Grandchildren Visiting

Thea, 3 years young, is singing "Do you see what I see?"

Her favorite color is "boo".

She was playing with the magnets, building something & I asked this sweet, pretty little girl what she was making. She said 'a gun'. Ben says 'she is pretty but deadly.'

I asked Wyatt if he wanted a tuna fish, peanut butter or egg salad sandwich. He replied, " cheese".

The boys all made paper targets to shoot Uncle Luke's pellet gun. Thea made a sweet little, rabbit, Wyatt made random circles, Matt made a target with descending circles and Luke made the rear end of a cow with a tail and Wyatt insisted it was the cow's pee pee. sigh

So what did you do today?

Finished Fountain

Ta daa! The Eagle has landed.

We had the interview for the paper.

It should appear in the paper soon.

We need to write thank -you cards.

Soccer season is finished so that should happen in the near future.

sigh

Halloween 2011 Costumes

We are a happy family!

Soccer Team

Coach Bruce made dinner for the soccer team. He made lasagna, pizza, salad, French bread, lemon bars & white chocolate chip cookies.

They like to have a meal before the home game.

We played Mac High and lost 5-1. We ran out of subs & Andrew wasn't playing because of a red card.

I have been sewing costumes for the high school musical and we did a photo shoot that night.

I posted photos on the costume blog and on face book. Three more pirates were added.

sigh

Halloween Movies

Just ordered some DVD's for Halloween.

Our VHS died so we need some new old movies to watch.

The ones we like best:

Arsenic and Old Lace (Cary Grant, Peter Lorre & Raymond Massey)

Death on the Nile (the costume award winning one with Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven & Jack Warden, 1978)

Hocus Pocus with Bette Midler

Waiting patiently for them to arrive!

Andrew Burrito

After seeing Sadie & Zach wrapped, Andrew wanted to try it.

Here he is! Ta Daa!

Eagle Has Landed

Andrew and his dad finished the Eagle Project! boo Rah

It works too.

Laying Brick

Andrew helped Rick lay bricks for the drinking fountains. They were heavy. The bricks were left over from the new Otec building. They are beautiful.

New Baby

Got to help and play

with the grandkids all day.

Two boys and two girls

and one grandma with curls.

Picking blueberries & blackberries

oh what a whirl!

Smiling faces,

were all in our places.

Good morning to you!

Riding in a Model A

Brother Dick & Ella Mae MCCellan came over on Sunday and took Andrew and Quentin Durfee for a ride in their Model A. It was their 50 year wedding anniversary gift. They rode all around La Grande.

Eagle Project

Andrew had 5 Scouts show up on Saturday morning to help them do their Eagle Project. Michael Queebeman, Parker & Gentry Berry, & Dereck Huntsman, were the happy helpers. Andrew had already marked off & sprayed a white line for the pipes. Bruce used the ditch digger to dig a ditch & then the Scouts hand dug the hole for the main line. The digging took 6 hours. The ground was very hard. We went back in the evening and filled in the ditch. Howard Houck did the plumbing for us.

Eagle Project

Andrew & his dad are working on their Eagle Project. They are putting in 2 drinking fountains at LMS. One by the shed and one by the bleachers.

High Adventure

Andrew and 3 other scouts, his dad & Bro Isaacson went to the coast for thier high adventure this year. They played laser tag in Portland, went out in a boat in the bay crabbing, camped in tents, fished off the reef & played in the sand.

New Washer

We got our new washer on Friday. It is a front loader. It is supposed to cost only $8 a year, very energy efficient. We like all the push buttons.

Dan & Heidie Reception in La Grande

We had a small reception in La Grande in the pavilion. We used Verl's fountain, our trellis, Ernie's mints, Jean's cake, and Heidie's colors.

I liked the watermelon hearts, the sequin plant shoes, the cream puffs, Ernie's cream cheese mints and all the smiles.

Hallie

Hallie has joined our family! She is 2 years old and weighs less than 25 lbs.

She belonged to Dan/Heidi and now we have her while they are in school.

She loves our back yard.

She likes to play fetch.

She sleeps in the kitchen.

She likes to go for walks. She loves to play. She is a riot in the morning.

She sheds all over the place. She is not allowed on the furniture.

She is staking out the territory.

She is an Shiba Inu.

Wedding Reception in Medford

Dan & Heidie's wedding reception was a princess theme. Blue triangle flags greeted us at the entry way. Decorations were a wishing well, a frog prince, and 4 fake indoor trees in a row. The guest registration was a photo book of Dan & Heidie that we could sign. I liked that idea!

They had a lowered, draped ceiling with plastic & green netting. We will use the green netting here.

Heidie loves plants & she wanted shamrocks (her favorite plant, but they couldn't find any this time of year) so they used Nasturtiums for the centerpieces in pretty glass jars. The tables were covered with white table cloths & blue & green satin fabric with the plants in the middle.

The quilt in the back ground behind the cake was made by Heidie's Aunt Shelly. I love the colors which matched Heidie's colors.

Chicken salad sandwiches, mints were served with a pretty serve your self lemon flavored water fountain that changed lights. The young girls dressed like princesses. Disney music played in the background & then a DJ came & the Single's branch had a nice dance. It was a fun, pleasant evening for us. We will be stressed at our wedding reception next week.

Oreo's on Bob's Bench

This is Grandpa Bob's bench at Lithia Park in Ashland, OR. We are eating his favorite cookie, Oreo's. We are also killing time while waiting for the wedding reception.

The boys had a race to the top of the jungle toy.

Dan and Heidie's Wedding

Dan and Heidie were married in Medford, Oregon. See how happy they are! They opened the temple special for the sealing.

All our fam was there except Crystal who was in Taiwan. She had an excused absence.

We had fun taking boy band photos of the bros while they were taking photos of Dan & Heidie.

Heidie's mom, Debbie & a friend made the dress! She is gorgeous!

Heidie made her bouquet with calla lilies and feathers. It is fun!

Debbie made all the ties, vests and brides maids skirts too.

I made my skirt out of vintage fabric I had.

Dan & Heidie enjoy your new life together forevah!