Of Kitchens and Tie Dye and Football and Birthday Pinatas!

On Labor Day, Trevor and J. Scott came down to run the 5K with Dad ... Nell came down later with the other kids, and Trevor got in a quick nap before breakfast and the parade.

Trevor went up on the balcony for an eagle eye view.

Titan and Reagan had seats on the road, for the best view and first grabs at candy too.

Eva joins Titan and Reagan on the curb.

I ended up watching Becca's kids for the rest of the day, so she could take clients out to look at houses.  We loved having them, of course.

Dad got the grout in later that night ... we're so happy with how things are turning out!  Dad has such great skills.

On Tuesday I finished painting the cabinets, and did some visiting teaching, then I rearranged my white ironstone on top, while Dad did his normal shift at the temple.

On Wednesday at work, I hauled the big dresser I'd bought last week out of the van, and put restora-finish on it and fit it into a booth.  I also hauled out this old organ and tried to sell it on my ROCC site, no go.  Guess that means Dad has another desk conversion in his near future.  Yeah for my favorite handy guy.

  After work that night I ran over to Payson Cottage and grabbed one of the 15 foot long boards that came off the roof when we redid the garage there.  Dad sawed it to the 10 feet we needed, and I found four matching shelf brackets and painted them to match.  When the paint was dry on the board, we arranged the collection of pitchers I had at home along with the ones I had  brought home from the mall, and added them to the display.

Britt sent some pictures from their trip to Florida.  We loved enjoying it vicariously all week.

Here's a favorite of mine.

On Thursday I tweaked my front autumn display at work.

... and got more fun picture of the Mitko kids.

Dad stayed home from work on Thursday to work more on our projects in the kitchen.  He got this antique trim board, and another into place.

and Darby stopped by to visit with him while her car was being fixed.  She took this picture of him hard at work.

On Friday I was off early to meet with my friend Laura Gray and do some junking in Salt Lake.  We had lunch at Cafe Rio, of course.    I got home in time to go with Dad to ...

the ward camp out up Payson Canyon at Black Hawk camp ground ... here he is with my gardening girls.

We sat with Jill and her grand babies part of the time.

Here I am with some sisters in the ward, including, far left, Becky Call, the amazing Sunday School teacher I loved hearing ... so sad she announced last Sunday they are moving.  

We left the camp out in time to pick up the mannequins I had rented to a bride to display family wedding dresses at her reception in Lindon.

Saturday morning, Dad was off to an inventory in Salt Lake, while I visited the flea market at Treasures and visited with other dealers and friends.

Then we met up with other 'Walk for James' team members at the expo mart in Salt Lake.

Daniel and Melody made these great posters.

... and here I am with my girlie friends.

I stopped at DI before heading home, and ran into my friend Marci, who lives near by .... so of course I had to go and see the amazing changes she has made in her decor.

She is such a darling girl ... I'm grateful I ran into her.  That night I met up with Dad and the Moes for dinner at Sizzler in Orem.  We had the play that night at Hale, but Dad had cancelled so ...

He could attend the BYU game ... another amazing finish ... see the fans rushing the field behind the three Scotts? (Robert Scott, Trevor Scott and Jaden Scott)

While I was a the play with Moes, and Dad was at the game with the Scotts, Elias was busy celebrating his 5th birthday with the rest of the family at his house. 

Davin uses his amazing Pinata skills ... while ...

Elias takes a few wacks!

Today was a lovely regional conference.  Dad had the priesthood leadership meeting, then I met him there.  Elder  Ballard talked about our troubled times, and complimented Utah County Mormons for being the most religious county (according to a poll) in the USA.  He also said Utah Mormons were the heart of the church with their willingness to pay tithing, volunteer and serve missions at a high rate.

Dad ran off to an inventory, while I headed home for a four hour nap ... yikes!  We combined resources with Brittney and Spencer and had an English dinner.  Yummy!  Then a nice long comfy chat after.  Its nice to catch up with them and all they are doing, as they are so busy.

So that was our week.  We loved it!

Fleaology and Being Followed by ME

This is the red roofed beauty that changed my life for the better. It's LaVerns's brother's garden house, and when she and I were walking Monday I took some pics of it and did a blogpost and posted this pic and a link on Instagram.   Which I believe led to Mary Engelbreit following me on Instagram !!!! Wahoo!  

