Of Witches and Windows and Weddings

 We have passed another great week.  On Monday we woke up in Mesquite, then headed home.  We stopped in St. George where I ran into a fellow antique dealer, Brenda Klomp the former owner of Just a Bed of Roses in Farmington.  She has retired to St. G as so many do.

Then we met up for lunch with Shari and Scott Lindsey, old friends from our Cottonwood Heights days.  We had fun catching up and even made vague plans to get together again.  Scott is now teaching in the business school at Dixie and Shari has her MSW and works in administration with Elderly issues.

 These cuties came to spend the day on Tuesday, which is always fun.  Elias came as well, but wasn't hanging out with the girls.

Adi asked what this red item was, and I told her that that is what phones used to look like.  She laughed and said, "Oh yeah, that's the kind that the pioneers used."  I guess those history lessons from Cousin Camp must have stuck.

 I had an interesting discussion with Elias, after he found the instruction manual to a legos set and said he wished he could replicate it.  Then we talked about 3d duplication and looked up some You Tube videos about it.  So interesting.  What a kid.

The girls talked me into a tea party and got to be the first to use the 3 demitasse cups and saucers that came with my Wedgwood china. 

 They loved it when the sugar cube melted in the herb tea and the flower that had been on it floated to the top.

After they all went home Dad and I filled out our ballots and went over to drop them at the city.

 While Dad and I were in Arizona last week we picked up this great arts and crafts coffee table, and on Wednesday, while I was at work, Dad surprised me by adding the top made of the old wainscotting we bought by the board before our mission when shopping at a flea market in Texas.  I love it.  He's amazing.

After work I was off to Mutual where the Laurels and Priests were having a skill challenge, above are Marysa, Rosie and Cassie. Rosie is licking the spoon from their brownie making here.

Rosie takes on the shirt ironing challenge.

Micheal clearly irons his own shirts, because he actually won this one.

 Cassie and Marysa shared the task of sewing on a button, I did the timing, Micheal beat them on that one too.  He's going to make a great missionary.

Here the girls are as they finish up changing a tire, Micheal beat them on that too, but just by a couple of minutes, and it was their first time.  Yeah Laurels. 

 I wore my witch outfit to work on Thursday, because I was tag teaming myself that day.  I worked, then the second I got out the door I ran to the car and drove as fast as I could to Kimi's witch party in Herriman that started at 7.  I got there early to set up the plate full of witch finger bread sticks that were my contribution.  I got to stay for a full 45 minutes...

Her house, as always, was decorated to the hilt.  This is her dining room.

The tea service is set up in the kitchen.

Here I am with Kimi and another crafty witch friend named Jane.  Then I flew off and headed to my book club in Salem, arrived fifteen minutes late.  I did miss several friends that were at Kim's party after I left, but I do love my book club, and we'd read an Agatha Christie book in honor of the season.

The next morning I got a text that my friend Jann, who I knew missed the party because she was sick, was taken to the hospital with what they diagnosed as a brain tumor.  I'm just heart sick.  She had breast cancer while we were in Finland, and they are not sure if this is more of that or something new.  Please pray for Jann, she is seriously one of the kindest and most generous people I know.

 On Friday Dad got word that his window order had come in at Home Depot.  As you may recall we are sealing up all the windows but one in each room, then replacing that one.  This is the one for the tower room... the black side showing for the picture.  Check out how well it matches its antique mate the next time you are here.

 This blurry picture shows Dad pulling off the side window in my craft room before installing the new window there.

Here he is working on the frame from the inside.

 That night we met up with Becca to check out the new rental house she and Brady have bought in Orem.  During negotiations the house flooded, yep the water line to the fridge.  The insurance had a disaster clean up company come in and strip the sheet rock off the walls in the basement.  It looks like a great house, but its going to be a bit of work.  Sometimes they are just fearless.  Yeah them!!

 And speaking of being stripped back to the studs, Ashley's house is DONE.  Dad went to help her move back in on Saturday, and took some pictures.  It looks amazing. I love the red door.

 They are still awaiting the appliances.

I'm loving this shade of blue in the main floor bathroom.

 Ian chose orange for his bed room, which used to be Kim's bedroom, and Ben's before that. When we lived there it was Brittany's room.  Do you remember that the bedroom had no window when we bought the house, and we added it.  Ah the home improvement memories.  Enjoy your new house Ashley et al.

 After his 'moving experience' he met up with the men in blue for football at BYU, it was painful game to watch, but they're still smiling.

Trevor posted this meme on twitter.

After the game Dad came down to Springville to pick me up from my third day of work for the week.  We headed up to Cottonwood Hts, to meet Erik's soon to be bride.  Here are Darby and a couple of her cousins.  They are Jordan and her husband Jared Larsen, with Jason Larsen, Erik's brother. (Jason and Darby both work at IM Flash, he's some kind of engineer)

It was fun to talk to my brother Bruce and his wife.  Bruce has recently published his book, Testimony and he gave me a copy.  I've already started reading it.  Its not surprising that my brother who's nickname was Proph as a teenager, would write such a book. He's always been solid.

Here we are with Mallory and Erik, they will be married next week in California on the beach ... how fun is that.  A temple sealing is in their future. We really liked her, she's as amazing as he is, which is saying a lot. I loved that the walls match her dress, and her decor was purple and lavender, which is pretty unusual.  Hannah also had this color scheme, so it made me think of their wedding.

 Becca and Brady came too, here they are with Jason, and their nanny Gabby.

 We ran into these two cuties at the taco truck. 

... and Dad got some serious Mac time.

When we got home the huge harvest moon was coming up over our neighbor's house.  Isn't it a beauty. Unfortunately the house is being foreclosed.  Isn't that sad, you can buy it at the sheriff's sale on Nov 5 if you want to be our neighbor. 

This morning we went to Mapleton for Sister Purcell's homecoming.  Most of her group had their's last week, so we felt lucky to get to attend a second.  She did a great job...

and we got to see Sister Kehr too, which is always fun.

 After church we put together dinner, including this veggie roast with some of the last of our zucchini and tomatoes from the garden.  Dad picked all the green ones just before the frost, and they are now turning red.  How cool is that.  That's a first for us.

Here is our entire Mexican theme dinner.  Yeah, it really was way too much food.

So that was our week.  We hope yours was full of fun and personal growth.  We love you all, and would love to hear what's happening in your life, if you get a chance, send us an update.  Love You