Canada/Utah Trip

The next few posts will be from our trip to Canada and Utah.Canada with the Simms and EvaMay for Alsterlunds anniversary party. Utah for the arrival of Ashton. (Also with the Simms and the Petes). On Tuesday, June 21, we had a early morning flight to Houston and then on to Calgary. Since we had to leave home in the middle of the night...I never went to bed. We packed up late and then I spent a couple of hours cleaning the house. We arrived in Calgary about noon. Went to get the RV- then back to the airport to pick up EvaMay. The Simms met us in Canmore that evening. Dinner at Boston Pizza, then EvaMay, Annie, Alex, and Savie slept in Mike and Enolas house there. The Simms boys slept in the RV with us. Ron and I didn't have much blanket and it was cold that night. We spent Wednesday and Thursday in the national parks. Stayed at a campground each night. Spent Friday, driving the rest of the way to Mike and Enola's "other" house. The RV adventure had lots of annoying little issues :) Stops included Lake Louise, Lake Moraine, and McDonalds. (The MacDonalds stop was for Weston) (I may not have these pics exactly in order of events, but you'll get the idea. I also grabbed some pics from Annie)

Fathers Day 2016

Fathers Day included some "ties" and "moon pies" for primary, two chocolate cakes, a couple of gifts, and dinner with the Andersons. (And a black squirrel :)

2 Taggies Done

I managed to get a taggie done for Carlsons and one for Alison, before we left for vacation. I actually had tons of stuff to do before we left. Between these, and primary, cleaning the house, and prep for the Home Instead ladies, I was worn out by the time we left.

Fabric and Ribbon

Ron hasn't scolded me for my last purchase from JoAnn's yet...it was a doozy. I stocked up on ribbon and fabric. Back to making taggie blankets. By the end of summer, we will have 4 new babies in the ward AND 1 new baby in the family. Every time I get to my sewing room, I wonder why I don't spend more time there- lol. I really do enjoy "making things"... some day... some other season of life. Here is my latest project...and my stash.

  

A Sunset and a Couple of Cats

Back to the animal pics- haha. Just a random assortment of photos- a beautiful sunset, and a couple of cats. (The orange one has been here since we moved in- the gray one just shows up for food. So we have "fat cat" and "scaredy cat"- he is wild and not very friendly- Ron calls him Max.) The deer and her two babies come to our yard almost every day. Same old squirrel, doing his tricks. (sometimes he brings his three friends with him.) Great back porch to spend time...except for the mosquitoes. (that comes with all the rain we have had. First year we were here, no mosquitoes at all, but no river at all either.)

Memorial Day

Andersons came out Sunday evening for dinner and then...spent the night! The boys were excited to get to stay! So I planned eggs, bacon, and pancakes for breakfast. Hotdogs for lunch and spaghetti for dinner. Although the boys were more excited about swimming, than any food I had planned. I got a new "lizard" for the pool. It tended to be top heavy and tip over, though. The best statement of the day was when it tipped over, putting Noah in the water, and he came up yelling at Sam, "I don't like that!!" I didn't get very many pictures, but it turned out to be a great sunny day...after some morning rain and clouds.

Back Home

Our flight left Kona at 10:50 pm, arrived in Seattle at 7:30 am. (Losing 3 hours, because of the time difference.) We had a great breakfast at the airport in Seattle. Our flight left for SA at 11:30 am- arriving in SA at 5:30 pm. (Losing another couple of hours.) It had been raining at home, so I kept checking the facebook posts to see if roads were open or closed. We stopped at WhataBurger for dinner, which put us at home about 8:30. The roads were open by then. We came back on Thursday, so that Ron didn't miss his temple shift on Friday. I had to go grocery shopping- lol. There was 5 inches of rain while we were gone- English crossing closed and lots of water in the river. Here are three last pics of my "Hawaii stuff". Good to be home- just trying to get back into the swing of normal life, instead of vacation mode- ha.