Grandpa Newton's Medals

On 7 January 2013, the medals for PVT Newton W. Young arrived at our home. If you have been following the blog, then you will remember on 10 Aug 2012, PVT Newton W. Young, Keith's Grandfather and one of Christopher's name sakes was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received on 14 October 1918, during the Battle of the Argonne Forest, in the closing days of World War I. We have now received the medal sets and will work on having them framed with his picture in our family room.

Below are then pictures taken of the medals by a not so expert photographer.

Left to Right: World War I Victory Medal with 4 Clasp, the Purple Heart Medal and a Silver Service Pin (Bronze was for service, silver is for wounded veterans)

The clasp read: Defensive Sector, France, Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihiel.

The defensive sector clasp denotes having participate in unnamed battles, where the St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne were large named campaigns and the France clasp denotes service in France.

His medal will go on display with others in our family that have served and will pasted down, so that future generations will know the sacrifices made by our family over the last 94 years and counting.

Lets talk about snow....

Daddy said, before he left Utah he wanted to see one really big snow storm. He went to Oklahoma (Fort Sill) and we got the snow. Of course we are not silly, we waited for him to come home to shovel it.

Our back deck. 18" of fresh powder.

The stairs were like a ski slop and Daddy would not let me ski down.

Little dog wondering if we had any treats.

A look in the front yard!

We had a snow storm, it froze and we had a bigger storm and now Daddy wishes he was in Florida. Not to much longer and we will be....

They actually went on a trip without me....

We apologize for the long delay.... However, we could not upload pictures.... now the site is working again.

So that said, here are a few pictures from Mommy and Daddy's trip. They went to Park City/ Dear Valley, left me at home to take care of myself. As you can see, I am none the worse.

Then they came home and showed me the pictures.

Here is a picture of the funicular.

The pool they swam in.... and I did not.

The hot, hot tub I did not see....

They even had someone else take pictures of them.

The view from their room....

From what I hear, they had a great time. As for me, I made due. A few gold fish crackers and some milk and I was good! Next time, I am going.... and that is final.