Per Perkins Perhe: Baby Sitting, Stuccoing and Studio 5

And another week begins! I had Trevor and Nell's kids for a couple of days, so Monday was full of grandkid fun. It started with chores for us all and some reading for Scott and Eva. Then we went to McD in Spanish, for the play place and then to DI.

We stopped for KFC on the way home and hiked to the Grotto with Grandpa that evening

When we hit home Spencer and Brittney shared an FHE with us and then we played the farm game.

On Tuesday we had too make our fun at home because Eleanor had broken her sandel coming down from the Groto. Eleanor and I got painted fingernails and then

we had a picnic in the garden house! Then they went to Aunt Briahnna's while I went for a late lunch and temple session in Payson with my friend Arlene, and Dad officiating!

Here is Eva on Wednesday, her 8th birthday with her birthday gifts from me and grandpan!!

On Wednesday I ran over to Miriam's viewing in Springville before work. She was a fellow employee at the antique mall, just 50. They found growths in her lungs about a week before she died. It was lung cancer that had spread to her brain. So very sad.

While at work on Wednesday I got a call from Jane, a producer at KSLs Studio 5. An acquaintance in the junking business had sent Jane some pics of our garden house she'd taken at Fleaology. Then since KSL is doing a segment on 'She Sheds' she wanted make arrangements to come and film. We ended up agreeing on Friday morning. Yikes!!

That night Dad and I watched 'Music From Another Room'. It was quirky and I thought it felt Anne Tylerish. Rotten tomatoes had it at like 22% or something. Hmmm

Thursday morning I was up early cleaning the garden house. I was up on my long trusted aluminum ladder dusting and hauling of the dusty bedclothes in the loft when the ladder tipped over. As soon as I hit the floor with very little scratching and bruising, I said a prayer of thanks. I was up at almost 5 feet, I could have been hurt so much worse.

At work on Thursday I made a Jane Austen banner for the garden house. It took most of the day, but I do love making them!! A high school English teacher said she was going to make one for her class room!

Dad had picked up Titan and Reagan for an over nighter, and then took them to Payson Cottage while he worked on the faucet in the bathroom there.

Meanwhile I was hosting book club at the our house.

Friday morning I got the garden house finished up, including hanging the banner.

Here's a closeup.

I used the nail sorter Trevor and Nell had given me for Mothers Day to 'tote' tea party essentials. Then it was back to the house as the grands woke up

We read books for a while after breakfasting on apple pie sweet rolls left over from book club.

Then uncle Dave came to babysit while I did the KSL segment.

This is Jane with her photographer ready to shoot. After the initial part of the segment she asked if the grandkids could come out for a faux tea party. But since I'd set up tea for her and the cameraman, which she declined, we were ready for an promptly tea!!

Here Adi checks out the pepperidge farms milanos!

Titan liked the cookies that are shaped like flowers ...

As did Reagan, where as ...

Though Elias like the cookies fine, the tea party was just too sissy for him.

The plasters got the gray stucco up that day too!!

Becca picked up the kids soon after the KSL people left and I took it easy for the rest of the afternoon.

That evening we were babysitting Davin and Bri's kids, so we took them with us to Eric Moe's good bye party. He's joined the Army and is off to basic training!!

As you can see Ninna's favorite part was the watermelon. (Did you notice she has a piece in each hand? So cute!)

Dad cooked us hot dogs!

Here we are with Eric fresh out of the pool to say good bye. We included his sister Krista too, because she's good at being in pictures. Love you guys.

Then it was back to Davin and Bri's where we watched The Princess Bride. The kids loved it!

Saturday morning we got up early to paint the Payson cottage garage, and when we went out, at 7:00. The stuccoers had nearly finnished the unshaded east wall of the garage!

Then we were off to paint the new wood on the garage that Gustavo had added when he straightened it.

When we got home the men were working on the front!!

Then Dad was off to the stake center where Ron Williams, a resident at Parkway, was getting baptized. That was kind of special, since it rarely happens in the nursing home branch.

Meanwhile I was off to garage sales!

He beat me home and worked on getting the main floor swamp cooler up and going. That meant pulling down vines that had covered it and the window!'

Then we rendezvoused and unloaded the van and put in another seat for our southern trip. Next we hauled boxes from the garage, the upstairs hall, the front hall and the library to take to DI. We've been dejunking for a while and were just tired of tripping over boxes.

Here's the finished stuccoed front. I think the window needs a window box and shutters. So much red!!

Here the back view of the new stucco

Back from DI we headed to the ward's BBQ and potluck. This is me with my Visiting Teacher, Sarah, who I had just cajoled into bringing dinner to Cheryl while we're gone, filling out the week. Thanks Terry, Ginny, Marysa, Emily and Sarah!!

After the ward party Dad and I high tailed it to movies 8 in Provo to see Far From the Madding Crowd, which we both liked, as did Rotten Tomatoes with 85%!!

And this is the eastern sky as we left the theater!! So amazing

I taught Relief Society today at church, and made a paper chain out of the paper strips containing the phrases from Ezra Taft Benson on raising children in a gospel centered home. Darla Pierre, my Mary Kay rep, helped me by making the chain. I'd passed out the strips around the room and sisters brought them up as we touched on the principle on their strip. Darla is always working on having a heavenly home, and asked if she could have the chain to use for FHE! That made me so happy!!

Here's our Penny at family dinner