The craft bug bit us in St. George!

A week ago today (Thursday), Ashley took the Shuttle up from St. George. She got to SLC around 1 p.m. I took a break from work and went down to pick her up by the Conference Center. She took me back to work, then went to run a couple of errands. She came up to go to the UofU vs. TCU game that afternoon with us and stayed til' Sunday. We kept pretty busy while she was here. Her friend Lisa just had her second baby girl so Ash and I went shopping for fleece to make a fringed baby blanket for her. We brought some lunch over to Mom's on Saturday to not only visit with her but to put the blanket together. It was so cute! The material was a pink and black plaid with a bright pink backing. Mom helped Ashley with it while I went and picked Diana up. When I got back to Mom's we three helped finish it up together. It turned out really cute. Sunday morning Dave and I left and took Ashley back to St. George. We stayed down there til' Tuesday early afternoon which was also her birthday. We got bit so hard by the craft bug again that we went to a scrapbook store not to buy anything, but to get some cute ideas for neighbor's Christmas gifts. We ended up picking out 2 kits to make Thanksgiving decorations. We did that on Monday night while Dave was watching Monday Night Football and Joey was working. We had so much fun making our projects together and were pretty pleased with the finished products. In fact Tuesday morning we decided to go back to the same store picked another kit up for the both uf us. She did her second one Wednesday,....I guess I'll do my second one this weekend. Here are some pictures. I'm not going to put them all on however. As much fun as I was having with Ashley and taking pictures of each step of the project, I looked way haggered in some of them. Anyway,.....enjoy! By the way, after leaving the scrapbook store on Tuesday (we had been to Walmart in Bloomington because we wanted to see Joey in action at his new job as a Pharmacy Tech) we headed over to Washington specifically to get an "In And Out" Burger for lunch. But what I was going to say is we turned on to Bluff Avenue near the Kmart store and guess who we saw walking hand in hand down the sidewalk? Kris and Terry (my cousin and her hubby for those of you that don't know them)! They got back from their mission in Africa not too long ago and are living in Hurricane. Didn't want to honk and scare them but I did wave to them as we drove by.

Utah Utes are GREAT!

What a great game to be at last night! It was a "keep you on the edge of your seat" type of game. TCU was ahead most of the game with a score of 10 to 6 until the last 47 seconds of the game. Utah beat TCU 13 to 10. WOW!!!! There was so much enthusiasm and the fans were going crazy! It was truly awesome to be there. We had fun, and my throat is now raspy from all the yelling I did. The U of U football team stands at 10 and 0. They play San Diego there next weekend, then it is BYU coming to the UofU the following week, I believe. Better explain why going to these games are so important. Dave graduated from the UofU in 1972 along with ROTC. He originally went down on a football scholarship from Davis High, but because he was doing the ROTC thing also, he was told he needed to do one or the other. He decided on the "other" and gave up the scholarship. Anyway, he is a loyal fan which in turn makes me one also. The Utes were sporting their new black uniforms with a little red and white. They asked the fans to wear all black. I would say 90% of them did. It looked really different looking out over the stadium. We thought we would be freezing our behinds off but it was really quite comfortable with a couple of layers on. Ashley is up from St. George and our friend Wally came down from Wyoming for the game. GO UTES!

Now This Is Scarry ! !

BOO ! ! ! !

OK,....I thot' I would post a picture taken at work on Friday, Halloween 2008. This cute (well, maybe not so cute) big rag doll is me as "Raggedy Ann". My co-worker Sunnee is in West Virginia right now on vacation but if she had been here I would like to think she would have dressed as "Raggedy Andy". Over the years while working at the VA, we dress up for Halloween so Sunnee and I have always tried to do our costume themes alike. One year we were big Pumpkins together. We got those orange leaf bags that had pumpkin faces on them, with hats that looked like a leaf and stem of a pumpkin. We started to stuff our bags with dried leaves to make us look bigger around, however they were falling out as quickly as they were being stuffed in. We won the best costume prize that year. Another time we dressed up, her being the nurse with scrubs,stethoscope and first aid kit and me with a band aid around my bloody head with pj's (as the patient), a crutch and a splint boot on my leg. The reason for that one? Well, a day or two before Halloween, another co-worker, Garry was getting in his car the same time Sunnee and I was going to mine. She went around in front of his car, and because I was parked right next to him, I was going behind his. Well,....he started backing up without looking to see if it was safe to do so and almost got me. Hence, the costumes. Another year we were "Yin and Yang". She was the white part of the circle, I was the black side. Another fun year was when we were "Ebony and Ivory". We were dressed as piano keys that actually fit together when standing next to each other, I being Ebony and her being Ivory. You need to know Sunnee to appreciate the way we dressed. It has always been fun for us. We may have won more than one costume contest over the years, but I can't remember any more which ones specifically. Two years ago, the whole office had a theme of being pirates, or something to do with them. I paid a good amount of money for my costume but it was well worth the fun. Last year the theme was the "Blues Brother's". I wore my pinstriped suit, had dark glasses & hat and won the best costume of the women. What fun!