Yellie n some Dummies

Danielle has graduated from High School, worked all summer and completed an internship at my real estate office and now.....tomorrow she is leaving for a week to hang out with Benita in North Carolina!!! Benita is a sweetie and bought Yellie a ticket for graduation. It is much better that Yellie will be hanging with Benita than with the dummies I recently saw her with (see photo above!!).

Danielle - I am so proud of what a hard worker you are and know that you will do great at college and in life. Be Happy. Be Blessed. I Love You!! Mom

Flowers Sisters

Flowers Sisters: June Flynn, Vi Shore, Betty Larson, LaNae Dalton, Merle Banks & Linda

Last week Mom's sisters Vi, Merle and Linda all came into town. So a get together was thrown together at a nice park with a bowery. It was such a hot day. But WONDERFUL seeing the sisters all together, along with many of my cousins, second cousins, etc....

I bet there were about 150 people there...it was too hard to count with all the kids running around...and this was just a portion of the relatives. My uncle Dick, cousins Sandi, Carla and Pam also came into town. I really enjoyed the day and I LOVE my relatives!!

L to R: Kendra, Brenda, Taylor and Heidi

The Best part of this get together was that Brenda, Dave and the girls were also in town. Heidi left 4 days after this photo to go on a spanish speaking mission to Phoenix, Arizona. I know Heidi will do great. What a great family!!

Movie Premier

Spur o' the moment....Kimberlee was given 4 tickets to the 7:30 pm EARLY premier of the new Harry Potter Movie. It was up in Perry. Kai won a door prize for food as we walked in. We got to have our photos taken with Hagrid and Dumbledore...they even put us in robes and we got a magic wand. (It was too embarrassing for Scott and Kai...so they walked away pretending they didn't know us.) Kimberlee and I posed very nicely....I will put the photo on when she gets it back.
Once inside we had great seats....then the raffle came...right off the bat they called Scotts #....good thing it was him, because it was a trivia question contest. Scott WON!!! Wahhoo. If it would have been me, I don't know much about the movies (or books). Scott and Yellie are the experts. Scott won a basket with candle, lotion and more. He is SO smart!!! Anyway....fun night, good movie and great company. When we came out there was a big line for the Midnight showing of Harry Potter....Lots of people dressed up. Fun nite for spur o' the moment fun!

Afghanistan Shooting practice

Denny and a few guys had the opportunity to practice shooting out in the Afghanistan desert. He said it was pretty fun and gave them a break from regular (if you can call it regular) work. The terrain kinda reminds me of the west desert here in Utah.

You can look on Denny's blog to read more about these. Denny, thanks for serving our country. I am so proud of you and love you. Be Safe. Love, Mom ps: Thanks for posting photo, we love hearing from you!!!

4th of July Parade in Morgan

On a whim this morning Scott and I decided to go to the Morgan 4th of July Parade. We rushed over just in time to see the parade. There were ton's of people. I always love watching all the children run to get the tons of candy that the parade people throw out. There were alot of patriotic floats and kids who decorated their bikes. Anyone could be in the parade. There was a marching drum line, horses, and of course all the fire trucks at the end of the parade. This is a photo of one of Morgan's first fire trucks. The parade started at 9:00 am, and at 9:14 am we were walking back to the car. Sometimes people will run to another corner so that they can see the parade again. I LOVE small town parades, they are the best!!

Some locals from thenearby town of Peterson on their float. It was awesome!!!

Puzzle Pieces

A week ago we had the brilliant idea of putting a puzzle together. It was all colored jelly beans. This will take only 2 or 3 days I told everyone. Me n Scott, Yellie, Jessica, Kimberlee, Karen and Dustin all worked on the puzzle. It took 9 days to complete!!! The dogs even helped a little.
Finally today, The 4th of July....Independence Day....We were done!

This gave us lots of time to visit and be silly. Look at the puzzle piece on Yellie's head, and the puzzled look on Jessica's face (or Jessiker as we affectionately call her).

The finished product. This was a deliciously difficult puzzle - just like the box said!!!!!

Only one problem.....there is one piece missing. A few days ago, we caught Gracie our dog chewing on a piece of puzzle....we recovered that one....it is 2 jelly beans below the missing link...

We called Kimberlee, Jessiker, Karen and Dustin to see if they were all holding out the last puzzle piece on it....No one would 'fess' up. So we talked to Rosa and Gracie....but they aren't talking either. But just look at those innocent faces, do you really think they would do a thing like that?

