September

I think that monthly updates will be most appropriate to get me up to date.

Accordingly: September!

Celebrating Aaron, Heather, and Trina's birthdays, Heather leaving for BYU-I, school starting (which meant an influx of teachers coming into the fabric store), and a house renovation beginning--this was quite the month! I continued to work in the Temple on the Friday morning shift, and I loved each minute of it.

A few pictures to illustrate the month :

Aunt Julie also came to visit, and she helped us with an organization project for our family photos. As we sifted through boxes and boxes, I came upon this trove. I can't believe it was 14 years ago, but we all went through a Poetry project, and helped by neighbor Annie Brockmeir (sp?) they were framed. I remember being so proud of my poems.

Summer Remains

Woa....to catch up (if that's possible) here is an end-of-summer glance:

Family Harper's Ferry Trip:

Last picture of Heather I have before she went off to school!

This was in July (I think). We saw "Liberty Smith" at Ford's Theatre, and it was absolutely fantastic. Family friend Millie joined us on Joel's first date.

Another Summer Adventure

I got to visit Jenny, Nathan and their cute family in New Jersey. I am enamored.

Hair-be-gone!

Another summer pastime: Cutting Trina's hair.

Before:

and after:

August 2011 update: Even more after:

Pancakes and Peach Jam

This morning I had Melinda and Michelle over to breakfast. We made food which, while not exactly healthy, was quite scrumptious. Pancakes with white chocolate chips and walnuts (with syrup or peach jam on top--jam courtesy of Gpa Bezzant's peaches and Jenny's instructions), an omlette with ham and cream cheese in the fold, and some orange juice and bananas.

I wasn't even hungry for lunch...which was nice because we finished the morning off by going to the Dollar Theatre in Provo after. We saw Wall-E and I loved it!

Then I cut Melinda's hair... I will have to get a picture of her and get the polls on it. Just shoulder length with some layers and front tapering... pretty much the extent of my abilities, but we had fun. She got about 2-3 inches chopped accordingly.

It's fun to see siblings. I can't wait to catch up with Jenny, Nathan, and Baby Isaac now. Hopefully tomorrow will facilitate.

The Artists I Know

Happy Day of Birth to Katy, whose birthday was yesterday. I have to say, I think that Katy is a lot of fun. Michelle and I got to spend some nice time with Aaron and Katy on the day of their move, and I relished in listening to Katy talk about some of the neat documentaries she's seen, including some about school and education. She's one of those widely-read, wide-knowledge-of the world kind of people who can carry on a great conversation with anyone I've met. I love having her in the family. Katy also brings a visual culture into our family; she studied illustration and graduated with her BFA from BYU, and she's done some great things with her work and in her spare time. Check out Katy's blog of some of her art here. One of my favorite posts she's done can be found here.

Delicious Mongolian Food!

Another artist in my family that I have been thinking about recently is my Uncle Geary. Michelle and I went to visit Carol and Geary last night and had a fantastic dinner of homemade Mongolian Barbeque. We got to pick our concoctions of ingredients and then mix our own sauce. It was so delicious. They were generous with their invitation, and we had a lot of fun with them. We made and ate food, composed the notes needed so that the Younce's could sing "Tacobel Canon"...and I can't believe it--I just found that link to it, when all night we sat at their computer plucking out the parts and putting them on a score. Well, that's irony for you. Anyways, at the Younces, Geary also showed me some of the drawings he's done. They are quite impressive, and surprisingly enough, he had done one of me based on a photo taken at their cabin in West Virginia. I wasn't expecting that one! Here's a link to some others of Geary's art on his blog. Much thanks to Carol for the maps and booklists, too--the classroom is coming up in just a few more weeks!