton Manning; David slamming on his brakes to see a bull elk; teaching Debbie how to fix the internet; 100 bottles of beer on the wall; taking Tyler wake boarding early in the morning; telling everyone goodbye with tears in our eyes not knowing the next time we will all be together again. Burning of the blue shorts; I think I could go all night with memories. It sure was a blast and hopefully everyone will be willing to do it again! Thanks Grandma and grandpa and everyone who brought toys and helped out with making the week a success.

Bobbi’s Favorite Frampton Family 2008 Reunion Memories:

The first thing that comes to mind is listening to Alan go on and on analyzing why he couldn’t get up while wake boarding. Meeting in our drive way bright and early Sunday morning and loading the trailers and boat; Averi talking through the family prayer at Gas N Go; Meeting baby Taylor for the first time at Chuck A Rama; Seeing how much Ashlun has grown up; Being put to shame by a two year old who speaks better Spanish than I do; Ashlun coming in the cabin and saying, “Hi Emyly”; Alan and Debbie meeting us in the drive way of the cabin; Watching the guys come up with this big elaborate plan of how they were going to unload the trailers and everyone’s vehicles; Then watching everyone work so well as a team to get everyone’s things unloaded; short showers; Guessing that the cabin was about 6000 square feet and finding out it was only like 3000 square feet. Having a camera at every angle; Late nights early mornings; Hearing all 50 verses of She’ll be coming around the mountain; Loosing terribly to Angie in pool; Having Zach, Wyatt and Garett coaching me in pool; All the talk about poo; Averi coming to me to tell me that Garett didn’t want to play house and be the husband because he was watching TV. and then being excited when I suggested that he could be the dad and pretend to be watching TV. and Garrett playing along with that idea; Everyone treating my girls so good and really making them feel special; Not wearing makeup; Witnessing Emy, Averi and Asia really getting to know each other and really becoming friends; All the yummy dinners; Watching the girls dance; They are amazing!; Listening to Paul sing (that is so cool); The blue P.E. shorts being modeled by almost all; The best salon setting ever; Finding out at 9:45 am that we were taking a family picture at 10:00 am.; Getting up at 5:00 am to go to Yellowstone; seeing my first real live buffalo; picking flowers with Bri, Emy and Averi; Playing Rumikub with Susan Brittney and Melissa;, Watching the girls tube; Bri crying every time Connie left; Fitting all five of us in the big bath tub; Meeting baby Tyler and watching him hug on Bri; Learning some great parenting tips from Jenn; Getting to know Brit and Melissa; Ned and Brody teaching me how to wakeboard, Having lunch with Bruce and Connie at there cabin; Cinnamon raison bagels; Receiving wise counsel from Tatum about the force; Hanging out with ‘the girls”; Hanging out with Tiff and talking about how cool Chase is; Realizing how blessed I am to be apart this awesome family; Wearing the same clothes all week; Watching Susan be the cutest grandma; Our late night talk after watching “Happy Valley”; Hanging out with Jenn; Dreaming about owning a cabin at Island Park and making it a yearly family trip.

We had such a good time with everyone. Grandpa and Grandpa, thank you for making that possible for all of us. I love you guys so much and really appreciate everything you guys do. You have raised a great family that loves each other so much and has been so good to me and my family. I am so grateful to be part of the Frampton Family and to have these aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws and grandparents.

A big Yellowstone MAHALO from Al and Deb

This was the super-funnest (not a real word, I know) Frampton family reunion EVER! Thank you so much Mom and Dad for providing the place. Thanks Ned for bringing your boat and the tubes and thanks Bruce and Jer for bringing the 4 wheelers.

My heart is bursting full with all the emotions of a perfect week hanging out with all of you. It was so awesome to spend time together laughing, talking, playing, eating and chillin'. I love you all so much and I'm so thankful to be part of such a wonderful family. We have decided that all of the Frampton grandchildren have found and married the absolute coolest people in the world. What are the odds of that?

Deb’s Highlights:

The big bison coming out of the mist; watching Bobbi cut everyone’s hair and paint toenails; downloading 3,000 photos with Ryan, Jeremy, Jen, Bruce, Tyler and Dave; running with Paul, Jenessa, Tatum and Tiffanee; singing around the firepit; driving with Ryan and Jessica through Yellowstone; having Brody teach me to wake board; putting Brie to sleep; high fiving baby Tyler; watching Big Tyler’s enthusiasm over every little thing; teasing Bruce; Kimberpee; talking, talking talking; staying up super late and sleeping in until 9am; watching Ned play with all the little kids; Paul cleaning and taking out the garbage; watching my kids having a ball with all of their cousins; Shelby and Tatum doing the Pokemon dance; hugging Angie-bear; Jeremy hiding whipped cream under our pillow; Avery and Emily coming into my room and saying “Hi, Debbie!”; watching Ashlun dance; Dixie in her BYU PE shorts; Dixie in her cool jeans with the belt; watching Jenessa and Bailey dance; watching Paul sing about how to love a woman ;); watching "So You Think You Can Dance" with everyone during dinner; Jeremy helping me edit photos; Zach laughing at Bruce's jokes; Sue diving into the lake with all of her clothes on; analyzing mom's snake dreams; Bobbi telling me she loves me.

Alan's Highlights:

Rididng 4 wheelers with bro; seeing Kimberly and Colby crash on the wake boards; seeing Paul and Jen's family singing around the campfire; getting a haircut on the backporch during the rainstorm; seeing Jeremy throw the boys off the tube while driving; Susan and her girls all covered in dust after four wheeling; Paul dancing with his BYU PE shorts on; watching Tiffanee and Dave play softball; Kent on the tube with Ash; seeing my boys sing check the poo; watching Tatum and Zach wake board; sitting around outside around the firepit and visiting with everyone.

Here's a link to a web album full of highlights from photos taken by Jer, Debbie, Ryan, Jen, Bruce, Dave and Tyler: http://picasaweb.google.com/debframp/Yellowstone02

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

4th of July

We had a fun bbq at Bruce and Connie's for the 4th thanks for having everyone over to celebrate together. The weather was perfect and it was nice to see how everyone was doing. Alan and Debbie's family and the Bushnells went to the Stadium of Fire (we expect an entry) and everyone else watched the fireworks on Bruce and Connie's back porch. It was fun spotting the parachuters and the fly by with the F-16's for the show (trying to point them out to Grandma and Grandpa was like a 4th of July scavenger hunt). We even did our own fireworks in the front. It sure was a fun 4th! Thanks for all who came over and enjoyed the day together here in Utah. Hope to see and read how everyones 4th went around the country on the blog also.









































Monday, July 7, 2008

Laser Tag


Take a super HOT, dark room. Add some AC/DC and some laser guns. Make sure the guns are defective so the kids ROCK and the adults look lame and you've got yourself a perfect Frampton Family Home Evening. Laser tag with the Framptons is always a riot. Check out the pics from last week's super hot, super loud, super defective extravaganza.
Thanks Jer for organizing it.
You da bomb!!


Here's the link for more pictures:


Chase's Neighbor Killed in Apartment Fire