Kaden's Birthday Sleepover 7-27-11

This is Kaden. He is one of my grandsons! He just turned 4, and that means a sleepover with Grandma and Grandpa. We did many fun things. Grandpa set up the croquet game in the backyard. So we played croquet/golf. Of course Kaden won.
The next day I took him to the Rexburg Splash Park.
He had such a great time. He actually looks like he is making the water do this. Then it was time for a picnic. He even helped me pack our lunch. He is such a good helper these days.
He just had to go play on the toys at the park too. Porter Park has made some great improvements. When we came home we made cupcakes and Kaden helped me frost them. Then we took them to his Daddy (Tyson) at work, because it was Tyson's birthday.
When he needed a snack he just had to have a bowl of popcorn. We had such a great time together. I just love the sleepovers with my grandkids!

Garden update 7-21-11

Just look at our garden! It is coming along very nicely. I told Clinton that I would weed the garden, but he won't let me. He seems to really enjoy doing it. Who ever thought vegetables could be so exciting!?Farmer Clinton taking care of his crops.
We picked the cauliflower tonight. It tasted really good dipped in Chiz' ranch dressing.
We have two heads of broccoli coming.
This green leaf lettuce is going crazy! I can't keep up with it. I picked 9 bags last night and shared with our neighbors.
I can't wait for the red potatoes to be ready. Nothing better than new peas and potatoes!
The peas, beets and carrots are looking good. I can't wait to bottle pickled beets.
Just look at the beans and onions, Wow!
We have two zucchini plants.
The read leaf lettuce is almost ready to pick
This is one of Brock and Carrie's spaghetti squash plants, they are going crazy too! There are two.
I'm excited for the acorn squash. I wonder how many we will get? I have been wanting a garden for so long, I am thrilled with how well it is doing. I can't wait for the harvest!

A Visit to Utah 7-19,20 2011

I made a visit to Utah this week. Brock arranged a surprise birthday party at As You Wish Pottery for his wife Carrie. It was fun to go there and celebrate with Carrie and paint some salt and pepper shakers. It was fun to see what everyone else did. Afterward we had dinner at Red Robin. I stayed at the Country Inn & Suits in Bountiful. Chelsi stayed with me so I wasn't alone. The next morning Chelsi and I met my niece, Ashley, at the Gateway. We had a day of shopping ahead of us. Of course the Gateway was the perfect place to start. For lunch, Ashley wanted to try a new restaurant. It is called the Blue Lemon. It is located just across the Plaza from Deseret Book in downtown Salt Lake City. Brock met us there. Brock took this picture at the Blue Lemon. That is me, Chelsi and Ashley. This was a great pick. The food was different and very good. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone. After lunch we went to the French Bakery in the Grand America Hotel. Wow! This was a fun place to visit. The cupcakes were good too. We continued our shopping at a place called Gygi. It is a kitchen supply place. It has the cutest cupcake papers, along with many other treasures. Our final shopping stop was the Fashion Place Mall. What can I say, that is just a great place to shop. For dinner, we met Kathryn and Kirk at the Cheesecake Factory. I just had a great time hanging out with my family. Ashley's husband, Jordan, Hailey and Hannah were there too.
Later Chelsi and I went to Brock and Carrie's and played "Bang". I am still learning the game, but it is alot of fun to play. Then Chelsi and I went back to the hotel and watched the movie "Ratatouille" I had never seen it before. It was a cute show.

Thursday morning Chelsi and I went back to the Gateway to check out one last shop, Antropology. Jackpot! I found some really cute shirts on sale! This was a great trip. Spending time with family, eating good food and shopping.

29th Wedding Anniversary July 16 -18, 2011

On July 17th, 2011 we celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. We took off for the weekend. Our first stop was Dell, Montana.This is the restaurant we ate at. It used to be a school. It was built in 1897. They served the best blueberry, sour cream pie with crumb topping! Delicious! Our second stop was Virginia City.
This place is full of history. We are standing in front of one of the old buildings there. This was a fun place to visit and the homemade ice cream was awesome! Our third stop was Camp Albin.
We met Tyson and Courtnie at the cabin. Then we went to dinner in Shotgun at a place called Boondocks. Yummy! The rest of the time at the cabin we played cards, ping pong, paddle boating, going to church, and just sitting out on the back deck and visiting. On Monday after we cleaned the cabin and had breakfast, we came back to reality. We finally went to the Harry Potter movie. It is just as good as the others. We had a great weekend celebrating this milestone in our lives.

