GOING AND GOING AND GOING

Tony and I got up and  ready to go to the temple this morning. We picked up the Brown's and off we went. It was a beautiful day.  Cool in the morning but perfect 70 weather in the afternoon when we finished. I took a picture of the Brown's as we left.

The Brown's don't drive so they are so grateful to go with us weekly, and we are grateful to have them with us.

The grounds are gorgeous as always and I love the pond in the back. We took the Browns home and then hurried and changed and met Pat at the gym. We walked for an hour and then had to hurry home as Tony had some Priesthood interviews to do at 4:30. 

Our next door neighbor's lawn is a disaster and Tony had text him last week and asked him about it. He sent Tony a text back saying he had been injured at work and was unable to mow. He is divorced and his oldest son should be able to mow but for reasons unknown to us, he hasn't. So at breakfast this morning, I text him and asked him if he would be OK with me mowing it. He was thrilled and said I could use his mower. I was glad because ours is electric and his is gas. I think a gas mower will be more powerful and might cut through this mess easier. 

After the gym, I was changing my shoes and going to head over to Aaron's when I got a call from Joe. He said Ellie had some real tonsil problems and he needed to take her to the ER. He asked if I could watch Evelyn. I told him I could and then he asked if I could go to their place. I called Aaron and told him i would have to mow tomorrow (what's another day??) and why and he said no problem.

Little Evie was supposed to be napping but she has diaper rash right now and she was crying. Joe got her up and I fed her a bottle of milk. Then we played. She is such a happy baby!

She loves to mimic whatever I do so we were having fun making faces at each other. lol

She's so pretty! I love her blue eyes!!

The dogs wanted out, so she and I went outside as well. It was a beautiful temperature. I set her on the big granite counter and gave her my Ice-Breaker container to play with. That face!! 

It made noise and she had a blast!!

She has six teeth now and you can sure see them when she smiles.

Such a little character.

I had such a good time with her and was thankful they called and asked me to come up.

We went back in and I changed her diaper and put the aquaphor and butt paste on her sore bottom. We were playing in the house and I was about to get her dinner when Melissa got home and said she would feed her. I came home and warmed up some leftover white chicken chili and some cheese rolls. Tony had already eaten. I was starving.  Ellie text me when she got home and thanked me for watching Evie. She said they can't do anything for her. She tested negative for strep throat and said it is just a really bad viral infection. Hope she can ride it out. Poor girl! Anyway, I love my grandchildren and great grandchildren. Wish I could see them all more often.

GOD IS GOOD!~

SATURDAY WAS HOPPIN

Saturday morning, we went over to Scott and Jill's. Scott had picked up Scotlyn in Pocatello on his way home from Utah. I wanted to see them both before they headed back. Their whole neighborhood was having a community garage sale.

Scott and Jill had a lot of things and they actually got rid of quite a bit. They wanted to be done early because they were going to watch BSU play Memphis. We stayed for a couple of hours visiting in between sales. It was fun!! Made me want to have one.

A young couple that knew the kids stopped by and they were playing with Loki. The young man got a red ball out of a bag of balls the kids were selling. Loki went crazy and was rolling on the ball and trying to bite it....and he did! lol

Flattened it real good! lol  He was managing to tear big pieces of the ball off so they finally had to take it away from him and throw it out. It was so funny watching him go nuts. 

Around 11 am, we got a picture of the fam and took off for another activity. Mostyn was headed for work and the kids were hoping to be done around 2. Tony and I drove over to the Care Center behind our house. They were having a LUAU (without food) for the residents.

I wanted to see Donna Jenkins, (who is in our ward)  She has been in the center for a year now. She fell in her home and messed up her neck and had to be put in the care center. She has had a few falls in the center as well and has been progressively going downhill. She is the sweetest lady. She is 92.

Kids were getting their face painted, playing games and Donna had a front row seat.

Her son Kirk and his wife Judy and one of their daughters and her two kids were there celebrating with Donna. I got a picture of the six of them.  Great family!!  We headed home and Stillman came over to pick up Tony to take him to the game.

Pat came to our house shortly after the guys left and we went to lunch at SMOKEY MOUNTAIN PIZZA. 

The guys enjoyed a WIN for our team!!

And Pat and I went shopping!  lol   She had never been to BURLINGTON so I took her there.  We had a blast and bout a few items. She had told her aunt who lives back in Maryland what we were doing and she told Pat to have fun shopping. So I did an AI picture of us, and her Aunt thought it was real!! lol 

We also went to ROSS so I did another AI picture for her aunt. She's gonna think we have more money than brains. lol  I'd be missing a husband if I seriously spent this much shopping. lol  After we shopped, we drove over to see the HUGE home that is being built on LONE STAR. Pat couldn't believe it. Then I drove her up to see Nate and Melissa's home. We didn't go in, just drove by.  We had been gone about 3 hours so she said she needed to get home to her dogs. I came home and showered and read till the boys came home.

They got home around 8:30 or so and I was nearly finished with my book. They were so happy about our win and they finished watching the Oregon game against Texas. Oregon lost and we wanted them to win. Oh well, it was a great day for all of us. 

