Thanksgiving with my brother Aaron and Joy.

My family had Thanksgiving dinner with my brother Aaron and Joy their kids. It was so fun to help Joy cook Thanksgiving dinner for all of us. I usually cook for three people so this was a treat. I come from a big family so a full house was just what I needed. I came up Wednesday and spent the night so I could help Joy. As you can see we were well fed and the decor was beautiful. Of course we had a few mishaps, Turkey was being stubborn and took a little longer to cook and some rolls got burned (That happened after we ate we were making extra for people to take home and they were forgotton.) I am so glad we were able to spend some time together and get reaquanted with Joys family.

Yummy Pies

Aaron enjoying his dinner

Beautiful tables

Dinner is served

Is that Turkey done Yet?

Pretty

Whoops

Twilight has arrived and so did the lines.

So Twilight has come at last. So a few of us girls got together and went to the opening weekend, Friday night 9:25 pm to be exact. I thought getting there around 8pm would be plenty of time before a line would start but when we got to the theater the line had already started way before 8pm. It was fun talking to the other people anticipating and anxious to see this movie. I asked some of the men that had arrived if they were there because they wanted to be or did their wives or girlfriends drag them. I think most were dragged. Ha Ha
I won't give anything away but I will say this I will be going back to see it again. I really liked this movie very much and felt that it kept pretty close to the book. I wasn't sure how I felt about the casting of Edward but I am sold now. Kristen Stewart (Bella) I believe understood her and really played her well, I was afraid she was going to make her boring but that was not the case.The actor who played Charlie, Bella's dad was wonderful and funny. The rest of the cast was right on.
So all you Twilighters out there go see this movie on the big screen.

Sundance in Fall

We went up to Sundance a few weeks ago, we wanted to see the leaves changing before it was to late. We had just had a storm so there was some snow in the mountains. Before you get to the Sundance resort there is a water fall called Bridal Veil Falls, It is so pretty. So here are some pictures of the falls and then the resort.

Camerons Eagle Scout Court of Honor.

On August 21st 2008 Cameron had his Court of Honor and it went great. It took place overlooking our lake and it turned out to be a really nice day, a little windy but all in all real nice. In this video Cameron and Nathan the other boy who got his Eagle are reciting the Eagle Scout Oath.

We were
told the story of Eagle Boy and the four birds of prey. Falcon, Hawk, Owl and Eagle, Cameron got to feed the Hawk which is in this this video 5:30 on the counter. There is 8 minutes of the 25 minute program.


My brother Aaron in the Eagles Nest. Thanks Aaron and Joy, Luke & Zach for coming and representing our family, Cameron was so happy you could come.
Cameron and his friend William after the ceremony.

Camerons Court of Honor

Cameron's Eagle Scout Court Of Honor is going to be held on August 21st at 7 pm here in Spring Lake at the Park by our Lake. He is sharing this with another Eagle Scout. Please come if you can.

Spring Lake mountain on fire above my home.

Hi All, So a fire broke out in Spring lake where I live. It is breaking news here in Utah. My mountain is burning. My house is safe but it is still pretty close. There has been 14 home evacuee's and a scout camp of about 450 boys. One of the guys I work with had his house surrounded by this fire but it didn't burn luckily. It was 101 degrees with winds at 25 miles per hour. This fire is still burning as I write this. I am so sad about our mountain it was beautiful.







Little to close to homes








Helicopter trying to put out fire






Our local ABC news is at the lake watching like the rest of us. If you go to www.ksl.com there is a story on this plus about 45 pictures or more.







Here is the helicopter picking up water from SpringLake. You can see Cameron's sign he did for his Eagle Scout project.





This fire is speading like crazy.You can see how close it is to us by seeing my horse in the corner.

Cameron our Eagle Scout.

Cameron received his rank of Eagle Scout on December 26th 2007, one day after his 18th Birthday. He was given the extra day because his Birthday is on Christmas Day. Even though he pushed it to the very last day he was determined to get it done and he did. He never gave up and we are so proud. Cameron's Court of honor will be sometime in August 2008.

Here we are proud parents and the scouting board with our Eagle Scout. The board wanted to know what his project was so he told them about it. So here is his project, he worked hard on it with his dad and other scouts and leaders.

Cameron decided to refurbish the historical sign at The lake in Spring Lake. It was extremly weather worn, and lettering was starting to peel off.

Here is the before picture of the sign. This sign stands in front of our local lake right on the main road thru Spring Lake, so it is a sign that is very visible. The other thing is this is a historical site and so Cameron had to go thru some different avenues to get the permission he needed. Utah county comissioner of historical sites gave him the Ok once he knew it would be done in a professional manner.

First things first, we feed the scouts a great breakfast to give them the energy to help Cameron with the sign. Plus it made them want to come to help out. We know how to finesse.

Cameron showed his leadership skills in instucting the scouts where and what they could do to help.

Here the scouts are priming and sanding the back of the sign.

Cameron is helping Tom, Glenn's fellow teacher in the Automotive Dept work on the final lettering for the sign.It's really starting to come together now.

Final product

What I do for fun.

Spending a Beautiful Spring Morning With My Horse Tripper.

Diva's Weekend

So hi all, I have joined the bloggers community thanks to my wonderful cousin Mandy who showed me the way. This weekend was what us girls in our family call Diva Weekend. Yes we are Divas and proud of it. July 10th thru July 13th we got together in the hot desert of Palm Desert and stayed in my Aunts condo.Some of the activities we do are crafts, water aerobics, spiritual lessons, shopping and eating and great company.

This was one of our crafts that Diva Anna had us do. We made these fruit baskets and they looked beautiful, and smelled so sweet. They were sure delicious.