Our Story
My great-grandparents, Hank and Olive Wood, had passed away before I was born, but our family kept their spirits alive through stories and spending time at the cabin. Their last name, Wood, was the perfect namesake for the location to be named 'The Wood Shed'.
Hank and Olive had two daughters, Susan and Norma Jean. Norma was my grandmother and was affectionately known as "Red", not only because of her hair color but because she was a firecracker.
She married my grandfather, Harold Finch, in April of 1956 after seeing him wheel buckets of rocks around the Ogden Golf and Country Club.
After going to Weber State College, my great-grandfather got Pa a job at the Mountain Bell Telephone Company, where they worked together fixing telephone lines until each of their retirements.
Continuing on...
Over the years, the Wood Shed was always occupied by the Finch family as well as Norma's sister's family. They spent time at Pineview, riding Honda 90 dirt bikes through the dirt roads, and golfing on the now-abandoned golf course that sat across the street. Grandma Olive passed way not long after the cabin was built in 1976. Hank was heartbroken, but spent a lot of time at the cabin fixing things up and hanging with the grandkids to keep him occupied. In 1989, Hank passed away peacefully and the cabin was given to my grandmother, Norma. Pa put the "Finch Wood Shed" sign up in the front, and my dad and his two sisters spent time with their now-children enjoying its beauty and nostalgia. After all, they all helped Hank build the cabin from the ground up when they were kids! My grandmother, Norma, was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1998. She fought a long and hard battle, and hung around just long enough to get to meet me when I was born in 2003. She passed away three days after my first birthday on March 7, 2004. Devastated by her passing, my grandfather also spent a lot of time at the cabin to keep himself busy. He would bring me up, and we would mow the lawn and watch the baby deers that would come visit in the Spring. My mother brought me to the cabin on her weekends off and I gained some of my most cherished memories; as many of my cousins before me had. My father and I built the wishing well that sits on the South side of the cabin. The cabin became a place of peace, of family, and somewhere that always felt safe no matter what the hustle and bustle of daily life brought. In July of 2025, my grandfather, now being 90 years old and with pressure from Nordic Valley to raise property taxes and bring in commercial development, he decided to sell. I had just recently graduated college from Weber State, and knew I couldn't let this place go. I took the leap to purchase it from my grandfather, and keep it in the family. I have now been given the opportunity to open it up and share its beauty and story with all those who come through. We appreciate you choosing to stay with us. I am very blessed to still have this amazing spot, and I hope that you can make memories that stay with you and your loved ones for a lifetime!
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