GOD IS GOOD!~

SUCH A BUSY WEEKEND

Thursday after the gym, I had a Primary Presidency meeting. I was asked to get all the music for our program printed up so the teachers will have words to see. Our Primary is so small and we will definitely need teachers to sing along with the kids. So, I copied one copy of each song and then Friday after the gym, Tony and I stopped at the church and ran off 180 copies. When we got home and after breakfast, Tony set up a big table in the back room for me.

I separated the songs in the order we'll be singing them and then made 10 piles. I stapled them together and had them ready for Sunday. I also made 3 copies of birthdays for the month of September, October, November and December.  The list is for the Presidency.  I then sat down and seriously got busy on my book club book and read while Tony watched WALKER. lol  I got a lot done and it was getting more interesting by the page. I got a text from Melissa at one point asking if we could come up to celebrate Livie's birthday. She said they were doing it at 8:15 because Ellie would be home from work at that time. I said "We'll be there."

We met on the back patio. Nathan's mother and stepfather were there as well as the kids. From the left: Pam, Melissa and Evelyn and Ellie.

The evening was beautiful and comfortable temperature wise.

Joe and Elie and baby Evelyn. She is walking around furniture now but has taken a number of falls.

And here is the birthday girl. Alivia!! Our September 11th granddaughter. Proof, something GOOD happened on that tragic day 

Evelyn giving someone a cute little stare.

Dad brings out the cake and candles.

Alivia opened her gifts

And models her beautiful coat from her folks

It was a fun evening and fun to celebrate with them. Glad we are not working Saturday AM anymore or we wouldn't have been able to.

Ellie and Evie were headed to bed so we left right after saying goodbye to them.  Fun evening.

GONE FROM DAYBREAK TILL DUSK

The rec center is closed till Monday so we met Pat on the outside track today.  Got there at 7:30 and it was cool outside. I LOVED IT! We walked our 10,000 steps and  quit. We came home and got ready to go to Meridian for the Electrician's luncheon.  We had to wear our church clothes because we serve at the temple on Thursday evenings now and didn't have time to go back home to change.  It was held at CASA MEXICO. There were around 20 of us there today.

I'm  not all that fond of going to them because I really don't know any of the ladies very well.

But, I visited with 3 of the ladies that sat close to us so it wasn't too bad. They asked us why we were  We left by dressed up so we told them. It brought up some conversation about the temple so that was nice. We left after eating and the meeting part of the luncheon. We  drove to the temple and as we were passing by Danbury Estates, I mentioned to Tony  that Brother and Sister Hawkes lived there. He has passed and I wondered if she was still alive. 

The sky was so pretty . I loved the clouds.

They were so feathery and wispy. We arrived at the temple around 2:40. Our prayer meeting is at 3:15 so we had plenty of time to change and relax a bit before our shift started. It went well and my 2nd to last post was in the baptistry. AND guess who was there?? Travis Hawkes!! It was so cool! He is a Bishop now and he told me that his mother asked just recently if he knew how I was doing. I am amazed that there are no coincidences at the temple. The Lord is aware of us and He makes it know in little ways like this!! 

We left around 8:30 after the last veil. It was such a lovely temperature outside and it just reminded me of some beautiful summer nights I've had. It was a busy day but a great day.

GOD IS GOOD!

JUST TRYING TO HELP

Yesterday, we walked at the rec center inside. The next 4 days, we will be outside due to the center being closed for cleaning and some new equipment being put in in the weight room. However, we will only walk Thursday, Friday and Saturday, outside. Anyways, afterwards, we came home and I ate a quick bite of cereal and then rushed off to a Primary meeting. It was from 10 to 11 and I thought I'd be going over to Jill's to help clean right after. I did plan on it but Jill sent me a text asking me to come a bit later because she had a man laying some sod and some decorative rock in the flower beds. Tony had an appointment at 1 with his doctor so I told her we'd be over after that. I got home from my meeting and immediately went to work on my assignments for church. I got all the music printed off for our Primary program so each teacher will have the music and able to sing with the children. I also got birthdays for the next 3 months printed off on calendars for the Presidency.

Then, I went up to my craft room and put together 10 of these cute gift boxes. I haven't added tags to 9 of them but will do so as I use them.  Tony left for his appointment so I sat down to read.

We are reading this book for book club which will be on the 16th so I've got to hurry. Only 1/3 of the way through.  Tony called me around 2 and said he was on his way home but was stopping at his mothers to check on the mail and the garden. I made us a bagel sandwich for lunch. We ate quickly when he got home and them we headed over to Scott and Jill's home.

Tony tried to help with the fireplace, as the fan quit turning on. It was quite a process and a bit of a conundrum but they got it working.  

I started in the kitchen washing windows and the shutters. I also did the back door and then moved onto the downstairs bedroom and then over to Jills office.  While I did the inside, Jill washed the outside on  4 of the windows. I was able to do the inside and outside on the doors. The shutters are what was difficult.

I guess that's why mine are so dirty. lol  I want the new type that Lynn has so I can just vacuum them but so far I haven't talked Tony into them. He says he will get them for me BUT 1st, he wants to get the house painted and the sprinklers blown out. I told him he'd better get a hold of a painter quick or soon it will be too late to do it this year. I think he's trying to avoid my shade issue. lol

We were at Jill's a little over three hours. I told her I could come back over next week to help. We have an electricians luncheon today and then the new temple shift. She has a big community garage sale on Saturday and Scott will be home for the BSU game.

It was a great day.

GOD IS GOOD!~