Miscellaneous happenings in August

The squash bugs killed our pumpkin and squash crop.
We lost 99% of our crop.  So disappointing.

Rog is working so hard - he is really tired at the end of the day.
It's hard with the boys back at school and football, and the bulk of the mowing falls to him. 

I'm so happy we live in such a beautiful valley as Morgan.  We are BLESSED.

I got Paris and Azula all shaved up............and then we lost baby CHA CHA (not Chi Chi).  Paris had Cha Cha, and she was poorly from the start.  Lived about a month, then died :(  We gave Cha Cha to Annette Prescott, and then decided we were going out of the goat business.  Paris and Azula headed on down the road to a good home courtesy of Steve Bell. 

We planted Giant sunflowers from last year's Giant Sunflower seeds.  They have grown so tall, and we love them !! 

The garden crop is on.  Corn, Cucumbers, Tomatoes - YUM 

I made a beautiful Apple pie.  It was delicious.  Made from apples from Mom's tree.

I'm cutting back on office work at the Assessor's office, in preparation for my retirement in October.  I've been out helping Roger (The Yard Master) - I guess you could call me  The Yard Mistress (haha).

Canning is always fun.
Roger is such a good help to me.
We did salsa, tomato juice, and sauer kraut

Aaron Venz showed us how to dry out onions ! 

Landon and Kacey went with Yvonne and Steve (their neighbors) to an island resort in the Caribbean.  They had a great time. 

Landon and Kacey's family had Lagoon season passes again

Fun times on Rattle Snake Rapids

Not sure which MLB park, or who that player was..........
But Landon was there for work I think.

Splitting some rotten wood - NO FUN

Glad the boys could help. 

Starting another project.  I think it's called, "Clean out the shed and kill the wasps and mice!"

Tagg and Thatcher still go to The Weight Room
This is Tagg's group

Zac and CJ got a Jeep Rubicon.  They plan to go on some "Jeeping" adventures.

Kelly Wilson and Haslam are going to be the new wrestling coaches this year.  Roger is talking with them after a football game. 

Treyson is a Senior, and is playing on the Defensive line

Tagg is a Sophomore, and plays the same position

Thatcher has many friends who also have older brothers who play for MHS.
They have a great time at the games watching. 

Thatcher is playing too in WFFL

 

Odds and Ends

We made two batches of Pizza sauce a little bit ago.  How do you like my NO SPLASH covers? 

This girlie :)  She always makes me smile

We had a barbeque at the Property one Sunday night.  Love these guys !

After a YEAR of remodeling, problems, etc.  Manda's kitchen is finally coming together.  Yeah !!

 

On (August 26) there was a big explosion (green circle)  at a business between Manda's house (red circle), and Cam's school (blue circle).   Manda said it was pretty intense and scary, and when they ran outside of their home to see what the commotion was, all they could see was smoke and debris in the air.........looking towards Cam's school.   She immediately texted Cam, to make sure everything was okay.  Thank goodness !!  Here is a link to the story of what happened. 

We've been cutting down cornstalks each night, and feeding the goats.  They hear us over in Mom and Dad's garden, and they start bellowing :)   They know what's coming  ! 

Tagg - spot the bright yellow socks ?

Thatch and his friends came over to my work.  It's been a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG time since any of the grandkids have stopped by.  It was wonderful :) 

Bex and I had fun building with Legos

Landon and Kacey and Steve and Yvonne had a nice trip up to Washington State.  

Meanwhile, we had a great time at our house. 

We raided the garden a little early, and grabbed us some baby boos to paint. 

Brushy Brushy Brushy

We met up with Grandma Carol at Payson's football game in Layton

Then it was back to our house for the chocolate fountain.  It's been SUCH a hit !!

These three boys all played CENTER last Saturday at their respective football games. 

Treyson meanwhile, plays right tackle on the O'line.  He does a great job too. 

These three came to church with me and Grandma Ben. 

We picked some of the Zinnias for Kacey at the garden.  

Here we are with our Primary Class.  All of these kids turn 9 this year.
Grandma Ben, Brightyn, Maddie, Moe, Beck, Me
Tahtcher, Levi, and Payson

They had a great time on their little vaca. 

And here's the list of what we did while mom and dad were gone.  I believe we got everything done except the PROPERTY.    

August (first part) - almost up to date !!

This is the middle of the night rain storm that did so much damage !

First day of School - BIG SENIOR !!

Landon and Kacey and kids had a great time with the Brooks in Yellowstone/Jackson Hole

The air quality has been terrible from all of the smoke coming from fires in Oregon and California

Football has started !!   Treyson, Tagg, Thatcher and Payson are all playing.  We enjoy supporting them, and are kept VERY busy with games. 

Another project at the Property.........what could it be?   

Our Zinnias are looking good

The squash is taking over !!

We even got a blue ribbon :)

Fair time ! 

Rodeo time !

Look at that early morning smoky air while we were watering

The goats loves the garden refuse

CJ's Ivory & Birch booth did really well at the fair

Tagg sent me some pics of Scout camp (held earlier in summer)

The cabbages have started to be harvested

And we found a new way to do corn - super easy !!!

I've done dill pickles too. 

And Sauerkraut

Here's the end of the PROJECT !! 

Looks cold to me :)