Painted Quilt

 I decided to make use of some fabric paints I had been given. I took a piece of fabric to the longarm and quilted it to death. Then I sat down and colored in all the parts. 

I was surprised by the amount of time this took. It's a small piece and still took hours and hours of coloring.

Katie helped me too when she was home for a while.

Extra Firewood

 We had such an excess of firewood that we decided to sell a cord or two. Luckily, we have a log splitter that attaches to the tractor. The kids wanted to earn some summer money and they were quite successful.

New Golf!

I have entered a new realm. It's the TDI world! Now Paul and I have almost-matching diesels. Of course, he has 340,000 miles and I only have 150,000, but I'm not comparing. It's a sporty little thing that gets 52 mpg which is good for my wanderings.

Frazier turns 16!

Frazier is now officially 16 years old. This means dating and driving are now options. Calvin gave Frazier this cool shirt that says, "Shut Up, Fool!" I don't know if that will be helpful.

Marnie's Ballet Recital

We raced back from San Diego, flung Katie out the door in Provo, and arrived home in time for Marnie's ballet recital. She danced to Stray Cat Strut with gusto.

Then she was a little ballerina in Rain, Rain, Go Away. Ballet has been a great class for her and she will be continuing in the fall.

Disneyland in a Day

After planning for 3 months, we hit Disneyland for one thrilling day. I used RideMax to optimize our ride schedule, which resulted in 28 rides in 14.5 hours. We rode until we didn't want to ride anymore. The Dole Whips were delicious and the weather, perfect. Because of the Give a Day promotion, we did it on the cheap. We had 6 free tickets!

Space Mountain for the third time makes Howard crazy! But we'd all be screaming in a few minutes. It was almost everyone's favorite ride of the day.

Paul is worried that Jack is going to spin him into infinity! And beyond! We all tried our best to pass out from the spinning.

The Haunted Mansion doesn't seem to be frightening the kids much. It was still early in the morning so we walked right in. That meant we missed the line that wanders through the graveyard. We didn't stand in many lines.

Back to the Board

There is no place I'd rather be than out there on a boogie board. On the last day of our vacation, we looked out the hotel window to completely flat water. I felt sorry for those who were coming to surf. We were packing up to leave.