Little Helper

Crimsel spent the night on Friday. He work up at 5:00 am. Yeeshhh... I think I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. Opa got up and starting raking the snow off the lawn and sweeping the gutter.

Crimsel dressed himself, went out picked up the rake and started raking the gutter all on his own!

Here Opa is checking on what Crimsel is doing! He was surprised!

We ate breakfast in the camper, and then started working on the house.

Crimsel has a set of his very own tools to help us out.

Helping Opa to see if the attic access is level.

Crimsel Learning to hammer a nail.

We celebrated Josh's birthday Sunday.

Do two "rongs" make a right?

It made us chuckle.

Grand-Daughter Tea Party

I had my grand-daughter tea party last Tuesday.

We had four little girls, two mommies,

three grandmas, and three great-grandmas!

I served pink lemonade, water, and orange juice;

ginger scones, cheese scones;
bacon and cheese puffs, quiche, and grapes.

Great-Grandma Christman brought her famous frog eye salad,

and Grandma Turpin brought yummy cookies.

Grandma Black, Emma, Xanthisa, Great-Grandma Christman, Cirrus

Great-Oma Allart, Laura, Ari, Bree, Oma Widdison

Great-Oma Allart, Emma, Xanthisa, Cirrus, Oma Widdison

Oma Widdison, Great-Oma Allart, Emma, Xanthisa,

Great-Grandma Christman, Cirrus, Grandma Black

Oma Widdison, Great-Oma Allart, Laura, Ari,

Great-Grandma Hawkins, Grandma Turpin, Bree

Ari, Laura, Great-Grandma Hawkins, Grandma Turpin, Bree

I'm thankful that everyone was able to attend.

We had a wonderful time, and had lots of fun.

Family To-Dos part 1

Pre-note: I have been delinquent in posting so there are 3 family posts, enjoy!

In may we helped Emma and Jon rip off their old roof. Then it rained and rained, and felt more like the western coast of Washington than it did Utah. Re-roofing came much later than planned. It is all finished now, and looks nice.

Cirrus and Crimsel helped outside, while I babysat Zanthisa inside.

Just some cute grandkids and one mommy.

Family To-DOs part 2

Sarah and the boys came up for the first week in June to be with her brother, Jeff and the rest of her family for Jeff's wedding. David was unable to come and we missed visiting with him, maybe another time. Monday evening we had the opportunity to visit with Sarah, Zach, Cannon and Elliot, so we had all of our grandchildren in one yard at one time. We feel fortunate that we were able to spend an evening together.

We hosted the family birthdays for May and June.

Family To-DOs part 3

On July 4th, Dirk and Emma's families came for a picnic in the afternoon. In the evening we went to Emma and Jon's to enjoy the firework display.

We had a GREAT time!

Progress

Look at what I did!!

Yep, I terminated most of the wires in this panel,

and then added the breakers, and wired them!

We put the light fixtures up on the outside of the house.

Then in June we had air conditioning installed.

Some of it looks like alien space stuff.

Our work crew was great! Here's Colby, JJ, and Luke.

This, That, and the Other...

On the First Friday in May, Joy Carpenter graduated from the U of U with a double major. This was a super celebration. Marjie's Mom and Dad came as well as several cousins and other various acquaintances. Keith had to work so I took Crimsel and Cirrus with me. Here they are with Marjie's new dog "King". She officially has a male in her house. That would be a Marjie quote.

For Mother's Day we gave Emma and Laura some flowers for their yards.

Keith is still filling in the hole or trench.

I have worked on it, but he does most of the labor.

Here is my Mom on Mother's Day.

Every Mother's Day Daddy made sure Mom had an orchid.

Sometimes we would go to the store with him to buy it.

I can still see the place in ZCMI by the elevators.

They had elevator operators in those days.

Ahh, memories....

Here is Bree standing by her little push toy.

She is growing fast.

On Friday, May 15th we had the Dutch Ladies Evening. Everyone brings a potluck, we eat, and then have a sort of program. This time we gathered to have a demonstration of some Dutch dancing. This is the first one that I was formally invited to. I met a lady that grew up with my Mom and Dad in Rotterdam. It was an enjoyable evening. It was nice to have Emma there.

I watched Crimsel, Xanthisa, and Cirrus Saturday

while Emma and Jon went to a seminar.
We made bread, did laundry, put away some dishes,

made more dirty ones, and played outside.

After the seminar Jon and Emma took me out to the property. There is the trench, all filled in. I guess Keith had most of it filled in when the neighbor came over with a bobcat to help finish it. Keith was grateful for the help. After a while you feel every shovelful for a few days.