Sleepover with the Grandchildren July 12 & 13, 2011

Lucky us! We had two sleepovers this week with our Grandkids! On Tuesday Jordan, Deegan and Kaden came over. We made cookie, played at the "school" park, watched a movie with Grandpa and ate popcorn and blew bubbles in the back yard. Emma even joined us for a little while. We had a great time with them!Deegan
Kaden
Jordan
On Wednesday we traded children. We got Treyton and Cheyanna this time. We had dinner then watched a movie with Grandpa and ate popcorn. Treyton did really well. None of us expected him to stay the night. He didn't even miss a beat. The next morning we had bubble baths, made banana bread and had a picnic in the park.
Treyton
Cheyanna
Grandchildren are so much fun!

Fun with the Grandkids! July 8, 2011

These past two weeks, we have been enjoying all our grandchildren together. What a fun time we have been having. Here are all the grandkids except Jordan ( he was at his Aunt Lindsey's house) (L to R) Emma, Kaden, Deegan, Cheyanna, Londyn and Treyton. Doesn't Grandpa look to happy!?

Finally Meeting up with Brad July 8, 2011

As the extended family has trickled away, there are just a few of us left. So we met one final time and went shopping at the Mall in Idaho Falls. Luckily, my brother Brad was able to join us for lunch. We met at Babe's Bakery, a really good place to eat. It was great to visit and laugh together.Alex, Hannah, and Sean
Susan, Ethan and Mike
Sarah, Brad and Ellie
Kathryn, Rochelle and Mom.

Lunch with Grandma Barrett July 6, 2011

Gramda Barrett (My Mom) came to Rexburg to have her eyes checked. So we decided to meet for lunch at Pizza Pie Cafe. This is the group that could make it.Back (L to R) Me, Janet, Hannah, Sean, Kathryn, Emma, Courtnie, Katie, Mike and Mom
Front (L to R) Stacey, Susan, Anna, Ellie, Kaden, Ethan, Sarah and Aunt Darlene.
It was so nice to get together again.

Everything is coming up Salad! July 2011

Our garden is doing great! I went out to pick lettuce for a salad and lettuce wraps. It tastes so delicious! This gives PF Chang's lettuce wraps a new taste.I love lettuce fresh out of the garden.
Clinton is loving the radishes too! We are having and abundance of these salad ingredients.

Horse Ride July 7, 2011

Now here is a sight you don't see very often. Yes, that is me on a horse called Lady. I may go once, maybe twice in a year. It is a fear of mine, but when the ride is over I am glad I went. Clinton and I had a fun day with Mike, Susan, Sean, Ethan, Ellie and Sarah. Clinton took us on a ride that was beautiful. We even went up to the tippy-top of a mountain where everywhere you looked was down. A rare sight.
Ethan, Sean, Sarah and Ellie. We were stopped for our picnic lunch.
Susan and Mike
Clinton, my cowboy, and Me. He would be happy to live up here and never go back to civilization. After the ride, we drove to Victor and had milkshakes at the Emporium.

4th of July/Family Reunion - 2011

I just love the 4th of July! I love the patriotic songs, the parade, the flag and how we stand and put our hands over our hearts in allegiance to our country. I feel so blessed to live in this land of the free. I am also thankful for those who fight for our freedom. I love America!I just love this picture of our flag at the parade in Idaho Falls.
This year our Barrett Family Reunion is on the 4th of July. Susan made these cute pins for us to wear and be patriotic.
We started off in Idaho Falls at the Parade. Clinton and I were there with Jimmy & Stacey's family and Mike and Susan's family. We watched the parade in front of Bruce & Debbie Nyborg's house.
After the parade we went to this little park area by a dentist office on the way to the airport. We had a picnic lunch there. Here is a picture of me, my sisters and Mom. (L to R) Kathryn Egbert, Rochelle Arnold, Phylus Barrett, Janet Mollat and Susan Fitzgerald.
We had lots of activities to keep us entertained and busy. Hailey and Chelsi showed us the finer points of leg wrestling.
Henry and Hayden enjoying a game of bad mitten.
Ethen, Nate and Stacey having fun with the croquet game.
Stacey had the cute idea of decorating bags. Here are the creative artists. (L to R) Hannah Egbert, Hailey Egbert, Chelsi Arnold, Ellie Fitzgerald, Susan Fitzgerald and Katie Barrett.
Water balloon volleyball was a highlight of the after noon. Tyson and Kaden having fun.
Carrie and Ashley looking real serious about the game.
Sarah and Katie ready for the action.
Hayden and Ellie looking like real pros.
The game the guys were waiting for. Tyson, Clinton and Brock and the rest of the gang had a great time living out their "high school" dreams playing football.
Jimmy cooking up some great hot dogs.

Tyson grilling some good hamburgers for dinner. We had such a great day with our family at the reunion. The main event was yet to come. We all stayed for the big fireworks show after dark. It was awesome as usual with the music that went along with it. What a great day to combine 4th of July with the reunion. Stacey went to alot of work to make a great reunion!