Joyce's 70th Birthday

On September we were invited to a cabin at Park City where Garth's sister, Joyce, was treated by her children to a lovely 70th Birthday celebration.



Garth and Joyce are enjoying the scenery.













The girls had prepared a lovely display of pictures of their mother through the years.









Joyce and her family who were there -

Left: Karen W. Peterson, Diane W. Knaust, Susan W. McNeely, Don Fenner, Joyce Fenner, Karen Ann (Bryce's widow), Alisha (with Owen) and Neil Wursten (with Victoria).




















The "girls" on the deck
Diane, Susan, Joyce, Karen, Karen Ann & Alisha




The birthday cake.




















and the delicious food provided by the girls.

The Making of a Patio

Two or three weeks ago we made the decision to tear down our old deck and replace it with a covered patio. Garth took out most of the deck except for steps. and a small landing.

On the 15th we got a sod cutter and within two days we had the space cleared of grass.

On the 20th Les Allan, our contractor came and put in the forms and got ready for the cement.














First thing Tuesday morning, the cement truck arrived and by evening, we had a nice cement patio.


































Early Wednesday morning a large truck pulled up across the street and the large beams and lumber for the project were unloaded.

































On Thursday a crew of 3 men arrived and by the time we got home from the temple, we had the roof and extended eaves on the house.

On Friday they worked more on the eaves and built the abbreviated redwood deck and stairs.
























Today (Monday) the railing was put on the stairs.











We realize that we have built a temptation for the grandchildren so there will have to be some rules to keep - especially some active young boys - off the roof.

More Birthdays 9/2010

On September 19th, we were privileged to join Deren, Liz and Drake to celebrate Deren's 47th birthday. The cheesecake was wonderful and so was the company.







On Thursday, Sept. 23rd, 2010 we all gathered at Trina and Guy's place for Sheridan's 13th Birthday Bash. For his treasure hunt Guy and Deren came up with a fantasy live action role play.
Sheridan, Marcus, Caleb, Drake and Kasen were the brave warriors who were qualified to try to defeat the evil Darian who had imprisoned Kaliana, the Elven queen, and put a curse on the fairy Tristiana and made her evil.




Sheridan is ready to lead his brave band against the adversary.




















Drake is ready to do battle to the evil opponents.





I didn't get any pictures of the battle with "Barney"










But the second challenge was with the evil troll (Guy) but he, too was defeated.









Mitchell didn't want to get involved with the rough action so he and Stephanie watched from a safe distance.







The brave group - Kasen, Caleb, Drake, Marcus & Sheridan - found themselves trespassing in the land of the Wizard of Riddles (Garth) and could only gain their freedom by solving the riddles he gave to them.



They not only won their freedom but were also given an invisible potion to protect them as they go to find Tristiana who was a good fairy but who was under a spell from the evil Lord Darian and was evil.











Tristiana was hiding in the tree in front and her faithful helper, Adelyn was hiding behind the tree to zap the warriors with her powerful flour bag. Two zaps and they were down and could only be revitalized by a spray from the restorative bottle.










































After some battle, Tristiana was subdued and had to help the warriors find Kaliana, the elven queen who was being held captive by evil Lord Darian.







The queen was finally rescued and the mighty warriors found the evil Lord Darian anticipating their arrival - sure that he could easily defeat them.










But, alas, the hour was growing late so Lord Darian gave up gracefully without too much struggle and the adventure was finished as Sheridan received the clue to where the stolen treasure was hidden. (his birthday gifts)



Sheridan had a delicious cheesecake (birthday cake) waiting for him and and his gifts to open.






All in all, it was a fun evening.

Birth & a Birthday

Talia was pretty excited to have a new little brother




















Jasper is only a day or so old here.






These are all of the pictures I got on the new baby. I was too busy trying to be helpful and taking care of things to take a lot of pictures.











All children seem fascinated with my glasses.

Doesn't Talia look cute - just as her shirt declares.


















On Friday, August 6th - the day before Milo turned 2, we had his birthday party.
We had thunder storms come up every afternoon so set up the table and decorations in the kitchen area.







But the sky cleared and things dried out and we were able to eat outside.

Garth fixed the little picnic table so the umbrella would fit in the middle. The children loved it.

The only children invited to the party were Preston's sister's two little girls.




















Shanda is looking pretty darned good considering that she only had her baby the Sunday before.















During the party I took care of my newest grandson so his mom could eat and enjoy things a bit.


















Here was our meal - Spaghetti with Parmesan Sauce, Meatballs (they are mostly gone in this picture), Frog Eye salad, blueberries, strawberries, rolls, blue drink and cupcakes.







We decorated a little cake so he would have something to blow out his candles on.












We helped Shanda make this car town. We gave him some cars for it. He knew immediately what to do and how to use it.



















Garth got a little time with his newest grandson.















Milo got a little too much help blowing out his candles.