08.30.09

{Zucchini}

{Bread}

08.29.09

Saturday

B & C spent time at

Grandma & Grandpa T's

house

this morning

making a

bird feeder.

I tried to make

a dent in my

overflowing bin

of home-grown

tomatoes

and made some

{Salsa}

which we put to good use

on our

Macho Nachos,

at our

monthly

Nacho Night

munching nachos

to our hearts content

A Farewell Fiesta

08.22.09
Millcreek Canyon

In a Farewell to

Our niece H,

who will be traveling to

Mother Russia,

for several months,

The T Family

spent the day enjoying the

cooler temperatures of the Canyon,

and being happy to

spend the day together,

where the fashion of the day

was:

{a dirty hindy}

the menu consisted of:

{fire-roasted favorites}

and the activities involved;

politics,

cooling our tootsies,

and indulging our sweet tooths.

I was highly flattered

when the 7 layer dip

I brought

looked like this

before we even got

lunch on the fire.
I kid you not.

Love you, H

Be Safe.

08.18.09

Boys Night Out

Thanksgiving Point

Dinosaurs & Ice Cream

'till next month,

Love ya Dad!

Noting the Usual

{the other day}
B: "Mom, do you think I'm acting more usual than usual?"
Mom: "Huh?"

{while driving in the car, and referring to those little tabs they stick on the road before they paint it, to mark the lanes}
C: "Mom, why are there notes all over the road?"
Mom: "Notes?"
C: "Yah, notes, you know, like you write on?"
Then it clicked for me-
Yes, those do look like little yellow sticky notes, don't they.

Time for a Pow-Wow

Chief Sitting Bull
met with

Buffalo Bill

and agreed to be part

of his Wild West show.

Preformed daily for

Ma Squaw.

Free of Charge.

lucky me

The T Family

We had a great time

with the T Family

Saturday at their

new house!

Mr. T and Mr. T

were roommates at

college and it had

been SEVERAL

years since they had

seen each other.

looks like they have each

gained a few things

since their wild

and crazy days!

Funny thing.

The next day we

decided to go for a walk

in a place we had never been

not too close to home,

and who should we

meet on the same trail,

at the same time,

far from their home, too?

The T Family.

again.

and it was their first time there, too.

Blackberry Cobbler

If you have some of these:

{Blackberries}

Then you should

try this:

Blackberry Cobbler
4 cups Blackberries (fresh or frozen)
2 TBSP Lemon juice
Place berries in greased 8x8 pan
and sprinkle with lemon juice

In a bowl combine:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Mix until crumbly- like corn meal
spread over top of berries
Melt
6 oz. butter (1 1/2 sticks)
and drizzle over top
Bake at 375
30-35 min.
Or until you can tell that
the crust is not gooey any longer.

Serve it warm,
with ice cream.

You'll Thank Me.

08.07.09

Love

When I went downstairs at 6AM,

I saw your empty,

unused dish on the counter,

and I had two thoughts.

One: "Oh, yah, I forgot to get some milk yesterday"

Two: "How sweet, he saw there was only drops

left and saved them for the kids"

Then I opened the fridge and saw:

So you had

snuck out the door at 5AM,

went down to the Mart on the corner,

purchased some milk,

quietly came back home,

and stuck it in my fridge,

and then left again

for work.

While I snoozed cosily,

in my bed.

That says somethin'.

made some of these

{Lemon Bars}

to take with me to

Book Club

where we discussed reading

{which we all really liked}

Then we laughed and talked

about many other things,

and stayed way too late.

Till next month.

I {Heart} Book Club

August 4, 2009

Dear C,

I hope you had a FABULOUS day at your

First Day of Kindergarten!

I'm so proud of YOU!

I love you and I know you'll do GREAT!

Love,

MOM

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Open House
July 31, 2009

We have a new temple to serve our area!

We were able to go to the Open House with our family.

We're excited to be part of this Temple's area, and participate in the events that have come.We were able to write down a few things about what the Temple means to our family, and have it sealed in the cornerstone of the Temple and we've also had the opportunity to serve at the Temple during the Open House time. We enjoyed helping with Hospitality during the VIP week and just last week we were Ushers inside, helping to direct the flow of people.

We are grateful for the opportunities we've had to attend two recent Temple Open Houses in our area ( the Draper and the Oquirrh Mountain) and let our children see what it is like in the Temple.

During the Temple Open House anyone can go in and see what it is like. After the Open House is over, they re-clean and repair and make it perfect again (like if the carpet needs cleaned or the walls need touched up,etc.) then they dedicate the Temple. After the dedication, only members of the LDS church with Temple recommends may enter the Temple.

But if you've ever wondered what its like in the temple,

an Open House is the perfect time to go.

Two Facts about the Oquirrh Mountain Temple:

#1 It is the only Temple named after a Mountain

#2 Oquirrh is an Indian word meaning "Shining" or "Glowing",

so it is the "Shining"Mountain Temple

Going, Going, Gone.

(a-hem)

Our Summer Break

By the Numbers

3- the number of weeks our Summer Break was

21- the number of days JoMama and bunch were here

3 adults + 5 kids = the number of people in our house,

and that equals

1 restless night staying in a tent

(Roma Tomatoes)

6 the number of tomatoes from our garden, thus far

1 trip to the Drive-In Movie

(boys night out July 09)

4 slip'n slide adventures

1 night of

Obstacle Course Madness

167- the number I guessed to win the bottle

of candy at the family reunion

5- the number C turned on his

Star Wars Birthday


1 Painter on the Potty

2 Purple Dragon Belts

1 Lame-0 Volcano

4 trips to Cafe Rio

and 3 trips for

Ice Cream

Equals

(NOT ME, She's the OTHER one)

6 lbs that JoMama put on while at my house

(which is what her Dr. told her to do, I however, will not give numbers as to how much I gained eating cookies and ice cream and S'mores and Cafe Rio)

5 Monkeys parachuting off

my furniture

and

Munching Nachos

(Nacho Night July 09)

1 Light Saber Accident

(just kidding, the picture just turned out that way)

and

6

the number of days ago

I

became the proud owner of

a

First Grader

B's First Day of 1st Grade

And Summer Was Over.

The End.

by JT