September happenings....

Dad & I were asked to man a booth at the Apache County Fair. Zola Whiting and Kay Hauser spent many hours re-typing an out of date book called "Lest Ye Forget" because its been out of print since 1980 and many people were asking how to get a copy of it.  Melvin Crosby had many stories the he submitted to the book, so we felt privileged to spend our time at the fair selling the new book. 

 LaVerl mostly manned the booth. Lisa & Lilly came to the fair too, so I spent my time watching Lilly enjoy her first experience on all the rides at the fair. 

 We ate fair food, walked around all the exhibits, visited with people we never see, and had a great time. Lilly's favorite was seeing all the animals- the ducks and chickens, the goats and sheep and all the cows...or it could've been  eating homemade ice cream!

 So Lisa's house is being remolded, which is taking much longer than she was told. She spent a week with us with Lilly, so fun to get to know this darling little girl.  

 While she was home she invited a few of her high school friends over for breakfast. Ashley Nicoll, Heidi Clonts, Sterling Wiltbank and Rylee Davis came with there kiddos that weren't in school. 

 Also while Lisa was here, the Peters family came to Eagar. Ryne had his little niece, Kinsey Crick getting baptized and his sister wanted him there. We were so excited to get to see little Adlee again, babies change so fast. 

 She is smiling now and keeps getting more precious!

 ...and these two older brothers are pretty crazy about her!

 To make the long 9 1/2 hour trip more enjoyable with 3 little kids, they rented a van, plus they stayed in Bluff on the way at a really nice house they found online, like a B & B. They had it all to themselves and it worked out great. 

 Then Bret needed me to watch his kids a couple of days while he was out of town working and Becki had a 'sister and Mom' activity planned in Portland, OR. and Lisa needed to get back to her house to check on things, so we were off to Queen Creek. 

 Ivory got a hold of my phone and took a bunch of pictures.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw this picture of me on my phone!! 

And their cat Fritz is so funny, I would find him in the weirdest places!

When I went back to Eagar on Friday, I took Lilly with me. I had her for a week, she even started calling me and LaVerl, 'mommy & daddy'.  This girl can eat two apples a day!!

She helped me put up all my Halloween decorations. She loved to play with the cat, the witch and the pumpkin, all at the same time.

We had a great rainstorm that turned into hail!

Lilly helping Gpa install the new dishwasher!