Work at cabin

 We've been working for the past few weeks on

several projects at the cabin.  Greg and Robert are 

replacing the windows which means that they had to 

tear our the old ones.  Therefore, we had to put up 

new cedar and paint.  As they started doing this they

realized that the cabin really needed to be painted this 

year also.  (That was kind of a surprise--we thought

we had a few years)  

 They are brave!  Its very high up there and

the scaffolding we borrowed is pretty old.  

I'm glad I don't have to go up there!  But 

thankful that we have husbands who will!

 Kayla and Tyson and Jaxon came for the weekend to 

visit.  Jaxon having fun eating rocks while his mama was a bit

panicky.  I told Kayla that a little rocks and dirt never hurt

any little boy.  And Jaxon agreed!  Yummy.

 Two old men, a baby and a Charlie dog.

 Jaxon has discovered a fun new game of throw the ball 

down to Grandpa Robert.  

 Hiking to Bloomington Lake.  Yep, Jaxon is

naked.  And he loved it.  

 Robert and Greg, Bryce and Shea having so

much fun!

 We love going to Cooper's (the restaurant where Bryce works)

and listen to the live bands on Saturday nights.  

 I can even hike to Bloomington Lake.
Its only 1/2 mile hike and oh so beautiful!

 This Grandma loves her baby Jaxson.  

Even with a naked bum.

It was a hard hike for Jaxon though.  He is

all tuckered out.  One of these days I will

figure out how to upload my pictures in the correct order

that I want them to post.  But right now, its too much trouble to 

figure out.  So, sorry for the randomness.

Yes, that is me with a chainsaw and Bliss is
trusting enough to be that close to me?  That is
true friendship for sure!  We did a little trimming of the
trees and chopping up some logs.

Visit to Colorado

 I was able to go to visit Breeann and Brandon

in Colorado last weekend.  Brandon's 

grandparents drove out there so I hitched a ride.

Breeann with her baby Sadie.

 We drove up to Telluride to see the

sights and where Brandon works.

Its gorgeous up there!

 Look what I found.  A little

shop named after my friend Bliss!!

 Riding the gondola with Breeann and Grandma and 

Granddad Lyon. (Brandon's grandparents)

 It started raining on the gondola.  It was gorgeous.

 Breeann in an old fashioned phone booth

 Breeann trying to climb the rock wall with

Brandon's brother Josh.  Josh made it to the

top, Breeann was smarter than that!

 Awww, kissing in the phone booth

at the train station.  

 I rode home on the train.  It really

is a pretty ride.  

Aren't they cute?  

Summer in Bear Lake

 Bryce got a summer job in Bear Lake 

working at a restaurant really close to our 

cabin.  So he and I have been living there

all summer.  Greg comes up every weekend

and if he has one or two days off during the week

we go home.  Its been a different summer for sure.

Relaxing and enjoyable.  Taking Charlie for a little 

hike one day.  

 I love sitting on our deck watching the 

hummingbirds.  We have about 6 of them

that I have counted.  They're pretty amazing.

 I also LOVE LOVE LOVE our view! 

Its gorgeous.  This is early one morning.  

 The Sawyers come up quite often also.

This is during the 4th of July weekend.

Jaxson really wanted to play with Charlie.

Charlie really didn't want to play with Jaxson. 

 What's the 4th of July without a little

watermelon?  Even Jaxson loved it!

 My friend Debbie's mother relaxing.

 Yep, this is a street in Bear Lake

named after Christa.  :)

 By mid July I was kind of going a little stir crazy.  So I decided

to find a project to keep me busy.  This is a dresser that is in our

bedroom at the cabin.  I wanted to paint it and turn it into a TV

stand.  This is the color before.

 Almost finished

 I painted the hardware with a metal spray paint.  I love it!

I'm leaving the top drawers out and Greg is going to cut wood

to make shelves so I can put the cable box and DVD player on them.

 Right after a nice rain storm.  Its so

beautiful!

 We tended my friend Sara's little girl

Brooke one weekend.  Having fun in the pool.

 Painting rocks

 Charlie swimming in the lake.

 Brooke doing somersalts in the lake.

 Treasure hunt in a big block of ice.  

I think this was her favorite activity we did.

I hid dollar store items in a pan and froze it.  Then

dumped the ice out and gave her a hammer and

screw driver.  She loved it.  Then we had to take

the items and freeze them again.  

 Playing candyland with Bryce.

 Playing at the park

 The finished dresser.  I love how it turned out!!

 My friend Kristi came up one day and

we made raspberry jam from the famous

raspberries from Bear Lake.  They are 

known for their raspberry shakes!  YUM!

 Another big project this summer...

Greg and Robert are replacing all the 

windows in the cabin.  This is the kitchen

before the wood border is put back on.

 The laundry room after the border

was put back on.

 Greg working hard on the windows.

This is a big project but we are excited 

with how nice they are looking!

Bliss is a he-woman and thinks she can

chop wood!  She's pretty amazing!  

Its been a really fun summer!

Bryce's 18th birthday

 We spent Bryce's bday in Bear Lake.  My good

friend Kristi brought up her boat to help make his day

great!  Bryce and his friends playing horse shoes on the beach.

 Some good looking teenage boys showing off.

 Bryce has to be different.  I wanted them to all lay in 

the water and pose.  He decided to sit in a chair over

top of the others just to be different.

 I forgot my camera so I borrowed Kristi's camera.  However,

we didn't go get it until after we had a lunch break.  So I 

didn't get pictures of the boys wakeboarding.  They loved that

but they also had a blast on the tube.  

 They had to be daring of course.

 Right after crashing off the tube. 

 His present (a new cell phone)

 A friend of his that he works with at 

the restaurant this summer also works at 

a go cart rental place and he let Bryce

ride for free since it was his birthday.  

 Greg and Shea and I made a cake and took it to 

Bryce at work that night.  We sang happy birthday to 

him in the kitchen.  Then some of the staff at the 

restaurant pulled us aside right as we were leaving.

They said...come here and see what we have!  And look!

They had made him a cake also with sparklers.
He works with such great people!  They are all so
kind and make his job fun!  So they surprised him
and sang to him also. He was embarrassed. His  boss said that he just had to
deal with being embarrassed because that is the price
you have to pay for working on your birthday
(not that he had a choice...)  

We also went to lunch and they 

brought him a free ice cream sundae.  

I think he had a good time.