August 2017

August was full of end of Summer BBQ's, reunions, kitties, school starting, the usual...😏

I stole some pictures from Sharon, so if they are good, Sharon probably took them. I don't think anyone reads this blog anymore, so I'm safe. 😁

I asked for a photo before we headed over to church.

Saturday afternoon walk/ bike rides.

We have a master bathroom! 

Aidan turned 10! and we had a birthday party with a lot of kids. 😉

Our annual church picnic.

A family with six kids visited for a week during August and our kids had a blast with them while they were here.

Kishana's baby shower

We made some effort to go to the Hanks Reunion in Spanish Fork this year and I was glad we did because Grandma Arlene was there and I don't get to see her very often. She's in Delta, and most of our trips go south to Cedar City. We saw uncle Vee, and visited with Jesse and Vanessa, so it was a fun, but quick, trip.

Grandpa and Uncle Vee

The kids found some water

August 21 was the eclipse, Clara and I crashed the jr high and high school viewing party. 😊

Eclipse shadows

I like how the back yard is coming along...this side anyway. 😋

This Rose of Sharon bush has been amazing, tons of flowers.

We got an awning over our laundry room door, we were worried about how it was going to look, but the overhang there was so short that the door has no protection and water seeps in the house during rain and snow storms. I just noticed I never took an "after" photo. 😄

Some evening basketball

Casey sleeping in a hole I dug just for him...at one of my unfinished project sites. 😉

Tequila Supreme, one of my favorite rose bushes.

Knoll Springs, Marjum Pass, and Amasa Basin

The last Saturday in July we took advantage of a free Saturday afternoon to go sight seeing/ exploring. 

Teresa and Rosaleen had the same plans, so we went as a group. First stop was Knoll Springs which is always the kids favorite. 

After Knoll Springs we continued on the dirt road through Cowboy Pass, and right before Marjum Pass we had a flat tire. Wah, wah. Luckily, we had a spare, so Cary was able to get us back up and going.

We stopped in Marjum Pass and hiked up to the Hermits cave. Cary decided he wanted to live there. 😉

Britton was not supposed to be climbing up into the window...

On our way back to the vehicles it started to rain a little on us, but by the time we started driving it was pouring. We continued on through Marjum Pass in the rain and it was one of the coolest/ prettiest things I've ever seen out in our desert. It was raining too hard to get pictures through the window, and I couldn't open a window in the truck or my husband would have shot me. 😏😄 It wasn't quite a flash flood, but their were little waterfalls and Marjum Pass is just a really cool place so it was quite the experience.

We continued on and our next stopping place was Amasa Basin, and it was still a little drizzly, but was tapering off. This is a popular off-road destination, but our vehicles couldn't go any further so the plan was just to hike a mile or so in, but it ended up being quite a bit further and we still wanted to keep going, but it was getting late and darker at that point. So we turned around, but it was still a very fun/ pretty walk. It would be very fun on an off road vehicle or horseback. 😋

Playing on granite boulders in Amasa Basin.