Mini Golf - Monday May 30, 2011

While we were having lunch, Jimmy and Stacey stopped by with their kids. They had lunch with us. They had been up to the Wilford Cemetery to decorate Dad's grave. It was nice to spend a little time with them before they had to get back to Idaho Falls.
Since it was such a rainy day we decided to go play some glow-in-the-dark mini golf. We went to the Craze. It is on College Avenue in the old building my Mom and Dad used to own. It is a fun place to play with the kids. They have mini golf, laser tag, kids toys, pool tables, air hockey and food. We all had a blast playing the mini gold, laser tag and kids toys.
Kaden and Grandpa taking a great shot. They make a good team.
Courtnie and Emma waiting their turn.
Chelsi, Carrie and Brock having a good time.
I am getting ready to sink this put.
Tyson taking careful aim.
Grandpa being a silly-billy.
Chelsi, Brock, Carrie and Tyson hiding in the bushes. This ended up being a great place to bring the family. We all had a good time. I am glad we found this place since we did not want to be outside in the pouring rain. This ended up being a great way to finish our Memorial Day Weekend.

Breakfast and Cards - Monday, May 30, 2011

Paula had a great idea yesterday, breakfast together with our families. So here we are.Ethan, Ronnie and Brock discussing the phone and it's abilities.
Nic, Hailey, and Chelsi. Cousins having a good time dipping fruit in Chiz' fruit dip! Yummy!
The cooks! Clinton and Tyson. We couldn't have this breakfast without them.
Courtnie and Emma
Carrie and Kaden
Audrey and Paula. This was such a wonderful idea. It is such a blessing to live close to Ronnie and Paula's family. We are backyard neighbors. We enjoy hanging out with them.
After everything was cleaned up from breakfast, we sat down to play cards while we decided what we were going to do on this very Rainy Memorial Day.

Church,Dinner & Movie Night - Sunday, May 29, 2011

Clinton and I had the opportunity to speak in Sacrament Meeting today. It was nice to have our kids come and support us in this. We spoke on testimony. Because of this opportunity and the chance to ponder on my testimony, it has grown through out this process. This has been a blessing. After church we had alot of family and friends come over for dinner. What a fun day to have so much family around, another blessing in our lives.Carrie, Kaden and Emma eating appetizers before dinner.
Later this evening we gathered downstairs with popcorn to watch the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean. Clinton, Chelsi and Carrie enjoying their popcorn.
Brock, just happy to be there.
Tyson, Kaden and Emma were lucky to be on the "Love Sac"

Fisherman's Breakfast and Decorating Graves - Memorial Day Weekend - May 27 & 28, 2011

The kick-off to the Memorial Day Weekend 2011 was attending the Fisherman's Breakfast in St. Anthony. Clinton, Tyson and I went Friday morning at 6:30am. This was so fun for us, because we haven't done this for a few years. Like always, it was cold but the food was good. Food always taste better outside. On Saturday morning Tyson, Courtnie, Kaden, Emma, Clinton and I went to decorate graves. We started at the Sugar City Cemetery. Grandpa and Emma put the flowers on Clinton's Grandma and Grandpa Arnold's graves.
Kaden was very interested in all the flags honoring the Veterans. He kept pulling them out of the ground. The Rexburg Cemetery was our next stop. Courtnie wanted to visit her Grandma and Great-Grandma's graves.
Tyson is putting the flowers on Grandma and Grandpa Hedelius' graves. They are located in the Little Butte Cemetery in Annis.
Brock, Carrie and Chelsi met us at the Plano Cemetery. We put flowers on Grandma and Grandpa Chandler's grave, Clinton's baby sister's grave and......
Clinton's Parent's graves.
Love this picture of the horse and buggy on the back of Bud and Millie's headstone. They got it done in time for Memorial Day.
Our final stop is the Wilford Cemetery. My Dad, Uncle Bill and My Grandma & Grandpa Barrett are buried there. Chelsi is putting the flowers on my Dad's grave.
Kaden is using his tape measure to measure My Dad's headstone.
My Grandma & Grandpa Barrett, Uncle Bill and My Dad's headstones. This is a tradition for our family every Memorial Day.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming 5-25-11

We went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming today. This is one of my favorite places to visit. Clinton had an appointment with Keven Meehan. He does acupuncture and deep tissue massage. Clinton needed some work done on his neck.We are at the top of the Jackson Pass. I couldn't believe how much snow is still in the mountains.
After Clinton's appointment, we ate at a Mexican Restaurant called The Merry Piglet. Look behind Clinton, I just love this atmosphere.
I just had to have a picture in front of the Antler's Arch. This is found downtown in the square. It just looks awesome!

