Trimming Trees

The other day, Brett trimmed the trees and we all put the limbs into the old truck, with the racks and Travin was smashing them in so we could get more in the truck. Brett had to work the next day so The Boys and I drove to the dump to unload the limbs. It was hard! Not a fun job! On the way back, I felt something on my neck, so I ran my hand over it. Then a minute later I looked down at my arm, and on my arm was a small (but it looked very big and fat) green catapiller. I flicked it off my arm, screamed, pulled over, jumped out of the truck, screamed some more, and did a little dance. Meanwhile I had scared the boys. When they found out what all the fuss was about, they laughed at me. Do you blame them?

Girls Camp

I was called as the Assistant Camp Director in my ward for Girls Camp. It was a chore to get ready and I'm not a camper. I did have fun. It was a lot of work at camp getting the girls to cook and clean. We were told not to have showers because there wasn't enough water in the spring for that. On Friday night (the last night) the spring ran out of water and they locked the bathrooms! I was forced to pee on the ground! YUCK! But I survived, barely. Glad I made it home!

Travin is now a DEACON!

Brett ordained Travin a Deacon today. He did a really good job. Brett's parents, the twin Grandma's and my parents came to Sacrament Meeting. Then Cameron showed up and Brett ordained Travin after Sacrament. Then we came our house and had hamburgers, salad, chips, chocolate strawberries, and chocolate cake and strawberry rhubarb crisp with ice cream. Here are a couple pictures I took this morning and I played with them on Photoshop. It was a great day.

WOW! It has been a long time!

It has been forever since I have been on here. Travin left for Scout camp this morning. He will be gone for 1 whole week!!!! I bet there won't be one fight this week.

A lot has happened already this summer.

Brett went to New Mexico for a bomb training and Alabama for Hazmat training. He had a ball at both.

I went to Salt Lake for a root canal. Gee that was fun, it took a good 2 weeks for my tooth to feel better.

We went to Kanab for Grandpa Reed's 90th birthday.

Spring cleaning! That took forever!

Worked in the yard, planted an apple tree and peach tree, grapes, raspberries and strawberries. I can't wait till they start producing lots of fruit.

Still have a lot to do this summer. If I'm lucky, I will get on a post.

WOW!

My kid's rooms have been a disaster for quite some time (surprise!). Today I told them at 4:00 they are going to their rooms and cleaning! They were not to come out until they were done or they would be grounded for life!. I had to leave to take Brett his Nicholas bag so he could go to work. He gave me skittles to take to the kids. When I came home, I was SHOCKED! Their rooms sparkled! And the Living Room was also clean, I couldn't believe it! They finally obeyed me and I was in shock!! An hour later Brett called and asked if the kids cleaned their rooms and if they liked their skittles. I told him how shocked I was. He said when I was gone, he called the kids and told them if they would clean the living room and their rooms, mom would bring them a treat. Come to find out, they had to be bribed to obey their mom!

Finally Finished!

I did this Cross-stitch about a year ago and didn't have a frame to put it in. When I was helping my dad clean out his shop last week, I found this frame and look! It looks finished and great!

Thank Goodness for Camrie!

Camrie decided to read Colton's note from his teacher. It said that he had to bring a decorated valentine box to school no later than February 9th (that is tomorrow!) I am so glad she read that (because I don't read things). He would have went to school tomorrow with no valentine box. How sad! It is so cute isn't it! It is soooo valentineish. Thank goodness for the cricut because we are not creative people.

Colton is so silly!

Today, Colton asked me to help him read chapter 2 of the BOM. I asked him what he remembered from chapter 1 (he read it with camrie). He said, "I don't know, there is a guy named Nephi and a guy named Ben."

I said, "Who is Ben? There is no Ben in Nephi!"

He said, "Yes there is"

He turned the page, and pointed to the word Nephi and then the the word been.

It said "I Nephi having been born of goodly parents...."

It was a good laugh.