August 2026

 

August 2 - We celebrated Courtney one day late!

Brian, Maden, Annie, Aubrey and Blake tried to play volley ball. Clark and Declan were trying to drop a ball into the cups.  Scottlynn got her hands all dirty playing drums on the side tables outside. 

August 3 - I went to Pocatello to watch Maden play tennis.  He came from behind and won the match.

August 6 - A very smokey sun and sky.

August 7 - The Brody Tree is looking really good.

August 11 - I love sunsets!

August 14 - Luau at Parkwood with Mom, Dad, Michelle and kids and Lynne and Rob. Then I tried to curl Mom's hair.  

August 15 - Maden is watching Scottlynn paint.

August 16 - Blake is sweeping the puddles out of the driveway.

We went to Coeur d'Alene for anesthesia meetings and these pictures are at the resort. We had a nice patio off our room with a beautiful lake view.  They had this huge fish tank with huge fish in the lobby.

August 17 - we took a little boat trip around the lake. It's very pretty and big. The menu at the restaurant were iPads!

August 18 - We went to the Spokane, Washington Temple. It was a very nice small temple.

August 19 - We went to Cat Tales in Mead, Washington.  They have rescue animals of all kinds. It was hot, so the animals were not very active.  Blake had to pet the cat that was roaming around. 

Our patio was not in a very good place to see the sunset, but it was beautiful.

We watched some kids do a little cliff diving into the lake.

August 21 - We went to the Helena, Montana temple. It's another nice small 

temple. Now we have been to 51 different temples.

We found this cat on the lawn when we got home.

August 22 - We went to my Aunt Arlene's funeral in Trenton, Utah. My cousin, Rita has taken good care of her for many years. Lynne and I had a nice visit with Aunt Jan.

Cousins, Aunts and Uncles and Lynne and Rob at the cemetery.

They lowered the casket into the hole while we were there.  

Marlene, Rita and I.

It was so good to see so many cousins and relatives.

We had another visitor when we got home.

August 23 - Penny, Scottlynn and Cole having fun with the Connect 4 game. Can you see Scottlynn in the green circle. 

August 27 - Penny's first day staying with me in the new school year.  Apparently it was "Sunflower Day"! That's what she told me as we redecorated the front porch and entry way.

Penny loves helping me decorate!

August 29 - We took a little drive to Arco, We went to the EBR1 exhibit and to eat at Pickles Place. 

August 30 - Beautiful sunrise!

Scottlynn is a big girl now!

August 31 - Everyone is back in school! How did they get so old?

We ended the month with a huge thunderstorm! It was raining buckets!

July 2026

July 2 - Getting the boat ready to launch. Cindy thinks this thing I sent for her birthday is funny! Well, I have to admit, it is quite funny! I didn't know it was so big!

July 3 - Blake is fixing another broken garage door opener. Hopefully, they are fixed for good now.

July 4 - Cole liked being the parade! We had a great spot thanks to Brian and Aubrey! Scottlynn loved the Bluey and Bingo characters.

We had a great dinner, ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, salads, Yum!

Maden saved all the cinnamon and pepperment taffy for me!

Our neigbors did a great firworks show right in front of our house! (sometimes it was a little too close!)

July 8 - More acrylic suncatchers that I have finished.

July 9 - The new hydrangea plant is doing really well on the north side of the house.

July 10 - I went to lunch at The New Hong Kong with these cute girls and their mom.

July 13 - Just another beautiful start to the day!

July 15 - Scottlynn really wasn't happy about being left with me, so we went to look for kitties and found one! Then, she was fine to spend some time with me.  She played, ate breakfast, read some stories and she sat on "Happy's" bed.

She refused to snuggle with me saying that the she didn't need a nap! Then she fell asleep in her little chair. I was able to get her out of the chair and onto my lap, where she slept for about 45 minutes.

July 16 - Another gorgeous sunrise!. Such an uplifting way to start the day!

July 17 - I got to have another temple day with my mom! Suzanne and I rode the bus with her to the temple. We met Lynne and Rob there! The flowers were awseome, the temple is awesome and the people I was with are awesome.  Mom told me that it just feels almost magical to her.  It was raining when we came out, we had to kind of laugh at how many people said "Oh, it's raining!" as they came out of the temple.  

Jared and Nikelle had the Cousins Sleepover in the tent.  Maden didn't come, and Cole didnt stay, but the other 8 had a great time. Even Suzanne got to go eat with us!

July 18. - We had a little party to celebrate my Dad's 85th birthday. Uncle Eldie and Aunt Jane came to wish him well.

Also, Dorine, Lynn and Julene Parsons, Randy and Carol Waite, and Mel Going came. It was nice to see some good friends.

It was a good little party, I think Dad enjoyed it.

July 19 - Penny is so excited to hold this cute little kitten.  On their walk, they got to pet some horses.

Somehow there was an arm wrestling contest.  I'm not sure who won!

Brian and Jared did it right and left handed. The kids thought it was great fun!

Now it moved to leg wrestling! This turned out very funny!

July 20 - We ate outside at Tommy Vaugn's! Blake thought he was funny to feed the seagulls some of his french fries.

July 21 - Dad's birthday! Suzanne and I rode the Parkwood bus to Perkins with Mom and Dad.  It's a good thing for this lift, so mom can get on and off the bus.Dad is showing off his new shoes!

Michelle came for games, so of course I had to take pictures of Addy sitting up so big in the chair.

July 22 - After we dropped Suzanne off at the airport, Blake and I went to the new Lindon Temple. It is beautiful!

July 23 - Oh what a fun night! We ended up with 8 of our grandkids at Texas Roadhouse! Clark had a birthday party, and Cole wasn't quite big enough to join us. Scottlynn licks the butter off her roll like it was frosting. They only downer to the night was getting my strawberry lemonade spilled all down my lap! I was a sticky mess clear down to my shoes!

July 25 - Scottlynn and Penny are painting with water, Molly and Hallie are doing a puzzle. I guess Scottlynn chose Jared as her person to sit by. Penny was so happy to pay with her own money at the Dollar Tree.

The sky was a weird yellow, but, there was a wonderful rainbow!

It was a huge double rainbow!

The night ended with a beautiful sunset.

July 26 - Looks like Scottlynn is choosing Jared again.  

July 29 - The Brody Tree is looking good! If you look close in the red circles, you'll see a praying mantis, and a huge red beattle!

We had a huge downpour! It only lasted about 15 minutes, but it was crazy!

July 30 - I decded to see if i liked straight or curly hair better.  I decided I liked curly!

Another bus ride with Mom. We went for a drive around Rigby Lake, then got ice cream at Reed's Dairy.  We both got a german chocolate waflle cone, it was delicious, but just a bit too big.  We both were a ssticky mess!

We had a fun visitor on the patio.

July 31 - I wonder if this big guy spent the night on our patio!

This time it's the moon capturing my attention.  It's hard to get good pictures of the moon.