New project

       We had another fun Sunday evening with five different flavors of ice cream to enjoy. We also had lots of visitors, which was great. I also got to see my brother and his family Monday evening but I was so overwhelmed with driving myself and the four youngest kids to Sugarhouse Park that I never thought to take a photo to document the small reunion. We had a great visit though and I survived the freeway.

Key lime, banana cream, peanut butter & Oreo, Vanilla, and peach cobbler.

    Greg has been working hard on the newest project, a paver path in front of the new front porch. It's been a lot of work with digging, measuring, leveling, compacting, etc. but he's had some help and he's put a little time in nearly every night and today there's a good chance it will be finished.

Carter and his buddies were kind enough to add their muscle for a couple hours last Saturday.

Our neighbor was a big help and motivator.

Charlie was also trying to add her 'muscle'. (Bless her heart!)

     I had a surprise visit from cute little Beau. (Oh and Kayli stopped by too.) She's the best!

    Back to the paver project progress. 

Road base and then sand all compacted down and leveled.

Finally! Here come the pavers!

     Happily we made it through another week of school. So far only one class at the high school has had to be sent home to quarantine and luckily that wasn't one of my kids classes. There's actually not that many positive cases throughout the whole school district so, fingers crossed, we won't be shut down any time soon. Now back to the paver project! Tune in next week for finished photos.

Motorcycle ride, ice cream and a new school year

     It's been a weird but great week. The weekend motorcycle ride was super fun. A little longer then we initially planned but no regrets! And our Sunday evening ice cream making was a little sparse on neighbors but, still fun, with lots of yummy ice cream to enjoy. And the kids started school and made it the whole week without any school shut downs. Fingers crossed we get another full week!!

Lunch at Chubby's is always a good idea!

Long hair, don't care.

Seriously though, why the long hair and why don't they care?!

Brock came out to help for the first time all summer!

First day of school for these three!

Brock headed out for 7th grade at the middle school.

McClane is starting 4th grade.

Charlie's now a second grader.

Technically this was their second day, the first day they left too early for me to catch a photo. My two high schoolers, Isaac's a senior and Carter's a sophomore.

And these two pups are hoping schools shut down again so they get more loves throughout the day.

    And Greg finally started the front walkway project. It's not going to be done swiftly but you know it will be done right!

Dig the hole, fill with road-base, compact it, cover in sand, compact some more, put in pavers, cover with more sand. Why does it always have to be so many steps!?

     Well that's our week. Greg and I took another motorcycle ride today in hopes of getting a bison burger in Kamas, but once again, Greg was denied. Lets hope we get a third try and have better luck. We couldn't dine-in so we found a table and bench outside at a neighboring store and the owner was kind enough to bring out a couple extra chairs for us and our friends. We were worried they were going to send us away but were pleasantly surprised by their kindness. The worlds not all bad. 

Our birthday girls!

     We've had a nice week where we got to celebrate baby Beau's first birthday and Charlie's 7th birthday. Needless to say, Beau's celebration was a tad bit bigger than Charlie's. Ha Ha 

Pretty girl.

A quick look at another fun Sunday evening on the porch.

     Here's a couple videos from Beau's big day. Again, quite the celebration! Kayli might have gone a bit over the top but I have to say, she nailed the macaron's! She's getting pretty skilled in the baking department.

All dolled up for her party.

Lots of yummy treats and cute little succulents for the party favor.

Grandpa Wendel won the prize for her least favorite gift, ha ha. But is that not the cutest rocking flamingo!?

Lots of great gifts for this spoiled but perfect little princess.

And sometimes two hands isn't enough for eating cake you need a foot too.

So dainty!

Beau's definitely thinking, "This lady can't possibly be old enough to be a grandma!"

    And then it was Charlie's birthday and, lets just say, her day wasn't quite as special and celebrated as Beau's. I did make jello cheesecake and even had Greg make homemade whipping cream for it so we really went all out! 

My idea of birthday decor.

Fancy wrapping!

The gift she was hoping for, the Barbie Dream Camper.

Her friends were sweet and helped celebrate with her. These are the cutest boys, JT and Juju.

Eden

Sarah

     The video below is about the saddest happy birthday singing you'll ever see. Only McClane and I could be bothered to sing and have cake with her. Kayli and Tanner showed up shortly after but still, a bit of a sad turn out. Greg was taking a nap before doing his water chores and all the other brothers were busy with friends.

  Oh and I attempted to trim Charlie's hair. I almost got it but freaked out that I might get it too short by trying to 'straighten it out' so I ended up taking her to the professionals today. They were kind and said they barely had to fix anything but at least there's no way I can be blamed now if it looks crooked.

     Well we have this last weekend to enjoy before school starts on Tuesday. I sure hope school stays in session but only time and stupidity will tell. Let the structure and schedule begin, again!

More Ice cream fun!

     We're making the best memories on this front porch! Ice cream on Sunday nights is the best!

Ice creaming making fun.

Everyone is happy to take a turn.

And the baby snuggles are an added bonus. This is my cute buddy Joaquin.

     And the other morning this huge crow just showed up on the peak of the porch and sat there for a bit but of course he flew away just as I was trying to get a photo.

     We've had a great week. Nothing out of the ordinary but still a fun time. Only two more Sundays before school is back in session!