We had fun planting our flowers!




Baseball is finally over! Yeah! There is my cute little baseball player on the far left. Love that kid!

Trichelle went to the lake and was able to visit with Kollen. What a doll!
Is everyone constantly behind, or is it just me? Oh well, right?
Where do I even start? Let's see...
Friday was quilt walk festival in town. I wasn't going to really go because of lack of time, but when my good friend from California, Pam Sutton showed up, she called and I ran down there. She is making a baby quilt for Kollen, and it's adorable! She also made me this awesome wall hanging. It's so amazing. She's such a great quilter! I enjoyed her company along with her sister Judie and her husband. Very nice people! I am happy I have new friends.

Pam with my new wall hanging

Pam Sutton, working her fingees to the bone.
Friday, Tracy and all of the boys (except for the baby...cause babies aren't invited), went to father and sons. Men don't usually carry cameras, so I have NO photos of this awesome event. But Tracy said that Austen and Craig set him up well, and he SLEPT OUTSIDE on a mattress, and had a good night. WOW! This is so cool! They had lots of fun.

Girls night out at Arby's. Silly girls! I love THEM!Meanwhile, we had fun at home, doing girls night. Kendra chose where we got to eat. She chose Arby's. Needless to say, we ended up with 2 kids meals for the girls and baby. Trichelle and I had to pass. But it was fun. $8 for 2 kid meals...yes, we are gourmet dining. Now you know how frugal I really am. Oh my. Scary.
Kendra also chose our movie, which was "sleeping beauty".

we are goofy!
It was an enjoyable night of sleep and relaxation. I should have worked and gotten everything cleaned up, but it was so peaceful, we just wanted to take it easy. And we did.
Saturday the boys got home early. But...we were already gone. Our foster kids had a sibling visit. They have 4 other siblings who live in Cedar. So sad. It was hard for them to say goodbye. And really, it will be forever very soon. I just cannot save the whole world. UGH. Don't tempt me though. Most everyone I talk to is against us adopting these two children, but...only time will tell what the final decision is. Well, for the record...we are basically planning on adoption. We didn't go into it thinking this way a all, but...when you take in 2 darling little kids, who are sweethearts, and you fall in love with them, and they know you as mom and dad...I know...I know...we have heard every negative in the world about taking them. So we will just discuss this when everything is final. (I know this is random...hopefully you know me by now, to know this is me)
Saturday night all night, Tracy had a hard time and thought he was getting the flu. I have no idea what brought this on, but we had a hard night. So this morning, church just came too early. And we didn't make it. This is horrible for us, as we are very dedicated to our religion. Life is so difficult sometimes. But we spent family time together instead, which is good enough sometimes.
This afternoon, my best friend came by from Phoenix. She stopped in on her way home from colorado where her daughter had her wedding reception. What a fun time to see her. OH I miss having friends and family around all the time. GOOD times!

Don and Kristan Paolacci and Jean Harper, our great friends from Phoenix. We are so happy they stopped by!
The electricity was off most of Sunday. Major crisis at our lodge. Of course all of our cabins are full and it has been off since 2:30pm, and won't come on until midnight tonight up there. Renters are upset, but we have NO control over the electric company. We will probably lose lots of money over this. Sad.
We got our electricity back on at about 7pm. Austen is in a real fix, so he came down to town and is using the generator from our house to try and at least get some water on for our renters. It's been a nightmare. Like I said...life is very difficult sometimes. We hope it works. Thanks to our neighbor Trent Atkin who is amazing and found us a cord that might work as an adapter. We have very good neighbors on all sides of us. Amazing I tell you!
I won't voice my opinion about the lodge right now. I have "feelings" about it I won't share...probably ever. Be happy, be VERY happy that SOMETIMES I can control my tongue. Hee hee ha ha.
That dang wind blew out my hot water heater again. But now I am an experienced water heater lighter. So I will try my hand at that in a moment. What would life be like if I were bored? I think I actually enjoy all of this hubub. Cause when I get a moment I start to think of others things to do, or that need done like...
Maybe I need a vacation! Good idea Lynn! I better talk to the boss while he is feeling good, and see if he wants to venture out sometime soon.
Tracy is doing pretty doggone good today, so we plan to accomplish alot this week, and are looking forward to another busy week ahead of us. We feel blessed to have so many good things happen to us, amidst our daily trials. Life is good to us. And we have the Lord on our side, so believe me, this is a huge blessing. He is very good to us.:)