The Craft Room!

Ben and Shanae have moved into their new house and we are now able to fix our craft room. Woohoo! It's a nice long room and there is plenty of space for Carl and I both to have some room to work on our individual projects. I'm sure there are still a few other things to put in there but we have a start. I'm excited to get going on some sewing and other projects. I would love to have it all matchy-matchy with shades of purple, lavender and grays but that will come. At least I have a nice work table to spread out whatever project I want to work on - Genealogy, sewing, scrapbooking, stamping or whatever! I'm loving the prospects!

July Birthdays

We celebrated Erin's 25th Birthday and Grandma Lee's 77th Birthday last night. Erin received a cool new digital camera and Grandma received a new night gown. It's so hard to get everyone together these days so only Hannah and Sarah; Ben and the little girls; and Uncle Kent, Aunt Jeanne, Grace & a friend were able to come over. We enjoyed being together though and had a nice time.

Movies?

Oh my gosh!  We have been going to the movies a lot lately.  We usually go when the rates are low so it doesn't cost an arm and a leg:)  Today we actually went to the 2:30 show.  It is nice to go when the weather is so dang hot!  Well, today we felt a little out of place.  We arrived a little later than usual and there were hardly any seats left.  They were all taken up with white haired folk!  We ended up sitting in the very top seats.  What's up with that? 

Fourth of July Celebration!

Happy Fourth of July! We celebrated the day by going to our Ward's Annual Fourth of July breakfast. There were lots of people there. It seems to bring out all the people that we don't usually see on Sundays! We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage and lots of fresh fruit. Yummy! What a wonderful way to start our celebration!
In the evening we were invited to a lovely celebration at Kent and Jeanne's. It was terrific! We enjoyed swimming with the kids. It was overcast in the afternoon which cooled it down a little bit. Carl enjoyed playing pool with some of the other guests there. He was sure happy about that! There was a boat race in the pool with the inflatable boats. I, Debra, helped bring the B Team to the finish first! Sorry, we forgot to get pictures! It was my buff arm strength that brought us the win! After the barbeque there was a pie baking contest. Yours truly won the prize for the most patriotic pie! It was a red, white and blue Jello pie - pictured above. A gift card to Cold Stone Creamery was my prize! Yummy! I also made some Red, White and Blue dipped strawberries to share. They were a big hit. We arrived home just in time to catch the fireworks in our new neighborhood. There's a perfect spot to watch just down the street! Hope your celebration was awesome too!

Bluegrass Festival in Prescott

Last Saturday Carl and I went up to Prescott for the Bluegrass Festival and to enjoy the coolness.  Erin and Liam rode up with us.  Hannah and Sarah met us there.  Tracy and the girls actually came and enjoyed a short visit with us as well.  It bought back memories of those days when Gary and Linda lived there and we would go to Courthouse Square and enjoy fesitvals there.  We came to see one of Carl's favorite Bluegrass Bands, Blue Highway.  We actually saw them there 14 years ago with Gary and Linda.  Ahh those were the days!  Jeremy is working in Prescott Valley and we were able to stop by for a short visit with him before heading back home.  A lovely day!