Carter & Ava's Birthday Party

On Saturday we celebrated Carter and Ava's Birthdays. Ava turned 2 on June 13th and Carter turns 4 on July 1st. Carter had a friend party earlier in the day. Tara rented a blow-up water slide and it was so much fun. I think they were a little overwhelmed with it all. It was a perfect evening and we had delicious food and Tara outdid herself making their cakes. She made Carter a BUZZ LIGHTYEAR Cake and Ave a Princess Crown Cake. It was so much fun for us to be a part of it.

 

Manti Pageant

This weekend was our summer activity for the Singles Ward. On Friday we headed down to the Manti Pageant. We got to set up tents on Pres. and Sister Hintze's yard for the kids to sleep in. We got a tutorial on raising turkeys we saw over a thousand baby turkeys. Later we headed over to the Stake Center for a Turkey Dinner (it was delicious) and then over to the temple grounds to say seats. We had quite a few kids coming after work. The next morning we headed over to the Palisades State Park for a yummy breakfast and a luau for lunch. The kids paddled around in several canoes and a paddle boat and played games. All in all I think all those that went had a great time. The pictures of a room are where AJ and I stayed it was called Cedar Crest Inn and it was a dive but it had a bed and a bathroom need I say more.

 

Yes or No?

What do you think? Look at the pictures down below. We have had dwarf burning bushes growing along the sides of our property. The one side has really struggled about every bush as died off and then new starts have started. SO we decided to do this rock garden with ornamental grasses. I just love this look. We've only done the one side. And the other side are the pictures you see down below. These bushes are actually doing okay. But should we take them out and put in the rock garden so both sides match????
Dwarf Burning Bushes


My New Rock Garden

It's Mine....

When the Margetts got their mission call they decided to sell all of their vehicles. This was their 3rd car that didn't get used very much, mainly for trips and ward outings. SO AJ told them we were interested. This is a 2000 Suburban with less then 50,000 miles on it. Can't beat that. I love it. It has a skylight, the window on the drivers side actually goes up and down without me pulling it up (which was so annyoing in my other vehicle everytime I went to the bank). It passed inspection (which my Tahoe never did until I went and got them to get the red service light off every year). The AC works great. Theirs a little TV and VCR for the grandkids and it seats 8. I love it and it's mine.