The last 2 days have been very busy for us. Friday we helped move Rick's Mom to a new room at the Gables. She had a larger room and she said she just had too much wasted space that she didn't use and wanted a smaller room. So Danette, Dans wife, took her on Wednesday to buy a smaller bed and bedding. Then Friday we moved her into room 3. It took us about 2 and 1/2 hours which was longer than I thought it would. And it was sooo... hot. It's a lot smaller room, but with her new twin bed everything fit just fine. Yvonne was very happy with her new room, but Babe (her cat) was a whole different story. Let's just say it's going take Babe a couple of weeks to get used to it. She was not happy about it at all.
At the same time we were moving Yvonne my Mom was having trouble with her Swamp Cooler. She wanted Rick to come look at it and fix it. Like I said it was HOT and when the cooler isn't working her mobile home becomes a oven. If any of you know Rick, unless it was something supper easy to fix (which Mom could do herself) he couldn't fix it. She called me at 4:30pm to tell me this, so I got on the phone trying to find someone that could go over and fix it for her. By the time I found someone it was after 5pm and unless she wanted to wait until Monday it would cost extra because it was after hours. I knew it couldn't wait til Monday so $188 and a couple hours later it was fixed. It wasn't anything major, just a clogged intake valve, but Rick couldn't of fixed it, mainly because he wouldn't of been able to figure why the water wasn't flowing like it should. Mom wasn't too happy about having to spend the money, but what could we do. Too bad Scott (Becky's husband) lives so far away, he can fix just about anything.
Our Stake is focusing on every member having a 3 month supply of food, water and other supplies. So yesterday our Ward had a Super Saturday! We canned things like wheat, rice, dry milk, potato flakes, beans, etc. It was fun even thought it was still hot. Everyone helped each other until everyone was done canning the things they wanted. We canned 100 lbs. wheat, 50 lbs. dry milk, and 75 lbs. rice. We brought it home and added it to our supply of food we've been gathering the last few months in our garage. One of these next weekends we have to get the shelves we bought last year at the State Fair put together so we can move it all to our storage room in our basement.
We did do something fun last night. We went to a movie! It's been a long time since we've done that. We saw the second "Night at the Museum". We enjoyed it. It probably wasn't as good as the first one, but it was better than I thought it would be.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend
Our weekend started on Friday and a drive to see Kirsti in her new house in Stansbury Park, Utah. We loaded up our new little trailer and headed out. In Pocatello we stopped for lunch and to see how our loaded trailer was doing. We discovered the tarp had torn and frayed. So after eating lunch we had to tie the tarp on differently. Then on to Kirsti's, everything arrived in good condition. We loved her new house. She has 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs, plus the washer and dryer are up there also (I just loved that). Downstairs is the living room, an office, a half bathroom, and the kitchen and pantry. I love the island and counter tops in her kitchen. I love her wide & light hallways. They have lots and lots of storeage. We didn't know much about Stansbury Park before she moved there. It seems like a wonderful place to live.
On Saturday Blake took us up over the mountains and into Copperton. We found a wonderful park there and had a fun picnic. The kids got to run and play. It was so fun to watch them. Then back in the Envoy and on to Kennicott Copper Mine.
If you have never seen it you just have to take the time and see it when you are in Salt Lake area. We'd been there the last time about 30 years ago. We were amazed how much the mine had grown. Wow! We enjoyed every minute of it!!
Then back over the mountain into Tooele for dinner. We had dinner at Applebee's then went back to the Izatt's for ice cream cones. It was a wonderful day!
On Sunday we got to attend the Bay Shore Ward with them. As McKenzie put it, "they do things backwards at our church Grandma". We went to Relief Society and Priesthood first and Sacrament Meeting last. It's been a long time since we've done that. They seem to be in a very nice ward. Since they have only been there a couple of weeks they are still getting to know people. It's a big ward and growing every week. In Relief Society they introduced 3 new ladies that had just moved in that week. There are a lot of new move ins trying to get to know people. I think they will like it more once they get to know more people. After church Blake barbecued steak and pork for us in the rain. It was delicious!! After we ate, we had to leave to come home. It's always sad to have to say good bye. We love being with our kids and grand kids. It always goes by way too fast.
We started Monday, Memorial Day, off by picking up Rick's Mom and going to the Shelley Cemetery and putting flowers on the graves of Rick's Dad, Great Grandparents - The Pugmires, Grandma & Grandpa Draper and then my Dad. We then took Yvonne out for an ice cream cone before taking her back to the Gables for lunch. Then we picked up my Mom and headed to Pocatello to have lunch and decorate my Grandma & Grandpa Baileys grave. After that we went to Centennial High School in Pocatello to see the Field of Hero's. They have done it the last few years on Memorial Day weekend, but this is the first time we've seen it. We saw it the day before from the freeway on our way home from Utah and wanted to go see it up close. It was amazing and well worth the time to go see it. They have a cross for every one that has died in this war we are in, in the middle east. We found out not only do they have crosses for each person, but each cross has a name, date of death, and where they were from. It was a perfect day weather wise. Not to hot and not raining. A perfect day!!