I've followed her pretty much from the beginning, as do like 14,000 other people, but she only follows about 150 people. Since she uses red roofed houses in her art so much I  am convinced that this garden house is why she now follows me!  Happy day, I mean I've always loved her art, and I believe I have owned all her books at one time or another!!  My happy hero! 

Back in the real world, I spent The. Whole. Day. Painting. Cabinets. 

When Dad got home he managed to tweak the cabinets enough to fit in the new sink that was 2 inches wider than the sink space!  Yep he's the DIY star! (All kitchen pics are together toward the end of the blog post) 

Just for fun I also embellished my spice cabinet, because the endless kitchen cabinet painting is grunt work!! 

This is how it ended up! 

On Tuesday, when Ginny and I were walking, we saw this new build that Spencer and Brittney are in love with. I have to admit it's adorable!  Great mix of new and old.  

I spent the rest of the day, you guessed it, painting cabinets!

That night when Dad was at the temple Spencer  brought up the record player and records he got when we were cleaning out Grandpa's house.   As it turns out, one if the records was made by grandpa on his mission and sent to grandma, who was waiting for him. He tells her he loves her, though they'd not met at the time. So sweet. Though the voice sounds nothing like grandpa.  Anyway, so glad Spencer thought to grab the records. 

The funny thing is that when the record player quit working he ran up to get the one he bought in high school that was still in the guest room closet ... They are identical!  How funny is that? 

I worked on Wednesday, and got a call from a gal selling old family furniture in project condition, at a reasonable price. So Dad took out a van seat after work and we headed up to Orem to load up! 

When we got home Dad got the electrical  work done on the back splash, he made each outlet a double, so I went from 6 plugs to 12 plugs, plus he moved the disposal switch from under the sink to the back splash!  

After walking on Thursday I came home and redid my porch. 

And since the kitchen has taken precedence in Dad's life, I paid Gonny to roll on over and mow our lawns to get ready for Fleaology!  Other people hire 12 year olds, but not me! 

At work Bruce dropped in from Wyoming, which we always love!  Here he is with Julie and me! 

I redid the front space I'm in charge of at the south store, that day. I love having a job that includes decorating.  

I also got a call that day from Dad telling me his car died at Toquerville and he had AAA tow it to a place Rick's suggested in St George. Then Uncle Rick loaned him a car to do his work in St George and Overton, Nevada, before taking the St George Shuttle home! It turned out that it was the timing belt and will only be about  $800 so it's doable. Happy day. We thought we'd have to say "it's dead Jim" 

Friday was set up day for Fleaology. I did some sweeping and other stuff like hauling  our metal furniture out of the patio to make room for dealers.  Above is my booth set up! 

Dad took the day off to help with set up and work on the kitchen.  He got the green board in, the the cement tile backer board in, and put down the cute hex tile on the counter top! 

Nell and I headed to bed about 1:00 AM. Yawn. Davin came to do the night watch again, which I love!   We also had four dealers who slept in their campers and cars at the curb!

And the day arrived. Becca suggested taking a picture from the balcony!  How fun is this!! 

Here's a close up of Dad and Becca with our dealer Jenny. 

Here I am with Penny Doty, owner of Planted Earth an antique store in Orem! She found four chandeliers! 

This is Richard, husband of Julie shown earlier, and he also rocks it as a Pyrex holder!  In his spare time he manages Treasures Antiques where I work. 

Here are some dear friends I've made over the years doing Fleaology. 

These are the WW2 army chairs I painted. Unfortunately  they didn't sell.  But I think they are so fun. 

That night we hurried to Salt Lake to meet up with the Moes for a delicious dinner at The Roof! 

Here are the pictures of Dads progression on the kitchen through the week! 

Today's has been a wonderfully spiritual day for me. We had the most amazing fast and testimony meeting. I doubt I will ever forget it!  

After attending Dad's second branch meeting I headed home to nap some! 

He had an inventory in the evening.  Darby came by after he got home to charge her battery in her car, and we had a nice chat!!   I thought I'd share some pics of Britt et al, who are at Disney World for the week.  

The look on Charley's face reminds me so much of Brittany's famous witch face picture I took when she was 2 or 3 and that scared her for years .... Of course her face was painted green. I wish I could find it and share it here, but it was a slide, and though I did get a print made for Brttany's scrapbook later, it's in Idaho now 😔  

Hope your week was full of fun too!!