Road Trip 2008

T.P Update

Well, turns out it wasn't Nick and his buddies who toilet papered us. It was the 2nd councilor in our bishopric, Ron and his wife Andrea and their four kids. They made it a family home evening activity last night, and hit a couple houses in the neighborhood. I think that's pretty funny.

Horrible Act!!!

Sometime last night, our very own yard was sabotaged by evil doers. The most heinous act a person could commit on a home. Ya, that's right, we were toilet papered. Luke was furious when he saw the streaming strands draped around his swing set. No, just kidding, Luke thought it was an improvement. I am now creating my list of possible culprits. It could be many people, but I have a select few in mind. Nick Heslop, if you know anything about this come forward now and I may decide to grant you pardon. Oh, and bring a treat for Luke and I:)

Happy Birthday Grandma Lorrie

Grandma Lorrie just turned 80. Grandpa and all his girls threw a party for her at their house in Orem. It was great to visit with everyone and get reacquainted. Aunt Carla came from Idaho and brought Cameron and Connie's kids with her. They have gotten so big. And aunt Sharon and her family came up from Mesa. We even got to see Uncle Kelly, who I haven't seen in about 12 years. He breeds chihuahuas and brought all his puppies with him in his camper. Carmen had a really cool idea with the cake. All the kids (Carmen, Mom, Carla, Sharon) brought a cake with them, any flavor they wanted. When they got to the party, they stacked the layers of cake and frosted it. It thought it was a cool way to get everyone involved. Jac and Mel were there also and their kids had a blast meeting and playing with Dante, Whitman, and Emerson (Cameron and Connie's kids). I was busy keeping Luke out of trouble, as always. But it was great to get together and celebrate.

The day of the party also happened to be Grandpa and Grandma Lorrie's 20th wedding anniversary. He had made for her a necklace with two hearts hanging on it. One heart had all the birth stones of Carmen and her kids on it. The other heart had mom's, Carla's, Sharon's, and Kelly's birth stones. She loved it. Grandpa is a pretty suave guy.

Grandma Lorrie is pretty special to me. Even though she's not my real Grandma, I've never felt that she loved us any less than her real grandchildren. I know quite a few people who don't have that kind of relationship with thier step-grandmas.

Happy Birthday Grandma Lorrie. We love you!!!

Living off the Land

This is our very first garden. It's hard to tell how big it really is from the picture. I think we got a bit carried away. We have a lot of work with a garden that consists of seven rows, which are 30 yards long. I wanted to really get into the whole canning and storage thing, but I may have more food than time when everything is ripe. Our garden contains: sting beans, carrots, spinach, beets, peas (which we planted too late and are starting to die :(, radishes, three kinds of peppers(bell, jalapeno, anaheim), pumpkins, spaghetti squash, and 36 tomato plants. We are already enjoying the radishes. Neither Alex nor I like spinach (why we planted it I have no idea, ask Al) but Pecos, our horse, is really enjoying it. It takes about 2 hours to water the whole thing. But its been fun planting and watching everything grow. If you look on the row farthest left, you'll see that nothing is growing there. That's where we planted a whole row of cantaloupe and watermelon, but none ever came up. Guess we still have a lot to learn about planting.
All of this information about our garden helps me bring up a very important topic. If, later this fall, anyone happens to find themselves extremely bored, and your fingers are just itching to peel, and preserve veggies, you be sure and let me know. :)

Here's Luke working hard in the garden.