Monday, June 27, 2011

Some Finished Projects!

I don't get much done these days it seems but the past couple of weeks I have been able to finish a few things. I know its almost the end of June but here is my little June calendar quilt. I really had it done and displayed by the first part of the month. I need to get going now on July. It will be so nice to have them all done...some day maybe!

I was also invited to a wedding reception for one of the guys that I work with, Josh. Josh is my "Monday morning texting friend". He is now working out of Utah so every Monday morning I start texting him to find out how many hours I need to pay him for. Humm...seems like he should be texting me. Anyway I put together this cute bright table runner for my gift for Josh and his new wife. Congrats Josh!


My sister also had a birthday this month so I whipped up one of these cute snap bags and put it with some Bath and Body products (got those at their semi annual sale...great prices). These little bags are so fast and easy to make. I need to make some more to just have on hand.


Along with the above gift I threw in a set of these crochet coasters that I have been making. It was kind of a "hodge podge" of stuff gift. These have been really fun to make. Remember at the beginning of the year I was going to do a "gift" project each month? Well I am behind on that but these were one of those projects. This is a good on going project. I have all the supplies in a bag that I grab when I know I am going to have to sit and wait somewhere.


Well time to go and work on another project!









Saturday, June 25, 2011

Cooking Weekend

Last Friday I came home from work and found this going on in my kitchen...Beth had begun her marathon cooking weekend. She started out by making jam. She made strawberry and blackberry. She was going to give it as her Father's Day Gifts.
Here is her stack of jam ready to go into the freezer. It is soooo good. She didn't stop there, she just kept cooking.



The next cooking project were these cinnamon rolls. This was before she put frosting on. These were also for Father's day or you might say "future Fathers" Day. The girls in her single branch passed these out to the guys there since they will be fathers in the future.



Then she had another activity planned with her friends and Beth put together this veggie platter. Does she ever stop? No she just kept going. She also put made some delicious biscuits to give out with her jam and also a cake. Lastly she cooked dinner for her dad and brothers. Humm...did I forget anything? She was in the kitchen most of the weekend.



On Sunday I asked her if she was sick of cooking/baking and she said "No, just sick of doing dishes". Unfortunately for her our dishwasher is not working right now. Sorry Beth but everything turned out great. BTW...I got to be the taste tester. Lucky me!










Monday, June 20, 2011

Father's Day

This weekend, like many of you, we celebrated Father's Day. It was also my youngest sister, Amy's birthday, so we started out the morning at Kathy's house for breakfast. It wasn't a big celebration, just the 3 sisters and our parents. My niece and nephew showed up a little later. Kathy fixed us a wonderful breakfast and then before we left we decided we sisters needed a picture with dad.
While we were at it we needed a picture with Mom too. Mom and Dad also celebrated their 60th anniversary this last week. Alot to celebrate. Thanks Kathy for having us over for breakfast.

We didn't end our celebrations here...we officially celebrated Father's Day later that afternoon with a BBQ hosted by my niece, Darcy and her husband, Sean. We had some wonderful hamburgers. Thanks Darcy and Sean! Happy Father's Day Dad, you and Mom are the best. And lastly...Happy Birthday Amy!


Friday, June 17, 2011

We're in the Army now!

For the past two and a half weeks Tom (my oldest son) has been at his yearly Army National Guard training. The location of this was at Camp Navajo just outside of Flagstaff. Last Sat. was Family Day so I loaded his kids, Reagen, Thane and Faith, up in the car and headed north to visit him. The kids were excited since they hadn't seen him in almost 2 weeks. As we entered this the first sign we had that we were now on base.
The morning activities were games with each unit competing against each other with the families cheering them on. Here is a tug of war that we got to see. That's Tom at the very end. Unfortunately they lost this competition but his group did win at Kickball. After all the games the guys (and gals) were release to spend some time with their families. They were having a BBQ with some wonderful looking hamburgers but after spending 2 weeks on base Tom was ready to leave and get some pizza, so thats what we did.

On our way out Tom showed us around a little and the Thane wanted to look at the Army vehicles. Here are Tom and the kids with a few of them. The base was actually pretty nice. Most of the buildings were pretty new. I guess I was expecting it not to be as nice as it was.

The kids loved seeing where Dad had been hanging out. About 4:30 the kids and I headed back to the valley and Tom was going to take a much needed nap on a bed. He had been camping out and sleeping on the ground so a bed sounded very inviting.





Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The 1 year mark!

It's hard to believe that Matthew has been out on his mission for just over a year now. Some times it seems like it has gone by fast and some times it seems like it is taking forever (usually that's when I am out doing yard work). Matthew has loved serving in England and loves the people over there. He has been made a trainer of a greenie so they must love him too. I didn't realize but a missionary tradition is to burn one of your white shirts when you hit your year mark. Here he is burning his. Beth said the sister missionaries burn panty hose...I think I would burn those before I left.


This is a picture he took of himself while on his bike, isn't he handsome and I love all the green in the background


This is one of the many catherals that he has been to. There are only parts of this one left but he has sent some pictures of some beautiful old buildings. Some are just loaded with beautiful landscaped grounds with tons of flowers.


And of course boys will be boys...here he and his companion and another elder have made time on the Prep day to go to a car show. He loves the Mini Coopers and says he wants to get one when he gets home. I'm not sure he would even fit in one, he might be to tall. I guess it will be ok because he says it will just be his 2nd vehicle. He still wants a truck to drive too. I think he is dreaming.


I hope he continues to enjoy serving the Lord in England for the next year and they enjoy having him there. I also hope for my sake it goes as fast as the first year has gone. See you soon Snooky! We miss you!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Memorial/Craft Weekend

I know it's a little late... but better late than never. On Memorial weekend Beth and I took 4 of my grandkids to our little cabin in Heber. This is the first time any of us had been there for quite a while. Luckily everything was in good shape after a cold winter. Beth decided that everyone needed craft projects to do while we were there so she planned and organized crafts for all. Well everyone except me and I always have more projects going than one person could ever finish in a life time. Here is Jessah crocheting. I actually had shown her how on Mother's Day weekend and she was still at it so I decided a new stitch and some new yarn was needed. Off to Walmart we went before we left to pick up the new yarn. She is making some coasters here. I can't remember how many she got made but she was whipping them out. You are doing a great job Jessah!

And then there was Reagen and her craft. Beth brought stuff for she and the girls to make hair flowers and Reagen went crazy. Last count she had 17 made. They were turning out so cute, she should have enough of them for every outfit she wears when she gets back into school after her summer break. Jessah and Beth both got some of these made too.




Thane is into coloring so when I was at Walmart picking up Jessahs yarn I found this tiger picture that came with all the markers. he colored every little inch of it. It kept him busy when he wasn't outside hitting the baseball around...he loves sports. Good job Thane!




And here is our cute little Faithy. She wasn't to much into the crafts. Oh she colored a little, modeled the hair flowers but she also played outside in the dirt. She is so girly, girly but for some reason she love digging in the dirt. Maybe she needs someone to show her some gardening tips.





And of course a trip to the cabin with kids just wouldn't be complete without getting the little ole jeep out. Someone gave this to Matthew as a joke when he turned 16 and boy I think the grandkids have driven it about 50,000 Miles since then. Poor thing needs a new battery, it only last about 1/2 hr. even when it is fully charged. The kids do love it tho and have made a path through our driveway and into the neighbors. Good thing the neighbors don't mind.





This weekend I am going to be with the same bunch of kids and we are heading to Flagstaff for the day on Saturday for the Army Family Day. Their dad has been up there for his yearly National Guard maneuvers. They will be glad to see daddy after him being gone for 2 weeks now and he will be glad to see them. I will post those pictures when we get back.













Sunday, June 5, 2011

Happy Birthday Hunter

This cute little boy that I am with had a birthday on Friday. My Grandson, Hunter turned 5 years old on Friday and is so excited to start school in July. He had a birthday party on Memorial weekend with family and friends but because I was out of town I decided to take him on his birthday to one of his favorite places...Panda Bears (as he calls it). Aunty Beth and Carrie joined us, along with cousin Reagen. He told us all about his great day going to Build a Bear with his mom and brother Connor. He wanted to make sure we knew he didn't build a bear but a dog and of course his dog had to have a puppy so apparently he got to build 2.

After we were done eating our dinner we walked across the parking lot and got us an ice cream cone at Crazy Subs. They have the best rootbeer and vanilla swirl cones there, just like eating a rootbeer float. We them took it outside to eat and open his gifts. He hates getting his picture taken but I was able to snap a few. Aunt Beth took him to see the new Kunfu Panda movie after. Hope you had a great 5th birthday H-Dawg!