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.    

Odds and Ends......first part of November

Thatcher came over one night to hang out - can't remember where everyone else was at his home......... but nights like these are few and far between, and we were sure glad to have him come and be with us. 

This is my new table/bench I got from the DI.  It works on SO many levels !!  We've been looking for a bench/stool, so when Roger needs to sit down and take off his MUCK boots, he can.  This was JUST the right height, AND has a bottom shelf that holds a basket (full of shoes), AND can fit right underneath the regular table with just a quick easy push.  I painted it up, EASY PEASY, and put soft sliding felt on the bottom of the legs, and it is PERFECT !! 

Election is over, and my job is secure for another 4 years !!  Happy Day.  I have said to Roger, and thanked God SO MANY TIMES for this blessing, and I KNOW and RECOGNIZE this blessing in our life !!  As a side note, I've always been the one who is the BOTTOM vote getter, and this time I wasn't so that was very gratifying also. 

I guess CJ decided she didn't want these triplets, so we are tying to sell them now.  Hopefully we can, though it's not the best time (now).  I've put them on KSL and let Steve Bell know.  One girl, two boys.......  Tiny fainters, so fun.  

Tagg was a big help - grinding off the old screws from the TREX decking we put on the front porch of the pump house shed.  Thanks Tagg !! 

They didn't take out the Welch Ditch Dam this year......... we don't know why.   

This is always a worry !!   I try not to stress about this........... but it's a worry.  I feel strongly that we should all wear masks in public.  I can't understand the logic of those who don't want to follow this.   

Josiah and Cam - Sure miss seeing and talking to this sweet girl.  Our trip to AZ was cancelled because of COVID.  It will probably be Spring before we can get down there :(

This meme made me LAUGH OUT LOUD !!! 

Treyson and Thatcher are getting ready to wrestle...........and of course COVID has affected this.  Cancelled for 2 weeks at least........ DANG COVID :(

 

I ordered some new shoes from Amazon !  $19.99, came in 2 days, soft leather (or maybe fake leather?) and so comfortable !  Thanks Stacy for the link !

Love it when my grandkids text ME and ask for something....... Treyson wanted this recipe the other night, and easy peasy, I pulled out my cookbook, and took a picture with my phone, and texted right back !!  

Good idea Cam !! 

Manda's new kitchen - the remodel has had it's hiccups......... but she is being patient (in between meltdowns - haha)  Love the Quartz !!

Beautiful sink !!  

Thanksgiving is coming soon !   Where are you going?   We are planning on going to Zac and CJ's and are looking forward to it.   Hopefully we can keep COVID at bay !! 

Kind of hard to tell in this picture, (scroll back up to see the other one) but Roger and Zac decided to take matters into hand, and removed the Welch Ditch Dam themselves.  Cold hard work.  Next time we will move sooner.  

Odds and Ends

Protecting my poor spindly trees from the deer.  Hope it works !

Grandson Treyson is quite the guitar player.  Check him out on instagram.  He practices daily, and has really gotten very good. 

Manda and Bren's remodel is coming along.  Cabinets go in next week. 

The water dropped enough that they were able to get the pumps out of the ground, pipes re-routed, and the ground ready to go for the shed. 

Cam and Josiah

Lawnmowing is almost done, and sprinkler winterization has started up.  

We helped to cut back the grapes, which didn't produce too well this year.  

Remember this?  I never was able to make this work for me.  Not even with the quote :(

I've done more canning this year than I ever have before.  These bottles of stewed tomatoes is the last of it (bottling).  I puree them for spaghetti sauce, and use the spaghetti sauce I bottled for Pizza sauce !! Go figure :) 

Thatch's team went undefeated, and they were featured in the Morgan County News, which is back in business.    

Almost voting time.  So grateful that I will have a job for another 4 years, without the worry of being defeated in the election.  

As I said..........I just couldn't make it work, and in less that 3 hours on Morgan Classified, had it sold and gone.  The extra room in the garage is nice.  

These crazy kids love the trampoline.  It's about time to take ours down, probably tomorrow.