Karen was Monkeyin' around!!!

Karen found a pattern online and made this monkey for some friends of theirs who just had a baby girl. This monkey is absolutely adorable. It is made from that super soft minkey fabric. Karen designed the clothes and then made a little blanket with the baby girls name embroidered on it too.

Karen also sent me a photo of 2 more monkeys that she made for a co-worker of hers. Karen is so creative. If Karen looks tired in this photo, it's because she was......they had driven all night from California to Morgan, arriving at Dustin's dad's place at 3:30 am. We all got together and went to breakfast at Larrys Spring Chicken Inn and then they were back on the road headed to Island Park near Yellowstone for a family reunion. I bet they will have a blast!!

Something for the Critter Jar

Last weekend we went to the SLC Arts Festival, we had a great time looking at all of the unique arts. We even bought a few pix for our house and Kimberlee did as well for her home. I always love the art shows, it makes me feel creative and want to go home and create, paint and quilt.

Kimberlee,Danielle and I all bought the same necklaces, just in different colors....sisterhood of the traveling necklaces. I told them it was a requirement at art shows to buy something to wear. We also enjoyed the most amazing lemonade and cinnamon almonds. Scott then took us to the Cheesecake Factory in Murray for Dinner, Deliciomoso!!!!

On the way home, we stopped and let the girls take a ride on the dinosaur. Denny keeps coming up with unique critters....now try to match this one - dinosaurs are hard to find!! The dinosaur was a bit wobbly and old, but very calm and nice. It didn't even try once to bite the girls!

Yellie's Graduation

June 5, 2009 - Danielle Graduates from Morgan High School along with an Associates Degree from Utah State!!!! What an Amazing Student!!!!! WOW!!
After many years of School and staying in school all last summer to reach her goal of graduating with an associated degree...Danielle was so happy to Graduate!!!! I can't believe our baby has grown up!! She is such an amazing young woman. She also graduated a week earlier from LDS Seminary, while in High School participated in FFA all 4 years, Band, Cross County, Track, Ed Net, all while working at Jubilee grocery store, being a great daughter and receiving her Young Women's medallion award and a scholarship to Utah State. We couldn't be more proud of her! Danielle is such a hard worker and will be a success at anything she chooses for her future. We love you Danielle!!!

Happy Fathers Day

Scott and will have our 30th anniversary this year. 28 years ago we got a great start on our family and just look at us now....plus we have Benita as our most recent bonus....we certainly need to get the family photo updated (look at the earlier blog to see Denny and Benita's wedding Photos!)

This sign has a special meaning in Scott's life....you must know the secret code word to know what the story is behind the "twister".......

Now that we have raised our kids....the getaways are alot more relaxing!

Scott is a great Real Estate Agent...check out this local real estate in Cabo.

Scott hanging out in Matazalan, Mexico

Reasons why Scott is so wonderful.....one reason for each year of our marriage.

1) He is a great father 2) He is a great husband 3) He made me a mother 5) He loves his 4 children 6) He loves his sons & daughter in Laws 7) He has a great sense of humor 8) He lets me win at Phase 10 every once in awhile 9) He loves to travel 10) He is the brains of our marriage 11) He loves his parents 12) He loves his in laws 13) He is a great provider 14) He is a hard worker 15) He is SO ORGANIZED (maybe someday it will rub off on me...no luck yet) 16) He will go to chick flicks with me (once in awhile) 17) He loves to scuba dive (and doesn't mind that I watch from the shore) 18) He loves to golf (and says he trusts me enough to drive the golf cart) 19) I LOVE his laugh 20) He is so Tall....I really look up to him! 21) He surprises me occasionally with birthday parties, cruises and flowers....he is so romantic! 22) He makes beautiful things out of wood...you should see the corner cabinet he made me! ...and oh yeah...metal...you should see our Deck cover............ 23) He looks so great on the riding lawn mower...kinda like a kid on those little riding 4 wheeler toys 24) He took us fishing and boating and camping for many years 25) He is great to go river rafting with 26) He will eat everything I cook (except lima beans and ham)...27) He knows I love him....and he loves me 28) He has stuck with me for 30 years 29) Words cannot even describe how much he loves his children, I hope his children all know that 30) Happy Fathers Day Scott!!! You deserve It!! Thanks for being such a great father to our children and husband to me!! I love you!!! xoxox Cindy