Mark's Birthday, Oct 4, 2009

Jess & Scott where able to come over for dinner for Mark's birthday this year. Scott was in town to go duck hunting with Jesse. They had lots of fun hunting and got their limit each day.

Scott & Blajyn. Resting after dinner.

Mark blowing out his candles. We decided not to put all the candles on the cake, the fire alarm might have gone off. LOL Love ya lots Mark!

Jesse, DaNell, Sam, Megan, Scott, Blajyn, Sarah, Tyler, Gage, Nicole and Mom came over for ice cream and cake. I didn't do very well at taking pictures that day.

Gage liked playing the Wii game, and just walked around with the remote in his hand. He was cute. Gage and Blajyn played the Wii game together. Blajyn is pretty good at it, he was beating Mark & I at bowling every game.

We really enjoyed the weekend with the kids home.

Blajyn at the Zoo, Oct, 2009

Scott & Jesse went duck hunting in the mornings. So, we were able to spend some time with Blajyn. We took him to the zoo on Saturday. Blajyn woke up not feeling the best that day...but, after a few minutes said, "I an talk now Grandma, when are we going to the Zoo?" So headed for the Zoo. I was not thinking that it would be a busy as it was that day. Blajyn had fun, and we saw all the animals that he wanted to see.

I used to take my kids to the Zoo about 4 times a year, and we always got one of those plastic molds and a cotton candy just as we left the Zoo. The Zoo has good memories...

The new baby Elephant. Grandpa holding Blajyn up so he can see it better.

Blajyn by the giraffe and the baby giraffe. That was a cute little baby!

You have to have your picture taken by the Great Apes!

Going on the train ride at the Zoo, and moving the big black ball just before leaving the Zoo. That was a fun day to spend with Blajyn. This was his 1st time at the Zoo. Glad that we could take him!

Visit to Kanab - Sept 17, 2009

MaryAnn had to have some surgery that week. I went down to help with the kids, (and because I could not bear to be in Salt Lake when she had the surgery). The surgery turned out good. We where so grateful for that.

The kids where a joy to be around. They are just the best. They played with friends, helped around the house, played football...

Bryant made everyone stilts, and the boys are really pretty good on them. This is Clay walking around on his.

Jake walking around on his. I remember when I was a little kid...my Dad made us some of those too. And it was really fun to try and walk around on them. It brought back many memories from my childhood watching them play with the stilts.

This is tired! Cora was taking a nap on the couch and started to come of the couch.

Football practice. They are very serious about football in Kanab. The boys had pratice 4 nights a week for about 2 hours each night. All their practice payed off in the games. They played a good game. And when the High school time played that week, all the boys went to the game in their jersey's and played football at the other end of the field. It was neat to see how the town supports the teams.

Bryant and Clay...waiting for Clay's turn to play in the game.

I am sure that Jake is one of the those boys on the field...just not sure which one he is.

Cora got dressed up, and Addie got out the make-up and they proceded to make themselves up so cute! Nothing like a couple of little girls and make-up.

Addie & Cora. They are so cute! Miss them lots.

Stake Fair - Sept 12, 2009

Our Stake President challenged everyone to grow a garden this year, and then they would have a Stake Fair to show off what we have grown or canned from our garden. We could also bring crafts to show off also. We had planned to grow a garden anyways, but, the Stake Fair made it fun. It made it fun for everyone in the Stake, we talked about our gardens thoughout the growing year. And Joy Bossi came to our Relief Society Luncheons once a month and gave us gardening tips.

Some of the members of our ward, sitting at the table.

Alan & I refinished Mom's hardwood floor. Sept 2009

We have talked about for years redoing the hardwood floor at Mom's house. And after the Nicole's dog got really sick and ruined the carpet in the front room...we decided that it was a good time to do the floors.

Mom was planning a trip to California to visit her sister Maxine. So that is the week that we took everything outside and covered it, and started on the floor. I had so much fun working with Alan on this project. (I think he had fun too!) Mark & Alan's family also helped us with this project.

We rented the sander, and started working. We where so excited to use the sander, we didn't think to strip the old wax and finish off the floor. That sander was so much fun to use! I had to fight Alan to use it. LOL I used the broom mostly and cleaned up after him. That was even fun to do, cuz, we were doing this together and doing it for our Mom.

Alan sanding the hallway. That is all the dust that was in the air. We where both covered in after each day that we worked. I worried about Alan, but, he kept telling me that he was ok.

The floor while we where sanding it. That is a pile of the saw dust from sanding.

Sanding around the edges, where the big sander didn't get to. That was not as fun as the bit sander. LOL

This is Alan, putting the stain on the floor. There is also a funny story to go with this one. We just got back from buying the stain, I went over to get Mark to help us...Alan and his Grandson Alan carried everything in the house. One of the cans of stain slipped out of his hand and bust open on the floor. When I came in, I was thinking that is a lot of stain to put down all at once. And Alan was working so fast trying to get it worked in. Then when I found out what really happened...I laugh now every time I think about it.

This the floor after it was all finished. I really did not want to make this color, I wanted it to be a really light, because the wood was just so beatiful with no stain on it. But, there was a few really dark stains on the wood that we could not get out. (From years of having carpet on it.) So, we choose this dark color. Now everytime I go over to her house....well, lets say "Ilove it!"