What a great weekend! Football, quilting, tennis and we ended it with a lunch at Split Mountain on the Green River in the Dinosaur Monument (that's a lot of prepositions!). We had some birds visit, some chipmunks who got very close and liked the peach and strawberries, and a squirrel that was too scared and didn't get anything! I love Fall! But hate to see summer leaving.

On Folly Beach

I just finished that book and loved it. It is by Karen White. It is a little slow to get into but I enjoyed it. I'd love to hear suggestions from anyone else . . .

Also, my dinners are getting a little boring, so if anyone wants to share something . . .

Stuff

TO BE CONTENT WITH WHAT WE POSSESS IS THE GREATEST AND MOST SECURE OF RICHES - Cicero











This is Brock's best new friend, Gavin Ayotte (who is about 9) because his father has this cool car that he actually let Brock drive. What a nice and trusting man he is! Yes, he actually has teenagers of his own. Even more shocking.

Bryce took Alicia up to Red Canyon Overlook at the Gorge on the 24th. Is Utah a great state or what? And I love Vernal in summer. If you know me, you know that love and Vernal in the same sentence is a big statement, but I truly mean that. The nights are cool, the days don't get too hot. It is beautiful here.

Brock came with us also. He has been a frequent guest of his family's this summer but it is because he has no other friends in town. We'll take him however we can get him.

I have two sets of amaryllis (I think) plants, one by the house, the other by the road. They are absolutely gorgeous and are just now blooming. The stems grow about 3 inches a day, no lie, when they first start out. They are beautiful flowers and I thank whoever planted them.

What the heck!

These pictures are in backwards chronological order - is there a word for that?

Sunrise on Virginia Beach. Last day of the trip - dang.

One of the many eels that were caught on the pier while we were watching.




Cape Henry Lighthouse, view was from top of Old Cape Henry Lighthouse that is just 50 yards away.

Mom and Dad on Wingaersheek Beach in Massachusetts.

Us on Wingaersheek Beach with Annisquam Lighthouse behind us.

Rockport, Massachusetts, a quaint, touristy, little port town.

Rockport - wish we had been in the sailboat!

Lexington, MA, Brock thinks he is studious.

FENWAY!

Ok, it is 6:55. I lasted a half hour. I added these pictures last and then just put the captions on. If you have any suggestions about is it easier to put on pictures first and then type, or any suggestions at all, please let this technological idiot know.

I typed for an hour and lost everything before it got posted. Needless to say it was high quality stuff and it isn't going to happen again - the good quality stuff. So this is my second try and I don't have the patience to sit for another hour. So it is 6:25, I'll work for 15 minutes and see what I can get.

This is a nice slideshow that the photog put together from the wedding in Boston.

http://macyrobisonphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/12698736_tYkxG#913846607_rBq8F

We stayed in Boston with Grant and Colleen Bennett, Alicia's mother's cousin. They were great especially since there were 7 of us. The Johns took us to a Red Sox game, we went to Lexington and also to Rockport, MA and to Wingaersheek beach. I'll add pictures but won't add any of my great commentary that I had earlier.

Mom and Dad were such troopers. It was great to have them there and they kept up with everything which sometimes included a lot of walking.

We headed out on Memorial Day to Virginia and bid farewell to Mom and Dad. Brad and Brock got their own car (that was kind of scary) and headed on their way to visit Brad's mission friends. We went to the Historic Triangle, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown. To show my stupidity, I thought we were going to Civil War sites. Williamsburg and Yorktown were from the Revolution and Jamestown was the pilgrims. It was a lot of fun and we saw some beautiful country. Then on to Virginia Beach which I fell in love with and would go back in a heartbeat if anyone is interested - let me know. We saw the old and new Cape Henry lighthouses which were on the local naval base. Virginia Beach includes a 3 mile boardwalk that has hotels running end to end. We stayed at the small Econolodge and had good luck with our budget pick. We rode bikes from end to end, listened to a band playing near the pier and watched people fish which you could do 24 hours on the pier. I got up early to watch the sunrise, it was well worth it and then we were off to home. It was an amazing trip and nothing could have been done to make it any better, other than the leg of the flight from Tampa to Phoenix - no one could get up including attendants from Tampa past Louisiana, Scott swears he will never fly again.

That only took me 7 minutes. Now I have to add pictures. They may be all at the first with only a short caption. I'll get better and I better get faster.

Oh, my, what a year!

I'm not even going to try to explain why it has been a year.

Halloween

I won't even try to catch it all up, but it was a great summer! Even better fall! We had fun decorating the house for Halloween. Scott is such a great guy! He spent all day helping me get pumpkins, calling the neighbor and asking for corn stalks and helping me put them up.

He took the GRE test for the master's program on October 24th and now just has till the middle of December to wait to see if he is accepted. Then Halloween came and I spent the afternoon watching our neighbor (my second story window looks right down on her backyard, sorry, Wendy) paint big cardboard boxes. As I kept watching, I couldn't believe what she was making. It was so cute! So I made sure the girls came over so I could get a picture. How cute is that. There is plastic over the opening that you can't see. And a little opening under the "B" where you put the candy. Three girls from tennis came over trick or treating, they had great costumes, too! People are so creative! We're working hard on the sewing room, Scott is coming through for me again. Hopefully, pictures soon! It is over 60 degrees today! Loving it! Last but not least, this is the quilt that I made from scraps I had for Bryce to send to Chile! Congrats to the Navarros on the new baby (I hope I have their name correct, it is from memory so we know how that goes!).

Still thinking

I haven't forgotten that I was going to start a blog. I started . . . and then nothing happened. I have mentioned it briefly to a few people but won't tell them the site. I would like to add to but have a great hesitancy to do so. My niece-in-law, Mackenzie asked, why do we blog? and I'm still considering that and if I want to jump into that ever increasingly sized puddle. I'll keep thinking and maybe as summer wears on (or finally begins now that it is almost July) I'll come to a decision.