August Activities

 We all went to the school and picked blackberries.

 We got scratched and stained but got a lot of yummy berries.

 We will make freezer jam today.

 The g-kids loved the hot tub.

 Playing dress up

I got a skinned knee when my pedal came off my bike while riding to the dentist office.

G-Kid Fun

 Last week we took a bed, TV, and Bookcase to WA. We have one happy grand daughter in her pink bed.

 Lovely ladies coming home from church.

 smiles

and more smiles from Ashleigh's girls.

 We went to Whitney's BYUTV show, Studio C, getting a costume fitted before.

 Giving us shirts after the show taping.

Playing Hiss with the kiddos.

 We got back from UT yesterday and Alan had some help making a DVD shelf to put under our TV.

 What a great helper!

The other kids were having fun in the hot tub.

More Changes

 I stained the chest and sewed a red pillowcase for the body pillow on top. We moved it into the living room and are putting our shoes in it.

 We got rid of our old sturdy lazy susan table and got this one at a yard sale to replace it. It has another leaf we can put in it and we are happy with it.

We got new light and faucet fixtures for the bathrooms. We have an appointment to get new granite counter tops for our upstairs bathrooms also. Fun, Fun!

Painting

 I got 3 different paint colors to paint inside our house. The bonus room is tan.

 Whit's old room is yellow and gray.

 2 bathrooms are gray and one is tan or light brown.

 Our room is gray.

 The living room and dining room are gray.

The family room is tan. We also painted our pantry, kitchen and our porch railings white. Alan and chad put pot lights in the kitchen and I love them. I thought about doing the laundry room but told Alan I would wait until we tile it :-)

The kitchen pot lights!

Sunday Treat

Jamie sent us a pic of the boys over a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies and Alan and I were salivating over how they looked, so today Alan suggested I make some. Yum!

Dutch Oven Potluck

 Cliff Cayton invited a bunch of people over for a dutch oven potluck today. The coals are getting hot and ready for the food.

Here is the yummy food; mexican chili with corn bread, creamy chicken rice, pork and sweet potato stew, beef stew, chicken hashbrown casserole, bread, and for dessert; monkey bread and chocolate mud cake. We had Frys, Egans with Emma, Hollenzers, Joegensens, Istooks, Denice and John and Emma, Caytons, and us.

Ash and Kids Visit

 Ashleigh brought the girls down to see us for a few days.

 We had a popcorn and movie night.

We let them play in the hot tub one night. We loved having them and can't wait until the next time!