Conference Center and Temple Square

This summer we were able to take a trip to SLC/Park City, Utah. It was such a fun vacation and a chance for me to show my boys the city that I grew up in, at least some of the main attractions. One of the days we went to Temple Square and the Conference center. I enjoyed sharing this with them.



It was fun to see the Temple from the roof of the Conf Center. We were there before General Conf. and we took pictures inside as well so when we watched Conf Phil printed off the pictures and said "there you are in this same room that we are watching these general authorities speaking to us.

This fountain was just magnificant. We spent a lot of time on the roof, there was so much to see and the view of SLC was fantastic as well.

Swimming at Grandma Evans

We went swimming at Grandma Evans at least every other week this past summer. Sometime Grandma Wiser would come, and sometimes Shannon would join us. Jesse can now swim in the deep water without a life jacket or needing any help. Hunter is getting closer to swimming without a life jacket. G. Wiser worked with him alot to teach him how to roll onto his back if he got into trouble.

It sure has been nice to have a great place to swim. Its also been nice to have the boys have quailty time with their grandma's and Shannon.

Shannon likes to hang out with us and I am glad that she does. It has been fun to get to know Jeremy.

Auntie Vivian came to town

Auntie Vivian and Uncle Keith came to Boise this summer. It was sure fun to have them here. Uncle Keith gave them each a fishing pole and they were so excited. Hunter still refers to Uncle Keith as that Man, I sure wish I could be with that man again. I really like him.

Jesse had so much fun bowling with Auntie vivian on the Wii. They really did enjoy each other. I am so glad that we had this time with them.

Quilts I have made

So I decide to post some of the quilts I have been working on this year. This first one is a crib quilt. One of 4 I made. That is how I got confident to move on to twin size quilts.





So next I made 2 quilts about the same time. I got more confidant laying out the blocks they provide as this one seemed to blend and work well together.




This next one was fun. It had a lot of the same quilt block so I put it every other color and worked the rest of the blocks into the quilt.






This one had a 4th of July feel to it. I had a hard time giving it away since I too want to have a 4th of July quilt to hang in my front room, It gave me lots of ideas how to do my own some time.





This last one here is one I did just a few months ago. It went by quick and I am getting better at lining up my corners. I have started sewing these blankets without having to pin every corner. That makes them sew much faster. I just take care to line up the seams before I start to sew them. Micro adjusting every few moments. I goofed on this one can you see the bottom where I put two whites and two darks side by side. Woops. It will still be warm.

Shannon's wedding quilt

This quilt was a huge undertaking. I learned about this pattern from the humanitarian group. They told me it was easy to do but looked quite sophisticated. So I got brave and tried it. I decided to make it for Shannon for her wedding which gave me a deadline to finish it. Lots and lots of hours went into sewing it and as you can see it was quite large. Shannon has a California King bed so it had to be big.

Luckily I had Grandma Evans and Grandma Wiser around to help me finish it. We went to the club house after it was all pieced together and tied it and binded it. What a huge project.

I am glad that I did it because I now have the confidence to go one step further and work on a more detailed pattern for my own bed. It is called an Ohio Star. I will post pictures of it later as it begins to take shape.

Bowling

The kids now have a Wii and they love to bowl on Wii Sports. Jesse has gotten quite good at it and has learned how to thow the ball fast and straight. So they wanted to go real bowing because they knew they would do so good now that they are good at the Wii.

So Shannon Jeremy, Phil, Katie, Jesse and Hunter went bowling. It was much harder than the kids anticipated. Even with the bumpers just making the ball go down the lane was a challenge.

Jesse couldn't get his wicked throw down because the ball was just too heavy and hunter couldn't figure out how to get any speed either. Luckily Shannon bought French fries and that seemed to make the whole experierence go better. Fun day of Bowling.

1st day of School

Here is Jesse in his class. He seems to really enjoy being in desks this year. He still had all of his supplies on his desk. He writes his name Jesse 6 so that his teacher can find him on the roll easier.

Here is hunter sitting on the floor on his first day of school. He is doing well in school. He is shy and doen't participate very much but he is learing to write and read.

Just before they went into their classes I took a picture of them on their first day. They are growning up on me.