Hey Girls, remember these skirts?

Jamie sent me a picture this morning of Lexi wearing a skirt that I made her a long time ago.  I was surprised that it still fit her and that she is still wearing it.  The picture just made me smile all over.  What a darling girl she is. 

A Busy Sunday

This morning Mindy came by and fixed my computer so that I could continue on with my blogging journal.  Live Writer wasn't letting me post anything and Mindy was able to solve the problem.  I love that I can call on her when I have computer problems as well as needing some 'therapy'.  Thanks Mindy, for your help today.  It was nice to visit with her and hear about her trip to Columbia and that she got a promotion and a raise! 
After Mindy left Neal and I headed out to Stansbury to Lynda Ann's sacrament meeting to hear Mallory give a talk about girls camp.  She talked about an event on the ropes course.  She said that they were blind folded and then lead to a rope.  They were told to follow the rope and not to let go no matter what.  She told of her experience of hanging tightly to the rope and finding her way to the end where she was greeted by her YW leaders who said, "Welcome home."  She explained that it was like life.  We have the iron rod (the Word of God) that if we hang on tightly to it we will eventually find our way home and Jesus Christ will be there to welcome us.  She mentioned that some girls let go of the rope and didn't make it and some gave up before they reached the end because there were ropes crossing each other.  She did a beautiful job and we were proud of her.

Neal is getting the pots planted for the summer!

It is actually really late for Neal to be planting the pots but we have had such a rainy May that he has not had one weekend when he could actually get out and plant.  I think the weatherman said this was a record breaking May for rain.  We sure need the moisture so there wasn't much complaining from anyone that I was around.  I do have to say that I'm glad we have sunshine this weekend and I LOVE the summer months ahead.  I heard someone at work make the comment that "I didn't think I was living in the Northwest!"  Neal planted all day until it was time to go to our bridge group and then he had to quit.  He still has a lot of planting left to do.  I don't get into the planting so while he spent his day getting the pots planted I went out to Stansbury and help the Gertson put primer on all the walls downstairs to get the walls ready for painting.  What a huge undertaking.  Glad I was able to help.  I work in Andrews room with Jeff and then went into Abby's room and worked with her.  I discovered that she is a perfectionist like her mother and is a focused and very hard worker!  I was really proud of how she stayed with the task until it was done.  Abby was covered with primer from head to toe.  I should have taken a picture!  Dang!

 

Belated Mothers Day Present

I came home from work to find a bouquet of flowers and a gift certificate for $30.00 to Tai Pan Trading from Maren, Greg and the kids.

A Scofield Weekend

First of all.  Neal and I have both been spelling Scofield “Schofield” which apparently is wrong.  there is no “H” in Scofield.  The computer doesn’t like the spelling without the “h” but that is the proper way to spell it.  Ron and Judy have been remodeling their cabin in Scofield and so Neal and I have not been down there for about 3 years.  It has been a slow process for them because Ron has done most of the work along with his brother, Mike.  They would go down when the weather permitted and when time permitted.  The completed gutted the cabin and added a whole new roof and an upstairs.  Now the cabin has a huge kitchen and front room combined, down the hall there are two bedrooms and at the end of the hall there is a bathroom, laundry room and the stairs leading to the upstairs sitting room and bedroom.  It is beautiful and we were so excited to see it for the first time.  We arrived there Thursday evening and had a delicious dinner, played bridge, watched a movie and then off to bed. I am always fascinated with the windmills and had Neal snap a couple shots of them.  These are just as you are heading up Price Canyon.  Pictured below is the kitchen and the front room.

Friday morning we had a delicious breakfast and then headed into Price for hamburgers and to drop Neal and Ron off to golf while Judy and I did some essential shopping for the cabin.  I also had her drive around Price and show me where she grew up.

Food was delicious and you can see that we all had on jackets.  It was off and on rain, wind and a bit chilly.  This is an old outhouse across the street from Judy’s cabin and between two cabins.  We don’t know who the outhouse belongs to but we laughed when we noticed that it was padlocked!!!  Seriously?  You will notice the second picture is our cars covered with a thin coating of snow.  Yes, we woke up to snow on the ground Saturday morning.  In fact when I woke up at 6:45 and looked out the window, it was a blizzard! 