On Saturday Blake took us up over the mountains and into Copperton. We found a wonderful park there and had a fun picnic. The kids got to run and play. It was so fun to watch them. Then back in the Envoy and on to Kennicott Copper Mine.
If you have never seen it you just have to take the time and see it when you are in Salt Lake area. We'd been there the last time about 30 years ago. We were amazed how much the mine had grown. Wow! We enjoyed every minute of it!!
Then back over the mountain into Tooele for dinner. We had dinner at Applebee's then went back to the Izatt's for ice cream cones. It was a wonderful day!
On Sunday we got to attend the Bay Shore Ward with them. As McKenzie put it, "they do things backwards at our church Grandma". We went to Relief Society and Priesthood first and Sacrament Meeting last. It's been a long time since we've done that. They seem to be in a very nice ward. Since they have only been there a couple of weeks they are still getting to know people. It's a big ward and growing every week. In Relief Society they introduced 3 new ladies that had just moved in that week. There are a lot of new move ins trying to get to know people. I think they will like it more once they get to know more people. After church Blake barbecued steak and pork for us in the rain. It was delicious!! After we ate, we had to leave to come home. It's always sad to have to say good bye. We love being with our kids and grand kids. It always goes by way too fast.
We started Monday, Memorial Day, off by picking up Rick's Mom and going to the Shelley Cemetery and putting flowers on the graves of Rick's Dad, Great Grandparents - The Pugmires, Grandma & Grandpa Draper and then my Dad. We then took Yvonne out for an ice cream cone before taking her back to the Gables for lunch. Then we picked up my Mom and headed to Pocatello to have lunch and decorate my Grandma & Grandpa Baileys grave. After that we went to Centennial High School in Pocatello to see the Field of Hero's. They have done it the last few years on Memorial Day weekend, but this is the first time we've seen it. We saw it the day before from the freeway on our way home from Utah and wanted to go see it up close. It was amazing and well worth the time to go see it. They have a cross for every one that has died in this war we are in, in the middle east. We found out not only do they have crosses for each person, but each cross has a name, date of death, and where they were from. It was a perfect day weather wise. Not to hot and not raining. A perfect day!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Spring has sprung!
The last two weeks have gone by really fast. Mothers day was wonderful! Both my kids actually remembered it was Mothers Day and they remembered me. I was suprised that Kirsti remembered because she was right in the middle of her move to her new house and I was suprised that Tommy remembered because he had no one to remind him. It was great!! Rick and I spent the Saturday before mothers day at my Mom's house getting her outside water turned on and filling up her gas cans for the lawn mower and doing a few other things she needed done. It was nice being with her. We stopped by and visited with Rick's Mom at the Gables. We got both our Mom's three little flowering plants in a neat wooden bird cage thing. They both loved them. Then on Sunday (Mothers Day) Rick was in charge of Sacrament Meeting at the Gables so we got to see Yvonne again for a little bit. Thomas and Kirsti both called me. Plus Kirsti sent me a card and Thomas sent me a plug in candle from Scentsy. Rick gave me an exercises bike that I love and have been using ever since. It was a very wonderful and relaxing day. Thank you so much everyone!!
This last weekend we spent planting. I have a triangle area by our patio I'm putting some flowers in. I planted 11 flowers and a flowering bush thing. I've include a photo of what it looks like now and I'll continue to up date you as the flowers start to grow. We also started planting our garden. We got the tomatoes, carrots, and radishes in. This week will be getting the peas in. Plus I am looking for raspberry bushes to put along the fence. I've also included some photo's of our tulips. They are beautiful right now. Oh and I couldn't forget our pets. Tenava is our dog, Teemu is the Siamese looking cat and Kissa is the cat sitting under Ricks lounge chair (your have to look close). We are doing great! Life is good.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Koira
This has been a hard week for us. Our dog Koira died on Tuesday April 28, 2009. We have had and are still having a hard time getting used to her not being here. She was such a good dog. She was the best mother I have ever seen (even though she never had puppies of her own). She mothered Tena (our other dog), our cats Kissa and Teemu, my Mom's little dog Sophie, our children and grandchildren and sometimes even us. She loved people and being in the middle of everything. She loved playing with wrapping paper so Christmas was one of her favorite times. She loved barking at the squirrels and chasing them. She followed us everywhere even towards the end when it was hard for her to get around. She never stopped going up and down the stairs to be with us. Life just won't be the same without her. We were blessed to have her a part of our family.
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