Yard sale

OH, what do you do in the summertime...the girls have wanted to do a garage sale all summer. They got rid of a lot of stuff from their rooms and put it outside today. They made a whopping $1.80. Just enough money in gas to drive the rest of it to the local DI. We cleaned it up just in time for a monsoon. Something to do....

A new mode

Meet our new addition. It is a 1995 Ford Escort. We got a heck of a deal. It has only 75,000 miles and looks and acts brand new. The only drawback is that it has a manual transmission. No worries! The girls will just have to learn. With so much driving we do, it will be a blessing to have a car with great gas mileage. Now, to give it a name.....

My Hobby

My second dd is an artist! She needs to be an illustrator. This is a picture of me doing what I love to do when I have spare minutes.

First MTC Pictures

I thought ya'll might like pictures my son sent us today.

This is his companion, Elder Madsen, from South Jordan. On the back of this next picture he writes, "My zone on a Provo Temple walk on Sunday. Goofy, but a spiritual bunch!"

"Doing my laundry on P-day....My least favorite thing to do, but gotta...."

Birthday Present

Daughter number one wanted a birthday/graduation camping experience so we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon with five of her friends and three sisters. It was nice to get away from the valley.She decided all the menus, packed everything, and I think did a great job. The only hitch was no garbage bags or salt and pepper. Other than that, no worries. We hiked up Donut Falls this afternoon. Beautiful! We even saw a HUGE moose! Son's truck got a complete workout up and down the canyon. It was full to the rims, literally! She has really great friends.