COME ONE COME ALL TO THE BARN!

Just to let all of my kids know that we got "The Barn" again. We are scheduled there on Sept. 19th and 20th.

Plan now to come it will be bigger and better than last time. I am VERY excited. I love "The Barn." We will let you know at a later date what you need to bring etc.

Shannon....get those plane tickets bought now!

Deer hunting in our backyard!

Boys........dad says to tell you that there is no need to buy a deer hunting license this year. Just come on down to our house and you can get them right in our back yard! He took these pics this morning. It wasn't even that early, so hey, you could sleep in and still get your deer!!

Greg and I drove by an Elk farm last week and I forgot to post these pics. So, here they are....for all the guys. Evan was with us and was earlier frightened by a dog (this was a BIG dog not like Trixie) but when we got to the Elk, he asked his dad if he could go touch them!!!!!

Zucchini Cookies

Cindy asked for this and so here it is. I actually made some and they weren't too bad. This recipe came from my sister Carolyn and NOTHING ever tastes as good as when she made it for some stupid reason. But....they are still good.

Cream together: 1/2 c. shortening, 1 egg, 1 c. sugar. Add 1 1/2 c. shredded zucchini, 1 tsp. soda, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt. (1/2 tsp. of each) 2 c. flour, 1 c. chopped nuts (I never use the nuts) 1/2 c. choc. chips (more like 1 c. probably.)

Mix and drop by spoonfuls on a lightly greased/sprayed cookie sheet. 350 degrees for 15 min.

My Summer Vacation

My Summer Vacation is the BEST! We got to go for a full 24 hr. period to St. George for Tuacahn. Yes, you read it right......24 hrs! Trust me, it was like pulling teeth to get Neal to do that. The man just loves working, working, working. The wife just loves playing, playing, playing! Oh well, happy to get 24 hrs. out of him. Todd went with us and we met Brian and Mallory down there. They left Brody home so they could watch the plays undisturbed! Good for them, bad for me. It was a lot of fun. It had rained very hard right before the musical so that cooled everything down for us. I have NEVER been to Tuacahn when the weather was not killing you because it was so hot. This was VERY nice. Sorry Todd is not in the picture, he was taking it and what a good picture taker he is!

Today is Sat. and Grandma Allen had invited us all over for a barbecue at her house. Soooo.....I had to get up at 6:00 a.m. YES a.m.! After I dropped Neal off at work I spent most of the morning with Greg and Evan! We went to some yard sales and it was fun. Then I went to Jen's and waited for time to get Neal and go to the barbecue. Jen was kind enough to let me take a little nap on her most comfy couch. The barbecue was great fun. Good food, good company and good weather! GOOD grief, what more do you want?? Thanks grandma and everyone for bringing all that good food.

Jen came to visit!

Jen came to visit me on Friday. She got here around 9:30 and she made hair bows for her baby girl and I, well just as usual, I'm not exactly sure what I did. It was fun to have her come and see me. We both then left and rode back to Orem together and she dropped me off to the dentist, took me to make a rock delivery and then dropped me off at Kyle and Tifs where they had to put up with me until Neal got off work and came and rescued them by taking me home! It was a nice day. Here are some of the cute bows she made. Also a picture of Greg and Sarahs littlest boy, Dallin, trying on a bow for us. Gee, is he really a girl or a boy. Pretty dang cute either way.