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 beutiful 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 old 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 chosing 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 don't know 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. 

June 2026

 June 2 - The lavender plant looks good all tied up so it's not falling down.

I didn't get pictures of the measuring, but here are the stats for the kids heights.

June 3 - Brian and Blake working hard!

Randy came to get the lawn mower and Ryder drove it home.

Jared came and cut a hole in our garage wall.He was representing Tobin's Restoration. This is where we had water come down the wall due to the roof around the pillar being done incorrectly.

June 4 - I love when the flowers start to bloom! Now, Jared is getting the mold out of the wall.

June 6 - We went to Brian's to try out their mattresses to see if we wanted one for the guest bedroom. We played some games at their fun table. Annie and Scottlynn came to Texas Roadhouse with us!

June 7 - We celebrated Clark! He will turn 11 on the 18th!

June 9 - Blake and I celebrated our 48th Wedding Anniversary! We went to the Rexburg Temple and then to eat at the Hickory.

June 12 - Mikala (Courtney's sister) married Jaelen Matthews in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. Ryder, Cole, Molly, Hallie and Penny all waited outside while we attended the sealing.  It was a gorgeous day.

Look at this handsome Cole! 

I had fun taking pictures of the kids and Randy while we waited for Mikala and Jaelen to come out. Randy is wearing Blake's old suit, it's the suit Blake wore when Randy and Courtney got married. Mikala and Jaelen look so happy!

The spire and Moroni on the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.

After the wedding, we stopped at Krispy Kremes.  Molly, Hallie and Penny loved watching the donuts being made.  Penny said that was the most fun thing we did.

 Cole loved sitting on Jared's lap because he fed him the yummy refreshments at the reception. It was very nice and such good food.  Cole and Penny loved playing Connect 4 outside.

June 13 - Blake and I stopped at a Red Lobster on our way home. Yum!

June 14 -  Jared came to fix our broken big garage door, so it will open.

June 15 - My new hobby! These are acrylic suncatcher puzzles.  They are so fun and I'm addicted.  You can see that I've given some away, but I still have more! I hope those that have them are enjoying them.

June 16 - I got to take cute Clark to lunch and shopping before he turns 11! We went to Chick Fit A to eat before they close for renovations. Then he found the game he wanted at Game Stop and a whole box of pretzel bites that he didn't want to have to share.  It was a fun day!

Penny and Hallie got to help me decorate the front porch and entryway for the 4th of July. They were such good helpers.

June 17 - I found these fun puff paint kits for Hallie and Penny to do while they got to come stay with me for a few days. They loved them!

Cole came to visit! Jared ate outside when he came to pick up the girls.

June 18 - Scottlynn came to play, too!

Jared helped Blake tie up the lavender again.

The flowers are all looking so good!

June 19 - I picked Hallie and Penny up at their house after I got done at the gym.  We had to park my car across Worthen Road because they were seal coating our road.  We had quite the adventure walking in the rocks on our way to our house.

Then, we had another adventure getting back to the car.  The adventures weren't very fun when we discovered all the goat heads in our shoes! When we came home, luckily we could drive on the road and park in the garage.  When we got parked in the garage, Penny said "I'm so glad we don't have to have any more "ventures"."

We had a nice BBQ at Parkwood with my parents.  Cole had a great time entertaining Grandma Beth. 

June 20 - We got to watch Cole and Ryder for the afternoon.  Cole loved chasing bubbles! When we took Cole home to put him to bed, I got to watch Ryder take care of Happy's mess in the yard.  Good job Ryder.

June 21 - Blake got a pie from the ward for Fathers Day.  Cindy sent a box of yummy treats.

June 22 - I just can't get enough of these flowers! 

June 27 - Celebrate Blackfoot. It was a cold windy night, so we watched the fireworks from Randy's back yard.  Ryder, Molly and Hallie raced around the yard to get warmed up.

We could see the fireworks pretty good! It was a great show. It was very nice not to have to fight the crowds to get home.

While they were going for a little stroll and scooter ride, Jared tried to give a cat a ride. I don't think it liked it very much.

Cole was really talking to this bear.  Then he and Penny were playing and talking so cute in the hall.

June 29 - Just doing some changing up.  New bedspread on our bed. Different bed and head and foot boards in the guest bedroom.