Temple Square

We had the opportunity to go see the

Temple Lights last weekend!

The temple looked so beautiful!

My favorite party was the reflection

pond, but I didn't get a good picture. Here's our little family in front of some lights!

Mom and Dad went with us. Or should

I say we went with them! :)

This was the view from my parents

motel/hotel room! Very neat!

And this is a new building going

up that was by our motel.

Camrynn thought it was the Tower

or Terror:) All in all, it turned out to be

a good trip! We finished our Christmas shopping

and I went to a doctors appointment. It went well,

other than I have high cholesterol!! Bring on the Cheerios:)

Family Pics 2010

It's that time of year where everyone

hurries to get family pictures done

in time for their Christmas card.

We hustled to do the same!

Here is a sampling:)

This is my fav. I played around with the photos on picnik:)

And a nice one of Gene and I! We never

get any pictures together!

Thanks to Mom for taking the pictures!

And dad too:) We just went across the street

to snap a few shots. Handy that their is an

old outhouse there. I had no idea!

Gene didn't want to take pictures of course,

but our family pictures just wouldn't have

been the same without him:) So I let

him wear his hat and he seemed a bit happier.

Camrynn-isms

The other day Camrynn has made a big mess

of the living room. So I told her to clean up.

She had books and toys scattered everywhere.

When I came in to check on her I found this...

She had 'conveniently' left this book sitting up in the middle of the floor:) I think she was trying to tell me something!

Camrynn-isms

I walked Camrynn into her classroom the other

day and was looking around. Each child has

a book box with books of their choosing inside. While other

children spend their time reading 'measley' childrens

books, Camrynn prefers to spend her time reading

the Guinness Book of World Records:)

I thought that was pretty funny:)

Playing in the leaves

Camrynn wanted to rake Grandpa Pace's leaves

one day, so he gladly put her to work:)

What better way to rake leaves than into

a big pile to jump in? So that is exactly what

she did, and then she spent the rest of the

afternoon jumping and raking!

The cats even joined in the fun:) What a great way to spend a fall day:)

Utes Vs. BYU 2010

It was that time of year again!

Time for the Utes vs. BYU game:)

Tricky marching band, made a 'U'! Gene and I at lunch before the game. I think this is before Heather spilled Dallas cup of water in MY LAP!! Talk about cold. I stood in front of the dryer in the bathroom for like and hour trying to dry myself. Didn't want to freeze at the game, it was cold enough! Thanks Heather, just you wait until next year:P Typical Heather and Dallas picture:)

The chaperones... Well Randy was at least;)

Final score! 17 to 16. Make that another Utah win!

Utah actually played like crap and BYU played so

much better! But they muffed it in the end:)

It was sure a heart racing ending like always!

End table restorations

While out and about over the last couple

of months I have come across a couple

old used and abused end tables.

I decided I could give them a good home

and a complete makeover!

I got this one at Dean's Friday store here in

Delta for $5. With some primer, paint

and glaze it is a whole new table!

It is a bit smaller than I wanted, but it

works for now:)

I have been testing out different colors

to see which ones I like best.

What do you think?

This one came from a storage liquidation/yard sale

and again I only paid $5!

It seemed really bright at first,

but the glaze toned it down

while adding a bit of character.

And this is the first one I did.

If you remember I did a previous post about it.

I really like the design on this one.

And the color:)

I was stupid and didn't get any before or after

pictures. This blue one I got pictures of after

it had been primed. But I have really got

to remember to take pictures so you

can get the full effect!!

Maybe next time...

I am on the look out for a sofa table

or entry table I can re-do.

Any color suggestions??

November Birthdays

I'm on the ball for Novemeber birthdays!!!

Well, for the most part. Anyways, without further ado..

Happy Birthday to my niece Bailey!

November 3rd!

Happy Birthday to Ashlyn! My sister in law!

Her birthday is November 10th.

This is her Senior Picture that I stole off her

facebook page:) Isn't it gorgeous?!?!

Hope you all have a great birthday:)

October Birthdays

Happy October Birthdays!!

Better late then never, right?

I blame blogger...

Plus, I have this delightful picture of

Dallas that I just HAD to post. heehee.

Happy Birthday Dallas! October 3rd Happy Birthday Daddy-O! October 14th

Happy Birthday to my niece Scottee!

