So Busy!!

Curly's mission farewell is on Sunday and we are rapidly preparing food and the house so we can entertain guests after he speaks at church.

I cooked the roaster full of sweet pork today and it is safely in the fridge until Sunday morning. 

My chairs project is going well. They are all finally painted and ready for urethane.

Hopefully, I can finish them tomorrow. I wanted this project over before people come.

I have also been picking and canning beans.

And doing a little sewing.

We even went to the temple this morning to do sealings. We are trying to get to the temple as many times as possible.

Life is busy.

Labor Day Weekend, last day

Monday was nice too. I worked some on the chairs I have been refinishing. I was hoping to get them done before Curly's farewell on Sunday.

Baby Doll's car, the old green Mazda Protégé finally died. Thankfully, our mechanic and long-time friend had another little car he was trying to sell. I was happy to give him what he asked for this cute Toyota. It's a 2006, so that's quite an improvement to the 1994 Mazda.

I also finished the quilt Curly and I made for his girlfriend. She absolutely loved it!

I made a new recipe, a Mississippi Pot roast. It was delicious! I also prepared this Tupperware for the Welby Elementary silent auction.

And of course, we played Monopoly...

It was the perfect Labor Day weekend.

Labor Day Weekend, part 2

Sunday was nice and rather quiet.  After church, we watched The Newsies.

I didn't have to cook because we had pulled out a bag of sweet pork from the freezer. That gave me plenty of time to play a rousing game of Monopoly with the kids.

I also finished binding the quilt with the blocks the kids made at the family campout. I think it turned out really cute. Dog Walker wanted you to show you the back as well.

Happy Sabbath!!

Labor Day Weekend, part 1

Last year's Labor Day weekend was pretty rough, but with Curly getting ready to leave on his mission, I wanted to make this one memorable. On Friday night, Curly, Baby Doll, and I did baptisms at the Jordan River Temple. It was the first time Curly was able to baptize and confirm us.

On Saturday morning, we got up early and Curly drove 6 of us to Ephraim for the new temple open house. It was me, Baby Doll, Scout and her best friend, K, Curly, and his girlfriend. H.

We got there just after 11 and the lines were already long.

We stood in the sun for about 2 hours before we got in. 

The temple was so beautiful; inside and out. 

After that, I let Baby Doll drive us all to Mt.Pleasant. It is the first time she drove a two-lane highway, and she handled it like a champ, even though some people were a little nervous to have her behind the wheel.

I promised the kids we would eat lunch at the Dairy Freeze,  but it also had long lines and it was about an hour before we finally got food.

I love supporting family, but our stop almost made us late for the birthday party Crafty and Craftsman held for their cute little dogs.  I didn’t get any pics except this one H took.

But I love this fun pic Crafty took of her pups a few days ago.

We had grilled chicken and shrimp, brownies, watermelon and mac n cheese. After dinner, the kids played a game while I stitched up several holes in Crafty's new used couch. 

We had stopped at the house and Sport did the driving to Bountiful and back. When we got home, I put my first 2 pints of beans in the canner before I worked on the binding of a quilt while Dog Walker read to me. 

It was a full and fun day...except for the sunburn and sore feet.