164 Dresses

I put together a book of all the pictures of our 4 daughters in the many dresses and play clothes I had sewn for them in a time period of about 25 years. Many Easter and Christmas dresses, play clothes and later Prom dresses are featured in this book with the dates and occasions written by each picture. I couldn't believe how many there were until I counted them up! But my sewing days came to close about 9 years ago because interests have changed with the times.
Now I'm working on publishing a book of my ancestors with all the pictures I have of them including a few stories and memories. Now I see the reason why we should keep a journal! My dad is the only one who did some writing about his life. Wish I had more about the others!!!!!!

Noah Makes News

For 2 days a display of all the floats for the Days of '47 Parade can been seen by the public in the South Town Expo Center.
Bernell didn't have to be there for these 2 days but we came to see the floats for a little while and it just happened the channel 2 news crew wanted to do a weather segment right then and use our float for it. Bernell quickly dressed up so Noah could make the local news!

Here's a movie clip of it...........


With all the heavy rains going on in some parts of Utah, Noah assured the newscaster no flooding would take place in Salt Lake City.

Dress-Up

When the grandchildren come for visits, sometimes they like to play dress-up with some old clothes boxed with the toys in the play area. I took this picture of Becca dressed up in an old dress that I sewed for her mom 30 years ago. In looking through some old pictures, I found one of Lori in that same dress! Thought it would be fun to put the two of them together in a picture.

Busy Twins

I had a busy day, yesterday, watching the twins, Ava and Liam. Lynda needed to visit the dentist with Jonah so Grandma watched these 2 busy ones for a few hours.
They are now 16 months old and Liam is beginning to walk. So cute to watch him do this. Ava is getting close but still hasn't taken any steps on her own. Ava loves to look at books with whoever will do it with her and Liam could care less about books. He loves to throw balls and chase them, kind of like a little puppy!
Fun watching 2 grow up together and see how different the feminine and masculine are from the very beginning. Don't know how Lynda gets anything else done around there because it takes all I have to keep up with these 2 little busy bodies!

Camp at Granite Flats

Lots of good outdoor food, beautiful surroundings, good company, and perfect weather. SUMMER, my favorite time of year!

I'm holding our youngest grandchild, Emma. She's so cute! She likes summer, too, after living in cold Minnesota for her 7 months of life.

Lori and Bill like to take their trailer each year to Granite Flats up American Fork Canyon and camp for about 3 days. Lynda and her 2 oldest boys and Becky braved the tenting. The rest of us came up and spent Friday with them.
Joe came up later in the day with Liam and Ava. Don't blame them for not wanting to camp with 2 little ones this age.
Breton's having fun climbing a fallen tree.
Bill always brings up ATV's for riding in the beautiful high country. Sarah and Allie are having fun on this one.
Breton, Mason, and Jonah are taking their turn.

Bill saw this accident just after it happened while he was on the ATV. He said the woman was on the ground and the Life Flight helicopter was hovering over-head yet to land for her rescue.

We roasted hot dogs for lunch. Wouldn't be a picnic if we didn't do this, would it?


Roasted marshmallows are a must, too!
Good to have Julie and Todd back so they can do these fun things with us. They've been living away in DC and Minnesota for 8 years.
Julie, your hot dog looks like it needs more cooking!
For dinner, Bernell made his famous dutch oven potatoes with carrots and onion, meatballs in mushroom soup, and pineapple-up-side-down cake. Ummm, good!

Lori and Becky enjoying their Dad's good cooking.

We'll be looking forward to this again next summer!

Making News

Looks like Bernell's Noah and the Ark float make the news in our local Davis County Clipper. Guess we can sometimes make the news even if it has to be dressed as Noah!
Lori's children, Allie and Becca, made the news this morning. As long as it is good news, it's OK.

This morning's Deseret News featured an article about children's decline of "free" play or unstructured play. More are spending their time in organized, adult-directed activities. The article gives some ideas for getting children to play outside (which they are doing less of). This picture is of our daughter's neighborhood kids playing "Ghost in the Graveyard" which is similar to Hide and Seek. Two of her children are in the picture out on their street getting ready for some fun after dinner, "free" play.

Enjoy your summer!

Before&After

Last summer (2007), we decided the old 50 foot pine tree needed to go because it was causing lots of root problems in the front lawn. We planted it in 1968 so it was 40 years old and outgrew it's yard space.
Let the cutting and work begin! Two hired guys came in 100 degree heat and started working at it.
They pulled and pulled; soon it began to tip.
Crash! Down it went with a bang. They hauled it off and were done in about 2 hours.
Then our work began for the remainder of the summer. I never took a picture of the 8 cubic yards of dirt we had brought in but it was big and seemed to grow as we moved it. This picture is from GoogleMaps and they have a picture of our front yard as it looked after we removed all the shrubs and ivy vines from the house front and after Becky and I moved the huge pile of dirt. We needed it to build up the front flower beds and level the area where the tree once stood. New grass was planted and all new scrubs were planted with Becky's help.
Next it's Bernell's turn. He removed the old porch railing and old outdoor carpet. The worst was getting all the old glue off the cement. He spent about a week working with that. Hard on the back and knees!
New vinyl railing was put in, Becky planted lots of pink/white tulip bulbs and daffodil bulbs so we could have a colorful spring.
And indeed we did. This picture is just the beginning of the many tulips that came up for us this spring.
Ahh summer, one year later, and no more yard construction! So glad it's done!