Memorial Day

For Memorial Day, we went to Andreya and Jeremy's home for a cookout and swimming. We really had a great day. Here are my bathing beauties Aubrianne and Ellianne in the pool.




all of the girs got to decorate their own cookie...

I love how she is watching her cousins decorate their cookies....

We all had fun....thanks Dreya and Jeremy!!!!

May 2010 - Everything Old is New Again!

An unknown water leak behind my shower wall and under the toilet, caused the sub-floor under the bathroom and into the hall. The "lovely" pink tiles from the 50's finally had to go!!!

Aubrianne and I went to Home Depot to pick the new tile for the floor and walls - as everything had to come out! Sweet Rusty and Aubrianne helped me to get a new tub and pedestal sink (since those weren't covered by insurance) to help give the room a completely new look.

I think that my favorite thing is the crushed rock decorative border on the shower wall.

Part 2: my sad looking carpet was next to go---I asked if we could refinish the oak floor underneath the carpet instead of putting down new carpet...they said yes!

My sofa wouldn't fit in any other room, so I used it to decorate the driveway. Here is the sanded oak-what a beautiful site...

After sanding came a dark stain and the first coat of poly.

A second coat of poly and some time to dry and the floors look amazing.
My old furniture is too pitiful to put on this great floor....anyone care to donate a new living room set...my floors would be so much less embarrassed! I was just so pleased with the fantastic service I received from my State Farm team and Watermasters Reconstruction for the transformation.

May 2010

May brought warmer temps and some major storms. We were able to see dear friends from Indiana…(now Colorado). They were sweet enough to come and spend Mother’s Day afternoon with us at Jeremy and Andreya’s house. They came to Dallas to pick up an angel that the stork left them…a beautiful baby boy. They named him Mitchell.



Brannon went with the MDT graduates to NYC.



He ate New York Pizza....(and got some cool offers for auditions and a talent manager!)



Beautiful sweet Charley went to Long Beach to visit Court.



They went to Vegas to play and have fun.



Kaitlyn rocks the Bowling Alley Karaoke almost every weekend.



Elle loves to watch The Wiggles....she loves to dance and sing already!


She insisted on wearing her daddy's socks...not matching...a brave fashion choice.


My sister Gena had a house fire due to a lightening strike.

Everyone was safe and they will be living in a trailer on their farm while repairs are made for the next few months.



My awesome nephew Lewis asked his sweet Kara to marry him. They are planning to get married in the Mt. Timpanogos LDS Temple in Utah before the fall semester at BYU.

April 2010

April was a fun and busy month. General Conference, Easter, Brannon's trip to LA and his graduation from BYU.

Elle has learned to "tuller"aka color--look at her intense concentration...genius at work!

We went to Stonebridge Ranch Easter Celebration for the kids. Elle saw the Easter Bunny - she thought he was interesting and was not afraid at all. She rode the train with mom and dad. She saw goats, pigs, chicks and ducks. I don't think she will be a veternarian...she didn't want to touch the animals.

Brannon and his cousins, Alex and Lewis were able to go to SLC for General Conference....so jealous!

We celebrated Easter at Aubrianne and Rusty's house. The missionaries from church were able to join us for a yummy dinner. Of course hunting Easter eggs was included...Elle caught on quickly and was so excited to find the eggs, fill her basket and show us her bounty. (we let cousins and her buddy William have the candy out of the eggs...that took some great sneaky moves by Aunt Kate!

Kate and her FHE buddies make sure to keep WalMart interesting on Monday night. Tyla came home to celebrate her 20th birthday with her G-town friends.

The Actor's Headshot

Brannon and Court hanging out in LA

April Book Club was a choice of any novel by Jodi Picoult. I chose her newest book called House Rules. I love her work because it makes me think about the difficultly of situations and living in someone else’s shoes. House Rules was a great read about the challenge of having an autistic child and being a single mom. Her son becomes entangled in the legal system and can’t communicate well enough to help himself. It keeps you guessing until the end!