Weeds,Weeds, and more Weeds

We tilled our garden spot and planted the garden and then I got to looking around and couldnt believe all of the weeds around the outside of our garden spot and in the rock work.I probably should of gotton some weed killer to spray on them but no, I decided to pull them so I could get some exercise.What a job it has been.I worked all week and it is starting to look better after hauling out 5 big wheelbarrows full of weeds.Ill work on the front side this coming week. Thank goodness it isnt as bad as the back was. I at least got the exercise I wanted..

Our Week-end

Last week-end my niece and I went down to visit my oldest brother and sister-in-law. What a great time we had. My brother is a great story teller so we laughed and giggled quite late into the night. Another niece came over from Nephi with her new baby and stayed for a while. Her baby is absolutly adorable and we were so happy to see her. My sister-in-law is a fantastic cook so we ate alot,talked alot and just had a wonderful time. Sunday morning they took us out to breakfast.As I said my brother is a great story teller and my niece said she learned things about the family she had no idea about.She still likes us so I guess he didnt do any harm. LoL!!! I have been after him for years to write down some of the things he remembers growing up with my sister and other brother in the Hillcreak area of the Bookcliffs.Before we left he gave me a book of short stories about their times on the ranch and I was so happy. I have been reading since I got home and have laughed at some of their escapades and can just pictures the things that they did. It is something that I will treasure forever.

Moving my piano

Since I have my scrapbooking room done and moved the desk into there I decided to bring my piano up from the basement since I now have room for it. My parents bought this piano for me when I was about four years old. We had my sisters piano but when she got married she came and got it. I remember crying because it was gone, so for my birthday thats what I got and started lessons. Its been down in my basement and of course I wouldnt go down there to play. I think with a litle practice it will come back to me. My husband and I moved it ourselves. If you have never moved a piano, you dont know how heavy they are. We had to move it from one end of the basement to the other, out the garage, and in to a trailer.Then up the driveway to the back porch. Then out of the trailer, up a few stairs to the back porch and on into the house.It took us about 3 hours to do this but it was worth it. It looks so nice. I need to get it tuned and them Im going to get back to playing. I wont tell you how long its been since I played it but Im excited to get started.

Our Cute Babies

Our kittens are about 4 weeks old now and they are so cute I couldnt resist putting up some more pictures of them. They are still on the back porch but as soon as they are old enough They are getting booted outside. We bring them in every once in a while and play with them. They are so cuddly and sweet.Here are the pictures.

Finished Scrapbooking Room

We finally got my scrapbooking room finished and I love it. It was done a few weeks ago but we were waiting for a desk we had odered.Now that everything is put away, I can actually see what I have and its great. Here are some pictures.

The Rest of Our Trip

My husband is an early bird so we got up in Alburquerque and went to the Sandia Hotel and Casino for their breakfast buffet. It is one of the best we have found.Especially if you like Mexican food.After breakfast we headed toward Santa Fe.We had heard about a church with a beautiful staircase that was famous and had a great story behind it, so we wanted to see it. It is the Loretto Chapel and it was beautiful. I will tell you the story behind it. It was built in the 1800s. It had a loft for the choir but no way to get to the loft from the inside. They had carpenters come in to see if they could built a staircase but they all said no, it would take up to much room in the chapel. The sisters started praying for guidance and on the 9th day, a man showed up on a donkey with a hammer, carpenters square,a saw, and tubs to soak the wood in. This beautiful spiral staircase has no center support and is not held from the sides. When the job was done the carpenter disappeared without seeking payment. The whole chapel was beautiful. Here are a few pictures.



After we left the church we went through some of the gift shops and art galleries before leaving.
We then headed toward Bandalier National Park. We had to do alot of walking to see the cliff dwellings but it was great.I even got brave enough to climb up into one. I hate heights so about half way up I kept thinking I was crazy but I did it.


When we left there we headed toward home. We spent the night in Durango Colorado and then made it on home the next day. We had a great time and cant wait for the next trip.

Our Trip

My Husband had a weeks vacation so we decided to take a little trip. We were going to head east, but with the weather the way it has been , we decided to head south so we ended up in Las Vegas for a couple of days. One day while we were there, we went to Indian Springs, about 40 miles out of Las Vegas to see my best friend from high school. We email each other now but we went years and didnt hear from each other, and then got back in touch again. Its nice to have a friend like that. No matter how long it has been we still love each other like sisters. After a couple of days we headed east through Arizona. We went over Hoover dam but they are building a bridge over the river so they can keep people off the dam. It is quite an undertaking. We went all the way across Arizona through Kingman, Flagstaff, and ended up in Alberquerque, New Mexico where we spent the night.Here are a few pictures of the first leg of our trip. Ill blog about what we saw in New Mexico in a day or two.My husband eating his footlong hotdog from slots of fun.

These are some places we saw going across Arizona. We bought some beautiful pottery along the way.
We went by the petrified forest and this is a petrified log. They were laying everywhere.