Babu and Shosho: June 2011

8 New Posts!! Time for Gardening

One of my favorite things to do in the spring is to get some color into my yard. I love planting some annual flowers in barrels and hanging baskets around the house. When it looks like this, I wonder if I have the energy!

Beth and Brenan gave me this white cart for my birthday, so I had fun planting some herbs into little pots to go on it. They smell so good as I enter or exit my front door! I've had the other cart for a few years now.

This crab apple tree has never bloomed like this before! It is so extra-ordinarily beautiful, especially from my bedroom window! You can see one of our newest trees in the foreground. It's a flowering crab as well, but it will be reddish/pink. I can't wait until it is bigger and full of blossoms!

Don has been working on preparing this patch of lawn for some sod, as it was dug up when we had to run power line into the house after a 3 day power failure in the spring of 2010. He also replaced the railroad ties on the flower beds.

This is my perennial flower bed, and it is growing so nicely with all our rain. It will be gorgeous in a couple of weeks.

A shot of our new south deck with the stairs moved from the east to the south.

My birthday herb cart up close!

Las Vegas in June!

It was a rare event that my friend and colleague, Cheryl, and I got to attend an educational conference down in Las Vegas during the first week of June. We stayed at Ceasar's Palace and had an interesting time. We were usually turned around, or lost, in that huge hotel. The conference was held there, so that helped!

We enjoyed walking the strip at night and seeing the other amazing hotels.

The Bellagio and Venician were my favorites.

I couldn't believe these tall roses were real, and were changed each morning at 5 am.

The pools were incredible and I loved sitting in them, just soaking up the late afternoon sun!

The streets of Venice. The gondola was awesome too!

The fountains and water show were all we could afford this trip. What fun to see them each night.

Cheryl amused us with her first city bus ride. She held on as we made our way over to the outlet mall.

What amazing creations, and what money!!!!! It was a fun and educational 4 days.

Evalyn's Blessing Day

Sunday, May 22, the day after McKay turned two. Don and I loved being able to attend the blessing of little Evalyn Elizabeth down in Utah. Here she is talking to her 'Babu', and he's loving it.

Beth preparing to dress Evalyn in her first white dress!

Evalyn, all dressed and ready to head to church. Her mom even crocheted her little shoes and made her little headband. What a doll!

Beautiful Beth and Evalyn. What a pair.

The Klains, a family of four now. Sorry, this picture is out of order, as it was taken after church.

Babu and Shosho with their other sweetheart grand daughters from Colorado! Addy and Mckenzie were so adorable and fun to be around.

The Hall family of four. It was so awesome to have them join us for the weekend!

Addy after church, in all her cuteness.

The Klains

Lovely Mom and babe.

Grayden, Alan, Patti, Kam, Mallorie, Cannon, Beth, Evalyn, McKay, Brenan, Addy, Mckenzie, Tyler, Juliana, Don, Sheila, Dillon, Megan ~ We were all there to support and celebrate this sweet little girl, Evalyn Elizabeth!

Uncle Do and his three nieces: Mckenzie, Evalyn, and Addy.

Shosho and Evie. What a sweet weekend it was!

Happy Second Birthday, McKay!

Don and I traveled down to Provo to celebrate McKay's 2nd birthday since it was Victoria Day weekend, and the Klains were also blessing little Evalyn. We arrived just in time for a wonderful birthday lunch, followed by these cute little basketball cupcakes. McKay loved all the attention he got all day long.