A Soothing Environment

I'm not posting this so you can see my
new bedspread. But before this bedspread
we had a fairly bold gold and red theme
going. It was just really interesting
after I bought this ensemble I kept
walking in my room and having a
feeling of "ahhh". I realized after awhile
that it really is true what they say
about some colors being calming.
I just love going in my room and it
always calms me ....... Interesting, huh?

A Blast From the Past!

Remember when you got braces?


This is Tiara in front of the orthodontist's
Office. Kind of scared . . . .

Remember getting pictures of the inside
of your mouth??

These lip spreaders below were my
personal favorite......

Doesn't she look cute with her braces!!

Chicago

Dale and I have the chance to go to Chicago
for a business seminar. It was so fun!
First thing we did on Thursday was take
the L train to downtown (we were staying
out by the O'Hare airport) and go to
the top of the Sears Tower.

These are the views from on top. I really
could not get over how flat it was! People
have told me over the years, but I thought
there would be a small hill or something!
Nope, flat, flat, flat. You can even see
the curvature of the earth!! And the view
was 360 degrees.

You didn't know Dale played basketball,
did you?

Someone recommended this place for
some really good Chicago-style pizza.
It was really good, but very different.
It was a real "Pizza Pie" We were
stuffed after one slice!

This is just a shot of the seminar. There
were so many people at this one. We've
gone to others that were smaller. But
we still learned alot and were glad we
went.

On Friday night, Sam (the facilitator
of the conference) took all the members
on a lake cruise with a nice dinner
on board.

Dale had to get a sunset shot!

Next trip - to see Casey in Ohio!!

Casey's Farewell

Well, Casey's leaving this Friday for
Ohio. And in case I've neglected to tell
someone - he's taking a job with
Honda in the Motorsports Design Dept.
,
So . . . we had a little family get-together
last night at our house.

Garrett and Adam and families, Grandma
and Grandpa Fenn, Mike and Sundee
and the rest.

This is Dax and Ty (Garrett's boys)

Uncle Adam helping Ty.

Ashton (Adam's Boy) and Das on the
tramp.

My sweetheart!!!
Yea, I know. I should have gotten
more posed pictures of siblings, etc.
Anyway, it was fun to have 7 of my
8 children and my parents all together.
(We missed you Jodee and Braden!!)
We are really going to miss Casey - it
has been sooooo fun having him home
for two months. He gets to fly home in
September to help the movers with his
stuff and thenhe'll be home for Christmas
- so not too bad!!

Morgan's First Mohey Performance!

Well, Morgan is on the dance drill team
at Cedar High (if you didn't know). It's
Mohey Tawa and if you remember Jodee
was on that team too (for three years!)
Anyway, this was the Fourth of July
Parade and was their first performance.
She's in the front row, tallest brown haired.

She forgot to tell me that she would
be on THAT side of the street. . . . . .
She had a blast! Tiara was in the same
parade, but I had a camera malfunction
when she came by - sorry, Tiara.

Morgan is second from the right,
doing their kick line.

Weight Watchers

Okay, so I really hate this picture, but . . .
My friends and I joined weight watchers
yesterday and I took a picture so we
can record our progress. Yes, there will
be progress! I decided to put it on my blog
so I can keep you all updated and so it's even
more of a committment. Kind of like
how Jodee put her belly on every few weeks
and we saw her getting "bigger". Only, this
will be the reverse and you will see me (and
my friends, hopefully) getting smaller.
So, wish me luck and look for more pictures!

Lake Trip

So we went to Sand Hollow Lake to
celebrate Adam and John's birthdays!
Yes, more birthdays for us!! (Adam
turned 29).Dad andMorgan are enjoying
the 105 temperature

So Casey had a great idea to have a
slip and slide at the lake (some people
never grow up!). He rented a water
pump and some major hoseage and Mike
got over 100 feet of plastic. The above
picture is the first attempt. But, no,
that was not steep enough or fast
enough! So . . . .

They hauled everything down the shore
about 50 yards and made a much
steeper, faster slip and slide.

Yep, 100 feet of plastic with lake water
being pumped to the top and shooting out
of a very large hose!

That's Adam trying it backwards!

That's Casey . . . .

That's Casey backwards - they tried
every way possible to see how fast they
could go.

Taking a rest ... Mike, Adam, Casey,
Sundee and John.

Ashton (Adam's son) loved it. He usually
had a turn inbetween everyone else's
turns. . .

John's going for it!

Mike, too . .

Here's Morgan!

Sundee even did it!!

Tiara loved it, too.

Adam . . .

Like I said, Ashton had lots of turns!
Anyway, thanks to Casey's crazy idea
we had SOOOO much fun.

John Turns 20!!

Ok, so awhile back I actually called John's
boss regarding his insurance. Well, I
guess that is a big no-no and John got
made fun of ALOT by Adam
(they work together) and some co-workers.
PLUS . . . I got teased alot because his
"Mommy" called! Anyway, Dale had the
great idea to embarrass him some more
on his birthday. So I got a big bouquet
of balloons and I took them to his work!

The funniest thing was that when I got
there, no one could find him. So by the
time we found him, the whole shop was
gathered around!


John was VERY surprised!!

He tied them to his toolbox.

This is John's embarrased face!!

Adam was in on it - this is John giving
Adam a stern talking to! Adam doesn't
look too worried. I took Sundee along
as the photographer.

Later that night we had "gourmet"
hamburgers and 7 layer cake. Alexis
came over for dinner and desert.
That's John trying to lick the frosting
off the candle.

Dale and I got him a motorcyle stand.

Happy 20th John!!

Tiara's Birthday

This is a busy birthday season for us!
Tiara turned 11 on June 16th. We just
had a quiet family party.

She Loves movies! These were from
Casey, John and Morgan.

Dale and I and Mike and Sundee
got her Guitar Hero! She loves it!

No 7 layer cake for her - she had an ice
cream pie. Isn't she a cutie?