Our Latest Adventure

Last week we left Star on 

Wednesday morning and drove

to Brigham City, Utah

where we attended the new Temple Open House.

 Next we drove on down to Springville

to visit Kevin, Lani and the boys.

One day we took the boys on a walk around

the neighborhood where we just

happened to spy a grasshopper.

Just after this picture the grasshopper

jumped and hit Crew right in the

face....he thought it was pretty funny!

Connor chased the poor little critter all

around then finally Steve got him

to hold it....

which was good fun....especially when it

hopped right out of his hand!

We also stopped off at the park on the 

corner and let the boys swing a little...

and go down the slippery slide!

When we returned Kevin and Lani were

waiting for us.

There is a pasture right across the 

street from their house 

and the boys love to feed the horses

Connor found another little critter....

a cute, fuzzy, caterpillar!

One night we went to Denny's for dinner

After dinner the boys got to play in

game room...fun!

On Friday Connor got some new clothes

in the Mail

YEAH....they fit!

Saturday was the BIG Day.

There was a neighborhood birthday party

for the five little ones that

are turning 2 years old this fall.

and Crew just happens to be

one of the five!

It was quite the party....

There was a Castle

Bounce House

(can you see Steve & Kevin peaking in?)

the boys spent a LOT of time

bouncing around with their friends.

(they are wearing navy blue shirts and plaid shorts)

Crew with his hands down on the red 

and Connor standing on the Blue.

Lani was in charge of the fishing pond....

they were actually fishing for ducks!

Crew didn't care about the ducks...

He just wanted to get in the pool!

There was lots of yummy, sugary

treats like....

popcorn, cotton candy and....

Snow Cones

(these are some of Connors Cousins)

There were cupcakes for everyone

and special cakes for the

Birthday kids.

One of the moms made balloon trees

and these cute...amazing...balloon clowns.

Crew helped himself to a cupcake

and proceeded to lick all

the frosting off but didn't eat any

of the cake.

(isn't that what 2 yr olds are supposed to do?)

Besides food and fishing there was

Face Painting, a photo booth and this

"knock the cans over" booth where 

Kevin was in charge...

both Crew (above) and Connor (below) 

gave it a try!

Connor also tried the
bean bag toss

At the end of the party we all

sang to the Birthday Kids

as they blew out their candles

Crew was very dramatic about the

whole thing...he just wanted his cake....

NOW!

He quickly got over it when his mom

asked..."do you want your cake?"

After the party We said goodbye

and headed for Salt Lake to

visit Debbi and see her new place.

She will share this place with

three other girlfriends.

Their place is the last one down 

an alley with a nice

double garage.

This is the walkway that leads to

both her front door and

the backyard.

Debbi had a small "to do" list all ready 

for us when we arrived.  

After shopping for a few things...

and eating lunch at Cafe Rio...

this is what we did...

 

 Built a shelf for her garage...

Fixed a bracket in her closet...

Installed a cabinet in the guest bath....

then put the towel ring that used to be there 

in the Master Bathroom.

Fixed a broken slat in the

backyard fence...

and...

replaced the refrigerator light and

both bulbs in the hallway

ceiling fixture.

with no ladder Steve had to put a

chair (which I held) on top of the coffee table

in order to reach the fixture.

this is taken from the front door..
.backyard on the right, kitchen, garage, bath & stairs on the left

Her place has 3 levels.

a basement with a

bedroom, bath & family room.

Main level with 

Living room, eating area, kitchen & 1/2 bath.

Upper level with

3 bedrooms, 2 baths & laundry room.

One more thing we did was trade cars.

So we got busy and took the

ski racks off Debbi's Jeep

then transferred all the other "stuff"

into the Bravada.

This was a very hard change for Debbi

but it was time....so with a tear

(maybe several tears) in her eye she said

goodbye to her faithful Jeep...

and hello to this Bravada.

with her "to do" list complete we 

jumped in the Jeep and headed for home....

admiring this beautiful sunset 

as we traveled....

arriving in Star at 12:15 a.m.

While on our trip we were also able to

visit Steve's Aunt Arline.  She is doing well

and is always happy to see us and

 sends her love to all the family.

We love traveling around the country visiting

different temples and spending time with

our children and grandchildren...

and this was no exception....we had a

wonderful time!