Busy Day 5-21-11

Our day started early. We had to be in Rigby at 7:45 am to pick up our Bountiful Basket. We also ordered two flats of Blackberries. Here are the results.I love blackberry jam!
Clinton is amazing! He was up at 6:00 and started planting our garden. We have sweet onions, zucchini and cilantro in this corner.
This is an experiment, we planted acorn squash. It is my favorite squash.
In the rest of the rows are peas, beans, red potatoes, lettuce and carrots. We are so excited for this garden. We get to share it with Ronnie and Paula. Brock called and asked if we could plant him and Carrie some spaghetti squash. So I am now on the look for some to add to the garden.

Farmer's Market & Cards 5-20-11

Rexburg is growing up. They have a Farmer's Market. We went to check it out. We bought some vegetable starts for our garden. We ate some yummy corn and Filipino Food. Pam and Ivan came with us.
Darla and I with our food treasures.
Jamie and Clinton visiting with their cousin Kent. He was playing the music.
We came back to our house to play some "Barnyard". Ronnie and Paula joined us for cards. This is the girl table.
This is the boy table. We had fun switching around after each hand. The 2 people with the lowest score at each table had to trade tables. This was a fun way to mix everyone up. I love this game of "Barnyard". We had a fun evening!

My New Bike! May 17-2011

Isn't she pretty! I just got her today. I just love the colors! I can't wait to get a basket. My plans are to ride alot through out the summer. I will go to the little grocery store and ride to visit my family and friends in Sugar City. I plan to take many trips to Rexburg, traveling along the bike path. I will visit such places as Walmart, the Cocoa Bean, Cold Stone, the Yogurt shop, Porters and anywhere else that I can think of. I have been talking around and have found many friends with bikes too. I just can't wait to ride my bike this summer with my friends and family.
Today was my maiden voyage. Paula and I rode around Sugar City. It was great fun! In this picture I had just got home after my first bike ride. I guess you could say I am going green.

Close line

I just love my close line! I was so excited to have it in my backyard. I use it at least once a week. It just makes me happy to look out my kitchen window and see the clothes blowing in the wind. Sometimes it is the small things in life that bring me such great pleasure.

Mother's Day Weekend - May 6-8. 2011

Since none of our children are coming over for Mother's Day, we decided to run away to Salt Lake for the weekend. This is a very nontraditional Mother's Day for us. We left Friday around 3:00pm to start our adventure. We stopped in Ogden to eat dinner at the Timbermine Restaurant up Ogden Canyon. Always delicious! We got to our hotel around 9:00pm. We are staying at Little America.
Saturday morning we met Chelsi at Lamb's for breakfast. We usually split the eggs benedict. Our first stop of the day was at RC Willey's. We bought a new microwave, 2 wall candle holders and a coffee table for a little over $300. I just love a good sale! Then we went to the Lion House Pantry for lunch. Our next stop was the Beehive House, home of Brigham Young and his family. This was our first time here. The tour was fascinating. Check out this old doorknob, It is the coolest ever!

We asked some random tourists to take our picture in front of the Lion House.
We spent the next few hours on a Treasure Hunt around Temple Square. We were on a search for the not so common things around Temple Square. We found the Meridian Marker, the Cedar of Lebanon, a small leaf imprinted in the cement near the Tabernacle.
Did know that the Big Dipper is on one of the outside walls of the Temple? Well, we found it!
This next place is the water wheel...
and the original stone wall at the Brigham Young Memorial Park. It was part of the wall that surrounded Brigham Young's farm. It used to be 9 feet high. We also found the grave site of Brigham Young and Eliza R. Snow at the Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument. It was fun to find these interesting things.
Of course we had to visit the Hatch Family Chocolate Store. Here I am getting my picture with the owner. I have seen him and his wife on TV and watched them make some incredible things with chocolate. He was very friendly and nice enough to let me have this picture. We bought Chelsi a chocolate nose, because of her car accident and her broken nose.
Chelsi is our hostess at Olive Garden tonight for dinner with Brock and Carrie. She is sporting a nice shiner from her accident. She laughed real hard when we presented her with the chocolate nose. We are very grateful that she was not hurt worse. After she got off work, we met her at the movie theater and saw the movie "Thor" in 3-D. This was my first time seeing a movie in 3-D. It was pretty cool.
Sunday morning we went back to Temple Square to sit in the Tabernacle and listen to "Music and the Spoken Word" This was another first for us, to hear the Tabernacle Choir in person was simply fantastic! I enjoyed every minute of this experience. Then we went back to our hotel for the Mother's day Brunch at Little America. It was a lovely event. Clinton took a picture of me in front of these beautiful swan ice sculptures. The food was delicious.
Then we headed for home. We went out to the Plano Cemetery to visit his Mother's grave. He put these pretty flowers in the ground for her. It has only been two months since she past away. It was strange to not buy her a gift or go see her or talk to her on this day.