Just for fun.................

A wish for all the difficult people in your
life!

Erick and Karen's beautiful back yard...........

Taylor, a neighbor and Kurtis taking a break.

The rock garden.

The fire pit. and garden. They have done a lot of work and the kids are great to help. Kimber did the patio up on the top level, and has her Dad's

engineering prowess. She had to make sure it was perfectly level. And it looks great.

Together we build..................

Sorry I put the pictures on the blog in the wrong order, but here is the progress of the building crew. Erick decided to build on to their family room. He wants to put the stove he got from Grandpa and Grandma Starich's house up and didn't have the room for it before. It also will help give Karen more room for her daycare. Here Shawn, Kasey and Kimber are taking a break and warning, " Tut, Tut it looks like rain".

Kimber coming down off her perch!

Shawn and Erick finishing off the edges.

Look at that brave Kimber up on top with her Dad. Kurtis reallly got into pounding those nails. Think he might be a builder when he grows up.

Jim and Erick marking where the roof will go.

A shot from the top level of the back yard. Looks tiny here.

Cutting off the siding.

Are those clouds? No Way

Contained Burn..................Oh YA????

On our way to Cedar last weekend, we saw this huge plume of smoke, and we kept getting closer and closer. As we got near Beaver, we figured the town was on fire. Not so, just all the field and sagebrush left of town.
We tuned in to the local station and found out it was a controlled? burn.
The sun was amazingly red through the smoke.

You can see how much of it burned.

Stinky........... Glad they got in under control. When we came home, all was well.

New Silver Beaver

On Sept. 12, 2009, Jim will be presented with the Silver Beaver Award.
The highest award in scouting for leaders. The presentation will be at the Provo Tabernacle. We are so proud of him and all he has done for the many scouts he has been priviledged to work with. He loves scouting and has a great testimony of what it does for young men. Way to go Jim!!!

Harvesting...................

Karen gave me a guilt complex, and then Jim cut our peach tree down, which didn't help. So Shanni and I spent the day doing peach freezer Jam. It is yummy, my sugar free ones are the glass bottles in the front. This winter, they will be great on waffles or toast. Your right Karen, it does make you feel good, knowing you did something toward food storage. Thanks for the nudge. I also did a few salsa.

Tiny Things...............

Shay Lee's dog, Nellie, had 4 puppies. This was the runt. They fed it with a bottle for a few days, but it just didn't seem to grow, so they took it
to the vet and had it checked. It had a cleft palete and it would have taken intraveinous feeding until it got old enough for major surgery to correct it's problem. Needless to say, that was not an option. So, I along with the kids, got to take it to the vet the next day and have them put it to sleep.
Sad day. It was just so tiny and cute. It tried so hard to make it. Some day we will see it again. Healthy and happy. Huh Colt?