August Happenings

Man, August has flown by. Here is August at a glance.

This actually is what is happening today... September 1st, but close enough. We finally had someone come and paint the 20 foot walls in the entry. I am so excited I can't stand it. They look so much better after 10 years of wear and tear.

I am so glad we didn't try to do it.

The last weeks in August have been dedicated to home improvement. Nice deep wire basket drawers by my sink for dish towels and such.

These chrome drawers are great for the heavy stuff in the cupboard. No more pulling everything out to fined something.

I also decorated Rick's new office at work with some pictures of beautiful rock art taken in Lake Powell, and outside of Vernal, Utah where we grew up. Some of the pottery was made by the kids in high school, some were gifts, and some we bought.

He needs some plants but all in all I thought it looked pretty good. His boss said it looked like an art gallery...I am still trying to think if that was a complement or a slam. I think is looks nice!

August is a big Birthday month for us. Bailey, Me, Becky my sis, Becky my dnl, and many nieces and nephews.

Bailey celebrating her 7th birthday.

Looli made this darling cupcake cake for my birthday. 5 years plus........?

The neighborhood squirrels are getting so friendly...busted for digging under my tree! .

Here is his partner in crime standing atop the neighbors garden art.

Jake is cutting teeth. He came over the other day and I gave him a Popsicle. This was his second Popsicle for the day, listen to his sound effects... hysterical.

Along came a spider and sat down...

This would have been a great post for Halloween. I am sure that one of these pics will make the header for October! I always get a little nervous when Rick summons me to come outside. I never go out willingly. Why you ask? First of all, he always says, "come and see my friend." He says it like he really means it. So finally, I go out to see his "friend." His friends usually consists of a snake, a lizards, or a toad...but this night it was a SPIDER! Not your normal spider, but the grand old size of Texas, SPIDER! The thing was HUGE! It's web had the circumference of about 36 inches and the line that anchored it span 20 feet across the driveway to the big oak in our front yard! Rick was so intrigued by it, he wouldn't harm it. He got totally upset when I told him where the Raid was. So...we did nothing. We never saw our "friend" after that evening...but will talk about it for a long time to come.


You can see how big it is!



The anchor lines were up for weeks.


I still can't figure out how Rick drove his car in the garage wiyhout knocking it down.



Up close and personal!

Bay and I...and our annual pilgrimage to IHOP

Since we didn't want to create overload on Bay's actual Birthday we celebrated a little early this year. Her Mom said that she was so excited that she didn't sleep the night before. She slept in, so I didn't pick her up until around 9:00am.

Bay hungry and ready to eat.

Notice the whipped cream didn't last long!

She ordered her favorite face pancake!

Enjoying her breakfast.

Then came the Birthday singing waitresses and a heaping tablespoon on whipped cream, and a dish of icecream.

I would say by the look on her face that the day was successful!

We went shopping for school clothes after we were done. We love you Bailey!