We were invited to drive up to Judy’s brothers 2 million dollars cabin that was around the end of the lake.  We got there about 10:00 and he had a delicious breakfast waiting for us.  We took a tour of the cabin, had breakfast and then Judy and I went back to the cabin to clean cupboards (from the remodeling) and put things away while the men headed into Price to play golf.  They weren’t gone long.  It was cold and rainy.  They were only able to golf 4 holes and had to quit because they were so cold.  You know it was cold if Neal gave up a golf game.  We had a roaring fire going when they got back to the cabin.  They helped us finish cleaning and putting things away and then settled in for an evening of bridge and a movie.  The picture below is Judy and I standing under the biggest and tallest minor in the world!

Sunday morning we went to church and then back to the cabin for a salmon dinner, naps and bridge.  Judy’s brother and family came over about 4:00.  It was fun to get acquainted with her brother and his family.  This is a picture of one of the 70’s that was visiting Scofield and closed the meeting with his testimony.  Notice the church is on Church Street.  Also, in the picture you will see a lady with a red shirt on.  That whole row was a group of polygamist.  There were three wives and a husband and some kids.   

Judy’s brother, Terry, is an electrician and he brought some light fixtures for the cabin.  So while we were visiting, he and Ron put the lights up.

As they were leaving, Judy wanted a picture of all of them so we went outside and took a picture or two.

Judy’s brother gave us some Apple Beer so, of course we had to have a picture taken of us with the bottle of Apple Beer.  By the way, for those who may not know, there is no alcohol in this drink.  Not sure why the call it beer.  Just wanted to clarify that.  Didn’t want my grandchildren getting all excited! I still haven’t tasted mine yet. 

 

Monday morning we had a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs, fried potatoes and waffles.  We were stuffed when we finished eating.  We cleaned up the cabin, put everything way, packed up and headed home about 1:00.  We stopped at the outlets in Lehi and did some shopping.and then home.  We had a wonderful long weekend and will be excited to go back again another time.  Judy extended a special invite to Annie and her family.  She remembered that Lynda Ann had been to the cabin a long time ago and wants her to come again and see how nice it is.

Peyton jumps in with the big girls

This is a picture of Peyton doing her dance debut.  It was exciting to see her picture.  Thank you Tucker for including us in the happenings of our granddaughters.

Abby graduates with honors from junior high

Abby invited Neal and I out to her junior high graduation.  She graduated with high honors.  Two years of a 4.0 GPA.  We are so proud of you Abby and hope you will continue on with your high achievements in education.

A fun saying that I loved!

A belated Mother’s Day Celebration

Lynda Ann was so sick on Mother’s Day this year that she couldn’t even enjoy the day so she had Neal and I out to her home today to have a late celebration.  Annie taught her lesson in Relief Society and then we went home and had a delicious Turkey dinner and then played a game after.  They gave me the movie TAK3N.  Jeffrey never fails given me some kind of suspense or action packed movie.  He knows I love them. 

As I was leaving, Mallory handed me this card

What a sweet granddaughter and what a wonderful way to end a Sabbath day!  Thank you Mallory.

In case you can’t read it the note says:

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

You are so amazing and I love you so much!  You have done so much for my family and I and I am so grateful for everything.  You have been put through so much with the family recently that you have not deserved.  You are the most amazing, wonderful grandmother I could ever ask for.  Never forget that we love and care about ou and will always be there for you.  thank you so much for all you do!  I love you!!!  Love, Mallory

I love this poem about Mothers (author unknown)

I think about my mother when I read it and it brings tears to my eyes.  They are, I miss my mom tears.

“Your mother is always with you.

She’s the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street

She’s the smell of certain foods you remember, flowers you pick, the fragrance of life itself.

She’s the cool hand on your brow when you’re not feeling well.

She’s your breath in the air on a cold winters day.

She is the sound of the rain that lulls you to sleep, the colors of a rainbow, she is Christmas morning.

Your mother lives inside your laughter.

She’s the place you came from, your first home, and she’s the map you follow with every step you take.

She’s your first love, your first friend, even your first enemy.

But nothing on earth can separate you, not time, not space, not even death.”

Jam time again

The California strawberries and raspberries are already in the stores.  I went to Costco to get a couple things and saw the stacks of just arrived berries.  I didn’t have time to get them right then so I went down after work that day and they were almost all gone.  That was yesterday and tonight since about 5:00 p.m. I have been doing strawberry and raspberry jam.  I just barely finished and am ready for bed.  Some pictures of what a disaster my kitchen is when I’m doing jam.  I even had to wipe up the floor!  Between the raspberries and the strawberries I ended up doing about 54 pints.  Remember how Neal used to smell like chocolate when he came home at night from the factory?  Well, even thought I’ve done a boat load of dishes and had my hands in the water I still feel like I smell like one giant strawberry!