Larry's...

Some pictures of the original interior...after we cleaned it out...

Front bedroom.  There was carpet in here.  It was gross.

Living Room.  Originally built in 1936.  Fireplace section of the room was added later.

Bathroom.  Accessed by the door that was 5 foot 6 inches high.

Fine for me, not so good for most everyone else.  Including Rick.

Kitchen.

More Kitchen.

Then the demo begins...

Back Porch area.  The breaker box was once where the 2x4 is now.  

Breaker box has now been relocated to the basement.

cabinets and appliances removed.

Front bed room.  The drywall has to come down...

Front bedroom after more cleaning.

Living Room, looking into kitchen.

Next up...removing the ceiling.  Lots of fun.  Still smells bad.

We'll take down ALL of the drywall/plaster stuff.  

Including the ceiling and the insulation.

To make sure everything is sound and replace ALL drywall and insulation so that it will be efficient, pretty, and lovely smelling.

purple houndstooth

I'm pretty sure that this is my favorite quilt that I have ever made.

Summer helped me choose the color--it had to be purple.

 Because Shelby's favorite color is purple.

Shelby has been a part of our family for the past year.

And she took care of our dog and wouldn't let me pay her.

So we made her a quilt for her birthday.

And so she would always remember how much we love her.

13 on Friday the 13th

 Sierra turned 13 on Friday the 13th.

There was a lot going on that weekend.

On Friday, Sierra had an after school dance.  Homecoming Footballs game.

Saturday was the Homecoming dance.

And on Sunday we celebrated by having the whole fam damily over for food and fun.

Thanks for coming EVERYONE.  

especially with such short notice.

It was great to see everyone and to sit in the shade and visit for a while.

Sierra celebrated a whole month of sugar-free, dairy-free, grain-free eating

with a very special homemade chocolate cake.  YUM!

And Huckleberry Ice Cream--Sierra's favorite.

Just as the evening was winding down...we looked up to the deck to see the kids with their mouths taped shut.

Seriously?  who came up with that?  and why didn't we think of it sooner?

Happy 13th Birthday to You, Sierra!  Hope it's a lucky year for you!

3 recent shows

The girls have played a few shows recently.

the first show was at Velour in Provo the night before school started.

They opened the show for Kira Stone. And then Maddy Wilson played.

Here they are with Maddy Wilson who is very, very country.

 It was a really fun night at Velour with a evening full of beautiful female performers.

Then they were invited to play at the ESPN VIP Tent for the University of Utah football game against Utah State.

Here they are setting up.  It was 97 degrees at 4 pm.

There was a problem with the generator that they had there so we had to come up with a plan B.

We were able to run some extension cords from a power source along the building.

Here they are playing, finally.  Poor Trevor was in the sun the entire time.

We felt a little out of place among so many red shirts.

Not really the ideal stage situation.

Rick looks like a bouncer in this shot.

It seemed like a bomb of a performance.

there were a few highlights.

We got to eat.  Including unlimited fat boys for Cole.

And, someone in the audience wanted to book them (paying) for 3 more shows in Salt Lake.

On the Monday evening of Homecoming Week, they have a celebration at the MMHS.

The first band to play was the band that Summer was originally in last year before she and Trevor broke off to play with Sierra.  Alexandra & McKenna told me that they were pretty good except they couldn't sing.  (kinda important for a band)

It was fun.  They drew quite a crowd.  

Covering an Ingrid Michaelson tune.

Love to watch Sierra.  She is getting to be quite comfortable on stage. (which happened to be our long trailer that the school borrows each year to use as a stage.  I guess if they keep "borrowing" our stage, the girls will keep continuing to perform)

This little guy in the orange shirt was working the stage right along with Trevor the entire time.

And bless Trevor's heart, he didn't miss a beat.  He talked to him and ignored him and whatever it took to make the show go on.  oh, and Trevor happened to know the kid.

There was a slim chance for the SASH to open for the Blue Aces show last night at BYU.

Unfortunately we weren't able to put that together soon enough and it didn't happen.

Maybe next time.  But, still exciting to think that the opportunity was there.

Update on this guy...

Labor Day at Lanny's house

August 2013 in Scofield

MMHS Homecoming Extravaganza

Sierra's birthday party with the family

Man, this kid has a hard time with change.  I mean, a really hard time.
I was seriously afraid that he was going to get kicked out of school.
Rick went to the school, talked to the principal, talked with the teachers, talked with the counselor.
I have spent my mornings (and afternoons) visiting the school, checking up on the little guy.
We have spent hours reading, working on homework, and the piano...oh the piano.
But, I am happy to report that Cole is still in school.  He is doing better in his classes.  There is still room for improvement.  He is still going to the counselor.  And piano is still a struggle--sometimes.
He is happier, more cooperative, and is overall a much better kid than he was a month ago.
I don't know what the deal is with the beginning of the school year, but I am already dreading August 2014.
Thanks for your support and prayers for this little guy.  It means a lot to us and obviously is a big help to him.

Cole has been so funny recently about aliens.  He overheard us talking about Area 57 a few days ago.
Then he saw some Youtube videos at the neighbors house about ghosts.  He was afraid of his own shadow.
So, he came up to my bed the other night and said, "Mom, are ghosts real?"
We had a little talk about ghosts and then I asked him if he was OK and if there was anything else he wanted to talk about.
He said, "yah, what ARE buffalo wings?"

MMHS Homecoming

Homecoming with Kelly Jones.

a little help with the boutineer. 

Summer's vintage dress.  Let's just say that the shoes cost more than the dress.

She did her own hair.  She paid for her nails to be done.

She wore my earrings.  And we made the boutineer. 

(Sure beats the $500 dresses that she looked at last summer.)

#shouldhavemovedthepot

hehe...funny story.

Kelly came over on Sunday afternoon for our family party for Sierra's birthday.

Summer and Brandi were talking about Kelly a little bit later.

Brandi said that Kelly looked like an Ambercrombie model.

Summer asked if that was good and BK said, "Well, they're not ugly."

So, Summer went to school and told Kelly that BK thought he looked like an Ambercrombie model.

Kelly said, "that's cool.  What's Ambercrombie?"