Summer Fun

 

How's your summer?  Ours has been lots of fun.

 

And very busy!

 

 

 

 

Our adorable little grand girls and their Mommy came to live with us this past spring.

 

 

And of course they brought their baby brother with them.

 

 

 

 

When there are kids in the house it means we get to play at our local water park, Cherry Hill.

 

And go on little trips to the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti, Utah. 



And camping at our beautiful state and national parks.

 

We've watched a fun baseball game played by the Salt Lake Bees, a farm team for the Anaheim Angels.

 



 

 

On the fourth of July cousins came to visit.

 

We watched the parade in our festive attire.

 





We had a bbq with the family and a watermelon eating contest with the cousins.

 

And of course what kind of  4th of July would it be without fireworks and mosquito bites.

 



We picked lots of strawberries from our garden.

 



And now we're waiting for pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, green beans and a peanut to get ripe.

 



 

I can't believe it's the middle of August already!

 

Our little sweet peas will go back to school in a couple of weeks!

 

We still have time for some more summer fun.

 

Hope your summer has been a great one too.



Craters of the Moon

The Mister and I took a little road trip to our neighbor to the north,  Idaho.

 

We camped at a very interesting place called Craters of the Moon National Monument.

 

We met some friends there and had a great time.

 

There were lava flows and lava rocks and we walked on sharp lava gravel.

 

We saw lots of rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piled up rocks...

 





Walls of rocks...

 



 A couple of trees growing out of rocks...

 





 And then some more rocks.



 

 

It was a fun trip with our friends.

 

We learned a lot about the geology of the region.

 

 

We can say we've been there.

 

And we don't ever have to go again.

The Urban Barn

A couple of weeks ago daughter #1, her cute little family, and I made a quick trip to California to visit  daughter #2 and her cute little family.

 

We had a great time!  I enjoyed almost every single minute of it.

 

We did lots of fun things with the kids.

 

AND we did something fun for Mommies and Mimi too.

 

 

We visited the Urban Barn in Escondido.

 

 

 

 

I love this store! 

 

If you're ever in the neighborhood you should go! 

 

 

Every now and again they have a flea market in their parking lot.

 

You could find the dates on their website.  Here

After all that fun shopping we needed lunch.

 

 

So we went to Islands and made a big mess.

 

And had a delicious meal.

 

And some of us took a little nap on the way home.

 

 

 

One Spoiled Dog

 

 

A couple of weeks ago we took the trailer to Bear Lake for a few days.  We had lots of fun and it's always good to get away.  The best part is that it's always a little cooler up at that elevation. 

 

 

Our little Max loves to camp too.

 

Looks like he's ready for dinner!



Pretty Pallets

 

Last week we visited our local garden center and

saw this adorable idea.

 

Painted pallets and big metal flowers.

 

Just perfect for the first day of May.

 

 

 

Kind of cute.

 

I'm trying to figure out where I could put one.

 

J and J Garden Center

Layton, Utah



A Birthday Celebration

Last week I had a milestone of a birthday.

Mimi Sue turned gulp 60!

The Mister decided we needed to celebrate in a big way the big day

so he took the entire family to Disneyland.

We stayed at the Grand Californian Resort.

It was gorgeous!

We walked around Downtown Disney.

I couldn't seem to get all the grandkids together in one picture but 

here's some of them.

There's a reason they call it the happiest place on earth.

Had to have a Dole Whip float.  

Had to have lunch at the Golden Horseshoe.

Had a great time hanging out with our kids and their kids.

Made a few memories and a large pile of laundry.

Thank you Mister!  You made my dreams come true.

Once again.

Just a Bed of Roses

Just across from the old courthouse in Farmington, Utah there's an adorable little shop

called Just a Bed of Roses. 

  Brenda is the owner and she always has something that I simply can not 

live without.

Yes, please Lord.

She sells a wonderful, eclectic mix of antiques, new items, handcrafted treasures, 

jewelry, handbags, scarves, and this spring, plants.

Even seam binding in gorgeous colors.

Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on it's way.

Where did you find these oh so springish ornamental cabbages Brenda?

Adorable!

So if you're ever up this way, go spend some time at Just a Bed of Roses.  You won't be sorry.

The new hours are...

Thursday, Friday, Saturday  11 to 5:30