Busy Summer

Iona & Ponto 1910

Ethel & Wellington Berge1906

I've been busy with temple ready & made Brian a family history widow..........502 names and counting......

It's said that this civil war sailor is so drunk he's propped up for the pic
1865  Charles Newman

I had a happy birthday

been busy with YW activities & company parties  aka 'crackin' do's

I got to go to a superhero birthday party and play with these cute boys

Then I had girls camp in my back yard and took them on a hike to this awesome ice cream shop......since 1833 :)
And go horse riding......English style

Marcie & I had a great time.......but I kept wondering where my saddle horn was......but the instructor said I did fantastic for my first time

 We took a trip to Gainsborough to tour the centuries old.....Old Hall.  King Henry himself stopped here on his way to York and ate in the great hall and from this kitchen.....it was amazing....built in the 1400's

and while I was so busy so was my garden.....it exploded !!!!!

....how does your garden grow?

 Well you know the horse down the road.....Fertie.......
Ferti Lizer, Me nu er......ha ha ha

broccoli, beans, tomato, cucumber, carrots, courgette aka zuchinni

Cauliflower, aubergine (eggplant), peppers, spinach, lettuce & parsley

My chives have bloomed and basil & cilantro ate doing well

I'm hoping the mint will go to town this time, I
love mint chicken

this year I have a zillion strawberries :)

Just look at him.......

A little early, but in honor of Father's Day.........

I'm guesstimating the date around March/April 1979 definitely 1979. He was NCO of the Apr-Jun quarter. So Brian was 21 yrs and Dustin was about 10 months old and Mandy was in the oven 3mos :)  That's how old you guys are and that's how young your parents were....

Brian was a firefighter in the Air Force for 4 yrs. Normally he worked 3 days on 4 days off shifts.  But after Dustin was born he put in a request to work at the 'tech services' shop where they serviced all the fire extinguishers & alarms on the base. It was an 8-4 job, so he could be home more.  After his boss, (a higher ranking, older man), got transferred no one was brought in to replace him so Daddy took over and when the big boss (Capt or Major) found him working the shop on his own, a lowly staff sargent, he was quite impressed and so.......I think that's how he got NCO of the quarter....and they begged him to stay when he was leaving to finish his college at BYU.

Anyway just a little family history that shows why I married this extraordinary guy.  Hard working, organized and just all around impressive.......just look at him :)

OOh LA LA Paris

Paris in gay Pari'

She brought her Ma & Pa too

It was super awesome at night

Nana & PopPop took her to Versailles gardens and........

checked out the palace too......

They have awesome backyards

Arch de Triumph

we checked out Notre Dame but Quazimoto wasn't home :(

Paris in London?

Paris had a proper good time in London                                                                                                 

she rode a double decker bus over Tower Bridge

Had a great view of the whole place from the London Eye

wasn't impressed with the Tower guard

climbed so many spiral staircases thru so many castles

Made friends with the queens royal guard

tried to get the Queen to let me in her palace

heard Big Ben say it was time for lunch

Hung out with her grandkids instead

I thought I saw a puddy tat in Trafalgar square                

so we ate with Sherlock, elementary my dear

It was an exhausting day and Pop Pop was lost...

Where does the East meet the West?

You guessed it, right here at the beach in Cleethorpes England

   

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So even tho we're only 143 miles north of London we are 4,416 miles from Green Bay, 4,909 miles from Lake Charles, 5195 from Denver, 5606 from Provo and 6,238 miles from my Mommy :(

He's so awesome that he can be in 2 places at once......lol

The Bedazzling Princess Jasmine

Some of you have heard that I get to 'work' for a friend in her costume shop......yes I'm the bedazzler of ballet shoes, button coverer, and bow maker :)  I even learned what 'poppers' are  aka snaps.  

Believe it or not this is our Bishop........owns the shop

Paula & Trish the seamstresses. Trish speaks with such a heavy Scottish  accent that I can barely understand the bonne lass.

They do amazing work and I was so excited when I attended the dance festival and saw some of the costumes I had helped make, wish I had taken pictures of the pretty dresses.
 

My work station and my co-workers, owner Beccy
& her mom Joan