My Summer Project

Here are pictures of my summer project. It was my first quilt, and I feel like it turned out just the way I wanted it to!! I made it as a surprise for my parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary - August 19th.

My parents put together an amazing week long family reunion at Aspen Grove in Utah at the beginning of August. I was able to give the quilt to them while we were there. (Hopefully I will get around to blogging about our fun week).

Thanks Mom and Dad for raising such a wonderful family!

Thomas the Train

What kid doesn't love Thomas the Train? While we were in Utah we were lucky to be there the same time that Thomas the Train visited Heber City!! Margaret, Barry, C.J., Teresa, Sam, Alex, Marianne, Mike, Katherine and Ellie had a wonderful day taking a ride on Thomas, shaking Sir Topham Hat's hand, getting tattoos, petting animals, and just being together!

After our fun day, we spent the weekend at my family cabin. Ohhhh so nice to be up there. It was also fun to be up there for my birthday, as we used to celebrate every year of my childhood up at the cabin. I love it at the cabin. I love the river, the Indian Paintbrush, the rain, the old pillows, and so many more things.

Riding on Thomas - - - - -


Bridge over Weber River - - - -


Rub a dub dub
Two cousins and a
Large rubber ducky
in the tub ( NEW CABIN BATHROOM!) - - - -



Ellie in the Bumbo - - - -


Thank you Mom and Dad for building and keeping up with a cabin in such a wonderful place!

My New Room

Everyone needs a room that provides some sort of sanctuary. Someday I plan on having a private library with floor to ceiling books - and, of course, wood floors for my yoga practice. For now, I'll go for a MUCH nicer bathroom than we have had for the past 4 years. In May we picked out a new tub, sink, toilet, lights, fan, tile, and other fixtures; we gave the paperwork and a house key to Gary - our go to guy for getting things done; we flew to Utah; two weeks later we (Grammy, Katherine, Ellie and Marianne) came home to a new beautiful bathroom!!! Mike flew to Frankfurt, Germany for a beautiful week in the Black Forest (oh - and there was a little math involved too . . . ). Finally, yes Margaret, finally, here are some pictures.


Lame pictures, but I wanted to show the vanity light and my FAVORITE shower head . . . oh so soothing.