BYU Game

On Saturday, Todd, Grandma Nancy, Grandpa John and I attended the BYU vs Wyoming football game. It was a beautiful day with just a few clouds and an occasional breeze. We left the game a few minutes early to watch the final quarter of the UofU vs Air Force game. We have become quite the football fans.

While at the game, Grandma Nancy and I purchased drinks at the concession stand Joan was working at. This is a picture of her making Todd's drink. She was working with her cross country team as part of a fund raising activity. Todd and I are going to join her for a game in the concession stands in October. What we do for our children!

Visit From Tim

This past weekend, my son Tim came to visit our family. We had such a great time. On Friday evening, Tim invited over the cousins and Lexie invited some friends. Todd and I brought the Pizza. We also had a salad made with garden tomatoes from Grandma Nancy.

On Saturday morning, Tim and I rode bikes down to Utah Lake and back. It was great. I wish I had pictures. After the bike trip, we attended Lexie's cross country meet at BYU. Again, I am without pictures!

The rest of the time, Tim was busy with other events. I did have the chance to talk again with him when I drove him to the airport early on Sunday morning. After I said good bye, I watched him from the balcony as he went through security. What a great young man. We miss you Tim!

Painting and Planting

Over the last few weeks, I have completed a few home projects. Instead of painting a whole room, I decided to add color on just one wall in three of my rooms. It brings spunk without all the work! I have included pictures of my master bath, laundry/office, and kitchen. I also planted some evergreens in some pots outside my window.

Today is my birthday. I had a great day. I enjoyed being with my family and talking with those who were to far away to see. I also finished up a house project. The leaded glass is finally hung! I am thinking that it should be hung a little lower in the window. I had purchased enough chain to center it in the entire window. Now, however, I think it should be centered in the lower window. I will buy more chain and then try the new location just to be sure.

Now that the birthday and glass have been discussed. I must tell you about the great trip I had this past month with car loads of really great teenagers. The trip was a caravan from Provo to San Antonio and back. The reason for the trip to San Antonio was Lexie and her cousin's attendance at a week of EFY.
The group that started in Utah included myself, Madeline, Lexie, Carsten, and Mckay.
Once we got to Oklahoma City, we added two more cousins, Allison and Adelay and exchanged for a larger car.
We arrived in San Antonio with enough time to stop by the temple before checking in at EFY.

Once the kids had been dropped off. I started the vacation-of-a-lifetime. I went to a hotel, unloaded my car and had nearly five days to myself. It was a wonderful treat. I studied my NIV Bible, walked for exercise, spoke to my family on the phone, studied music theory, and read nearly three books.
This picture shows the desk I sat in while studying. The chair was a little bit low and hard so I added the pillows. My bed was king size.
I kept my books on the right side of the TV and my food on the left side. It was a once-in-a-life time vacation. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If I had the chance to do it again, I would do it in a heartbeat.

The best part of the trip, however, was the return. The teenagers were so entertaining. It was like watching kids after they had been trick-or-treating. They admired their stash, shared and traded experience with each other. They are truly a great bunch of people.

Youth Conference

I went to Youth Conference this weekend and it was amazing!!!! This picture was taken after I got thrown in the lake. We were all wet! It was so so so fun!

On Jun3 28, I participated in a team that completed an olympic triathlon. My team consisted of Madeline Duffin, the swimmer, myself, the biker, and Lexie, the runner.


Madeline is on the left in the wet suit, Lexie is in the middle and McKay Duffin, my nephew who completed the entire olympic marathon by himself is on the right in his wet suit.

This is a photo of Madeline leaving the water after her 1 mile swim.


This is a picture of Lexie waiting for me to finish my 26 miles on the bike. Although she was the last runner to leave, she was not the last runner to finish.

My nephew, McKay has just finished. He is dressed in the red shirt.

This is Lexie crossing the finish line of her 10K run.

This picture is of all of us after our finishes. It was a great day. It was a fun time. We are all hoping to do it again next year.

My House

I am finally posting pictures of my home. I am looking forward to finishing a few of the projects still undone. I have a beautiful piece of glass to hang in my TV room. When I get it hung, I will post that picture.