Also October 14th

Happy Birthday to my girl!!!

Camrynn Chelise, October 17th!!

Happy Birthday to my brother in law Weston!

October 20th!

I have got to get better photos of this side of the family!!

The always manage to look the other way...

And a Happy Birthday to Myr!

October 23rd:)

Hope you all had a great birthday!

Halloween 2010

Camrynn was a bumble bee this year!

At school they had a Kindergarten parade.

They were supposed to sing and dance, but

they must not have went over it because

the teachers were the only ones singing and dancing:)

It was a good Halloween and our first time

back here in Delta! It was nice to actually know

people:) And when they handed out popcorn

balls you could eat them because you knew they

were safe!! haha. She got some cool things this year,

a box of crayons, playdoh, glow sticks, pencils,

Squeeze its!! The guy told her to take one Squeeze It

and I look over and she is trying to put the whole

thing in her bag!! HAHA! I told her ONE drink,

not one package!

Camrynn's 6th Birthday!!

My baby turned 6!! How can this have happened?

It seems crazy, but Camrynn celebrated her 6th birthday

on Oct. 17th! She got spoiled as usual:)

Here she is with all her loot! Well from us anyways! Enjoying some tasty cake!

Grandma Pace got her some clothes for her

Build a Bears and a mermaid barbie that

she has been wanting so very bad!

I had got her one, but apparently it wasn't

good enough, so she kept asking for one:)

She also got a new winter coat!

Looks cozy!

I may have a nervous breakdown next year

when she turns 7...

Halloween Craft

I decided I wanted to do a Halloween

craft this year since I don't have many

Halloween decorations. So I decided on a

craft, bought all the stuff and then I invited some

friends over to craft with me!

Here is how mine turned out! (above)

I just went o the Dollar store and bought cheap

frames and I mean they are cheap! Flimsy as

can be!! And then I spray painted them black and

we added scrapbook paper for an easy and cheap

decoration. You can change the paper up for each

month! Then the blocks were just wood

with scrapbook paper and the vinyl lettering!

Here are Kristy's blocks! And Brittney's BOO blocks:) I had some extra so Mom decided to be crafty too and came over and made some blocks for herself! I think they turned out great!!

Just visiting

Back in September we went to Salt Lake to visit Gene's

friend Jeremy. He had just recieved a kidney transplant!

He is such a deserving guy and we were thrilled

to learn that he had found a donor. What an

awesome person you must be to donate your

own kidney to someone!

Jeremy was doing remarkably well. And has

been ever since. I didn't take pictures, because

who really likes pictures when your in a hospital?!

We also visited Shanna and Alan. They were

nice enough to let us stay in their spare room.

We had a good time and went to dinner Saturday and Sunday, (Alan was being studious) we went to feed the geese.

Gene being the hard worker he is insisted that

he needed to catch up on his sleep on the

way up AND the way back. So I was stuck driving.

Camrynn decided to sleep too.

So since they decided to sleep. I decided to

take blackmail photos. Well, that doesn't really

work with Camrynn... But it does with Gene!

He will love to know that I posted him sleeping

on the blog:)

While I was playing photographer there was

a big fire in the Draper area and the whole

valley was filled with smoke. So I took a picture.

The sun was actually a cool pink color, but

it doesn't come across in the picture.

I like the reflection on the lake:)

Giant Tumbleweed

Check out this giant tumbleweed.

This giant weed was growing in our yard.

After we took it down with a saw (a shovel

wasn't enough, almost needed a chainsaw! haha)

We discovered there was a bush growing under it!

We had no idea. haha! And Gene is growing an

awful mustache for the 'outage' at work. Some

other guys brilliant idea. He looks creepy! haha.

Mini Cheer 2010!

In Delta the Cheerleaders do something

called Mini Cheer. It is where they teach

little kids to be Mini Cheerleaders. (If you

didn't catch that from the name Mini Cheer!)

So for 3 days for 2 hours each day, Camrynn

got to be a Mini Cheerleader! She learned

new songs and a bunch of cheers and had a BLAST!

On Friday they got to go out and cheer

at the football game! There were sure alot

of little girls in red shirts:)

My pictures at the game are kinda fuzzy but

she did such a good job. She jumped

up and down the whole time and did all

the cheers! She even spotted us in the crowd

and kept on waving at us! She had a GREAT time!!