Flag Football

Had a great time watching flag football last night.  Thatcher caught a touchdown pass, and THREW  a touchdown pass.  Check out this fun short video. 

 

Recap of the rest of July

 

Zac and Landon hiked to Kings Peak (tallest mountain in Utah) with Stan Durrant

Landon and Kacey went to Tenerife off the coast of Africa for a trip that Landon won for the good job he did at his work. 

Payson finished up baseball

The girls spent alot of time at Grandma Carol's why mom and dad were gone. 

Payson hiking with cousins

Hike to the "M" with cousins and Grandpa Gary.  Bex hiked all the way by her self !! 

This cutie loves to SMILE

Grandpa Gary, Pays and Good on the way to the "M"

Landon and Kacey and family with the Brooks at Park City

Milk Barn Creamery opened !!  
We love it AND the Rose family

Grandpa cooked us breakfast on July 4th

The garden is growing

I'm doing  Crossfit.  
I did it from March to the end of July, then quit because I'm just too fat.
Need to lose some weight.  

Mom and Dad got new shingles

We got Grandma Ben a holder for her flag at her new duplex apartment.  She's still getting used to it. 

Football kickoff dinner, and introduction of players, and silent auction, etc. etc. 

Thatcher finished up baseball

And played a little bit of flag football

Pays was able to help with the Yardmasters at Goldenwest

Treyson spends many hours at the gym

Trip to LAVA With Grandma Shirlee and Grumpy

Floats down the creek

Together at the Property

July 4th was just Thatcher, and us, and Zac and CJ

Thatcher and CJ went with Tracy and family and friends to Bear Lake and saw The Little Mermaid at the Pickle Valley Playhouse.

Thatcher had a great time in the water. 

Shooting bows every week with Stan and Matt Slate

Happy 65th birthday to Grandpa Roger

Tagg went with a friend on a fishing camping trip in Idaho or Wyoming.......we're not for sure where, and neither was he !   HAHA

Little bit of this.........a little bit of that.............

I made some green tomato chili verde salsa !  I'm quite the canner this year :)

Cam's new tile in her tub.  Part of the remodel going on in AZ.   She loves the little cubbies for all of her "product".  

Here's the B-sting boy with a FAT LIP.  Dang that hurt :(

Bright made this cute skirt all by herself at her sewing camp.  Way to go Bright. 

Hmmmm......he's trying out something.......... and YES !!  He likes it !!

I made homemade tomato soup and filled TWENTY of these containers to freeze.  There is almost 2 quarts in a container, and when you get it out to thaw to eat, you add milk or cream.  It is so yummy.  I broke two of them out this past weekend down at the property in a crock pot, and the grandkids all loved it.  They could tell it wasn't the usual Campbell's, but they still liked it.  Yeah !!

He finally did it !   It's been loose for a month or more since he got kicked in the teeth by his sister (Yikes!).  He wouldn't let anyone touch it, but he finally did it himself :)

Cole came up to visit LuAnn with Jerry.  He is LuAnn and Jerry's sister, Judy's grandson.  We haven't seen him for about 8 years.   Rog was able to go up to visit and have lunch with all of them. 

Treyson all LIT UP.  Happy 15th birthday big guy. 

Missing her..............we get a text every once in awhile, but she's very busy with life, and school, and work, and friends.  LOVE YOU CAM !!

My new furniture addition.  LOVE IT. 

More of the AZ remodel - at least they are back in the house.  I can hardly wait to see the new cupboards/island bar, and paint. 

Me and Bright at Payson's football game.  She's always up for a selfie :)

Chatting with Nana Daw, and Rylee, and Grandpa Jim at Treyson's Freshman football game.  He had just come over from practice.  

Picked the last of the tomatoes.  Erika took one bucket, and we are going to juice the rest of them when they ripen.  It's been a banner year for tomatoes. 

Thatcher's Football team after their last regular season game.  They will go to the playoffs next week.  I don't know all of them, but there is a Nelson, and a Lott, and  Meibos, and a Nava, and a Walker, and a Judd, and a Sparrow, and of course front and center is our Thatcher, #46.  He wore red socks so this Grandma could tell who he was out on the field.  

Tagg got to play under a full moon and the lights for his last regular season game last Saturday night.  His team is also going to the playoffs. He is #44, and has on the BRIGHT GREEN socks, so we can spot him easily.  He plays CENTER, and has done an exceptional job.  This year has been so great, and I can hardly wait to tell the coaches THANK YOU for being the kind of coaches that kids need to have. 

Little odds and ends

Bexlee came with her daddy to say HI to me at work the other day, on her way to Aunt Kaley's preschool.  She had on her Peppa Pig backpack, makeup on her face, and a wild mass of curls.  She was a little shy around my co-workers, but then warmed up when offered a sucker.  She is SO SWEET. 

The pumpkins and squash are ready to harvest !   We are planning on our harvest party this Saturday at 3pm.  We will gather for homemade chicken noodle soup and rolls, and will gather everything in.  I can't wait.  I hope it's not too cold.  

Landon and Kacey and kids have been having a wonderful Friday night tradition with some of their neighbors.  Steve and Yvonne host a Friday Night Movie Night, complete with snacks and drinks (to buy)  - just like at the movies.  Yvonne is a food blogger (Tried and Tasty), and she comes up with some great things.   The kids have so much fun and look forward to it every week. 

Roger in a tree - picking pears.  That's what's on the docket to can this coming Friday.  We'll see how it goes !!

Our Cam in AZ - miss her ! 

I didn't take this picture, it's from a professional photographer (her son's on Tagg's team).  Look at that CENTER !!  Tagg in action.  Great picture !!

I thought this was fun, and wanted to share. 

This is me - so TRUE

Mom and Dad - sure love them :)

I've done more canning this year than I ever have before.  So far we've done tomato juice, salsa, pickled peppers, dill pickles, spaghetti sauce...........and this weekend I'm planning on green tomato salsa verde, and pears, and we will most likely do more tomato juice before the tomatoes are finished.   WOW !!

Here's a picture that Lance sent Kuk.  He's in Berkeley, and the wild fires are terrible in the area.  

Here's the spaghetti sauce recipe I used.  It is so good. 

Love it when this girl sends me pics.  School and Work are going great for her.  We are hoping to get her up here for a weekend if we can work around everything. 

Payson has started flag football !  It is fun to watch him really get into it.  

Bless his heart, he sure takes it seriously, and hates to lose.