State Fair!

Saturday afternoon, me Mike and Brandon moseyed on over to the state fair. It was fun and the evening weather was perfect. We watched the figure eight car racing... it was great smashin up fun! We saw animals... it's not just cows and chickens anymore! Camels, emus, yaks, scottish cattle, ostriches, giraffe, elephants .... yep, good ol farm animals. The fair, is about the same as always, except bigger and more costly... not too many quilts and dried up loaves of bread as there used to be. BUT... there is one thing I still look forward to and is almost the WHOLE reason I like to go to the fair.... FAIR FOOD!!!! There's just not enough hours to eat all the fair food that is available... but we did pretty good in 6 hours... fry bread, BBQ sandwiches with cole slaw and beans, turkey leg, funnel cake, ice cream bar, banana split and a bunch of fresh squeezed lemonade! YUM!

Saturday...

Wow.... was the weather ever nice this morning. I guess this time of year is why we live in Arizona! Mike and I got up early to go to garage sales and then we ate a WAY yummy breakfast. My compliments to the cook....OH... that would be ME! We ate outside on the porch and two of our birds joined us. A great morning was had by all!

AAaaaahhhhh! I've been tagged!

I've been tagged again!!! I never liked playing tag much.... can't run fast enough. But I will be a good sport and play the game... so here goes:
Four Random Things I Like About My Husband:Way Loving, Helpful, like around the house and all my projects, Great Worker, at home, employment and church, Sooo Handsome
Four Jobs I've Had:Mom, hey that counts as my most favorite job, Retail, Recreation and now Receptionist
Four Movies I've Watched More Than Once: Best Foot Forward, Wizard of Oz, Toy Story, Miracle on 34th St.
Four TV Shows I watch: I Love Lucy, Sam the Cooking Guy, Food channel, HGTV
Four Places I've Been: Utah, Disneyland, New York, Niagra Falls
Four Of My Favorite Foods:Chocolate anything, Veggies, Dessert, Homemade bread
Four Places I Would Like To Visit:More temples, Disneyland again, Church History places, The east coast
Four Things I Am Looking Forward To In The Coming Year:Brandon going on his mission, My new grandson, Dustin coming home, Trent graduating
Four People I Tagged: refer to first sentence.... but I will consider tagging someone... any volunteers?

Phone call...

We were almost out the door to go to work this morning (like at 6 am) ... and my phone rang and it was Dustin! It is always so good to hear his voice and know that he is doing well. Technology is so amazing... that we are able to get a phone call from a far away place! We're so excited to know he will be coming home soon... to his ol kentucky home and all his beautiful girls! A great BIG thanks to him and all the military serving us!

Fall memories...

I just love fall... and fall is wonderful in Arizona... but fall is absolutely great in Utah. So I have been remembering that a year ago this week we were in Utah enjoying some crisp fall weather and beautiful colors and festive decorations. Here are a couple of pics from last October since it was BB... before blogging for me. These were taken at one of my favoritest places... Gardner Village. Sigh... this year I have to be content with Arizona fall... sigh again...

It's that time of the year....

It's fall time.... and you know what that means.... Yep.... CARMEL APPLES! I made some today and we gobbled them up! Really easy to make.... just follow the directions on the Kraft carmel bag, then roll in you favorite stuff (we like chopped nuts) and then to be fancy drizzle on some melted chocolate. Way yum!

Craft Night!

Friday night was another great crafting night with all the girlies! We made holiday blocks with scrapbook paper fronts. This was a very fun easy fast craft. Everyone was creative... we made Boo, Eek, Gobble, Thankful, Thanks... I know I'm gonna make some more. A great BIG thanks to Mike for his great woodworking skills and being on call for our special orders! And thanks to everyone that brought yummy food and snacks... girls can't craft without food... that's just a fact!!