Oh happy august summer sabbath day ~
1) Last week Chloe celebrated her 7th birthday. She is awesome, and so was her cake. Callie is a cake magician…raspberry and peach swiss meringue buttercream, sautéed peach filling, raspberry reduction, etc. SOOOO good!
2) We continue to make great strides in preparing to have our new home furnished before closing…which seems to be towards the middle to end of September. Lincoln and Carrie are sacrificing valuable garage space while we collect deliveries and build boxed furniture. Oh, and sewing curtains. Bathroom tiles went in. It’s getting exciting!
3) On occasion I help Isaac contain his marbles.
4) NEWSFLASH ! ! !
5) Today Lane started an afghan for our new place. Come cuddle up with it next to our fireplace this fall.
Coming this week:
5th Tomorrow Slater will be 8. Eight is great!
6th Savannah-banana turns ONE!
8th Katie X leaves the 'roaring 20’s' behind. Thirty?!
10th - Slater’s baptism 2 pm / Savannah’s bday party 4 pm
We love you forever,
Week 2 - August 11, 2019
Funday-Sunday!
What a fun weekend we have had…so far.
1) Saturday afternoon started with Slater’s baptism. He proved it really is great to be EIGHT! Congratulations to Slater and his entire family. Shalaun spoke & played clarinet, Audrey played prelude and postlude and all songs in between, Emy played a duet with her mother. G’pa Lane told stories and it ended up being a great talk on the Holy Ghost.
2) Next up was a birthday party extraordinaire. Savannah-banana celebrated turning one. Roy and Randi threw her a delightfully fun and delicious party with a focus on the tropics and bananas. AND 3 cakes! Each one better than the last. Happy Birthday sweet Savannah. You are a real doll!
3) We only had to drive to Provo to find a party with plenty of Miami flair. Our friend's son was married in the beautiful Payson Temple so we were able to visit with some stalwart and steadfast amigos from south Florida. The dancing was Cray-cray!
4) Hope is one of my favorite feelings.
4) Calling all families! Here’s your weekly reminder to share with us a high pixel color photo of your family (square). We will then enlarge it for our wall of fame.
5) Most of last week was spent putting together our unique puzzle...which we call our home. Sewing curtains, ordering wallpaper, building more boxed furniture, purchasing fake plants, etc. We guesstimate 5-6 more weeks. Soon the trim work will be done, indoor painting started and the exterior stucco applied.
6) Meanwhile, CarLa is luxuriating at the "RV spa” getting a few wrinkles smoothed out. No buyer yet...
Coming this week!
August 12th ~ Cam & Kim’s 23rd wedding anniversary - "woo-hoo"
August 17th ~ Linc & Carrie ‘cash-in’ their 2018 Christmas coupon at a Demolition Derby. CRUNCH! CRASH! SLAM!
August 17th ~ Carolyn will be 61 - texts are the perfect gift this year!
Week 3 - August 18, 2019
Hello most loved humans on the planet,
I had a great 61st birthday yesterday! Thanks for your thoughtful expressions of affections. I return them each 100 fold. Twenty-four hours in and 61 is already a great year!
Moving on.
1) Callie invited me to conduct a weekly cooking class. This is week 3. No bake cheesecake. Great little chefs!
2) Our ‘Acacia' floorpan seems perfect for us. We shall see. Base coat of stucco went on this week. And the cabinets arrived!
I trimmed a plastic bonsai tree, modge-podged 2 suitcases with travel ’stickers’ to stack for an end table. And we now have 7 stuffed kitties and a mommy cat for g’kids to play with.
3) When I eat potato chips I have to eat them in size order…smallest to largest. Is that weird? Do you have a quirk like this?
4) Last night Linc, Carrie and 4 kids redeemed their Christmas gift card for the Spanish Fork Demolition Derby.
Eat funnel cake whenever you can!!!
5) Look for the sunlight through the clouds. Opportunities will eventually open to you. G.B.H.
Coming this week:
August 20th ~ The Kelley’s celebrate 15 years of marriage!
August 23rd ~ This date marks Jon & RayDean’s 29th anniversary!
August 25th ~ We will meet Cam, Kim, Justin and Anissa at Crater Lake for 3 or 4 nights of camping.
Week 4 - August 29, 2019
Hey, y'all
August 25-28
Time spent with Cam, Kim, Justin & Anissa
CRATER LAKE RV trip
Goofing around, reading, hiking, playing games, swimming (Cam, Anissa & Carolyn), star-gazing, relaxing, sightseeing, teasing, all capped off with another of Cam’s award-winning foil dinners! We had a great time with this wonderful family. We even snapped a photograph for the "family focus wall" of our new home. (13 more needed)
Lane is an excellent driver of CarLa. Yet, he managed to let me drive a rugged, twisty canyon enroute to Crater Lake. He held his breath and didn’t blink the entire 45 minutes.
"Obedience allows God’s blessings to flow without restraint” ~President Nelson
Important happenings:
Darren Hill turned 26 on August 27th!
We stayed in Winnemucca, TWICE!…in one week.
We anticipate a terrific RV trip with Linc & Carrie’s family this Labor Day weekend.
We love you forever,
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