June's Baptism & Other Highlights

On July 31, Steve and I may a quick drive to SL to participate in the Realtor Day at the Parade of Homes event.  They provide a "free" brunch and a preview of some of the homes in the show.  Since I'm trying to get my money's worth out of my $900 yearly dues, we decided to attend the free brunch and preview.  It was nice to see a few homes and enjoy the brunch.  I still know a few realtors but considering that there are about 950+ members of the SL Board now, the attendance was comparably low.  It rained that afternoon as we returned home.  But the next morning Steve was out early picking apricots and apples.

He assisted as we prepared quite a few jars of low sugar apricot jam.  A couple of days later, we made applesauce.

Saturday was definitely the highlight of our week as we drove to Nephi to observe June's baptism.  It was Brusch's turn to host so it was held in the Jamie's stake center.  Jamie is Jen's sister.

It was very nice and June was so cute and so excited!  Congratulations, June!

Afterwards, we gathered at Jamie's home for a nice lunch.  Hilary, Adam, Jameson and AJ also attended and joined with members of the Brusch family and some friends of Jen and Taylor's who are in the process of moving from Shanghai to Australia.

Back home on Saturday afternoon, I took a photo of this beautiful red and yellow canna blooming in our back yard.  We love beautiful flowers!!!

We took it pretty easy with dinner on Sunday and served hamburgers, turkey burgers and corn dogs.  Good thing we had some broccoli salad for some nutrition.

Tuesday morning Steve had his first appointment with Dr. Carlson, an orthopedic specialist in CV.  It really expedited things that we had brought his x-rays taken a few weeks before in SL. He recommended that Steve have a shot in his hip joint.  They set it up for 8:10 the next morning.  In the mean time we drove to SL to fix Lois' screen door and have supper with Tanner.  The next morning at 4:30, we drove him to the airport to join a group for a college tour in Europe and were back in CV in time for the shot.  Before we got home from that, his office called and scheduled an MRI for 5:30 that afternoon.

Steve was waiting in the hospital for the MRI.  Because of his claustrophobia, the Dr. gave him some Xanax.  We found out that it isn't necessary to take two of them.  Steve got extremely loopy and it took several days to completely wear off.  First he was silly and giggly, then was groggy and sleepy, and then he got depressed.  We learned some valuable lessons from this experience.

Of course, it was necessary to get his mother, June's, prescribed chocolate milkshake after the procedure.  A chocolate shake makes everything better!

On Friday afternoon, we drove to Blackfoot to attend LaVerne Marcum's viewing.  His friendship with the Kerr family goes back 70+ years.  He passed away this week at age 97.   We arrived in town early so we could visit with Steve's sister, Kathy.  She showed us some of the quilts she had recently made.  We thought they were beautiful.  They were just as nice as quilts we saw with blue ribbons in the CV fair.

Kathy is very talented.  She can sew, cook and grow the most gorgeous flowers.  She shared some cucumbers from her garden with us too.

Then we met Aaron and Heather's family at the viewing.  It was nice to see Bob and Janene too.  It was the first time we have connected since they came home from their mission in May.  When we walked into the mortuary, they were playing a slide show on a screen at the back of the room.  I looked up and saw a picture of my mother, Aloha, on the screen.  Ruth, LaVerne's deceased wife had given them to Heather a few years ago.  She sent them to me.  What a treat to get those treasured photos.

Saturday morning, we drove over to the local farmer's market for this first time this year.  I know I took a photo of Steve there, but somehow it got deleted.  I am glad this beautiful photo I grabbed of the Logan Temple up the street was spared.  I love this temple!

After we checked out the market, we drove over and strolled through the CV County Fair.  They have really "upped the program" this year.  This food concession must come with the carnival rides, because we have see similar concessions all over including the San Antonio Stock Show.

We heard them auctioning the sheep from the FFA and 4-H kids.  One went for a whopping $900.  Impressive!  This must be a new trend as this steer was covered in glitter.  Sparkly indeed.

We stopped by the Century Equipment booth and looked at the "Built in America" Case Equipment.

I asked a lady if I could take a photo of her curly fried potatoes.  They reminded me of fried potatoes we saw at the BBQ events in Missouri.  We decided not to purchase any food at the fair but went home and tried to eat something more healthy.  It was sure fun to look though.

I removed all the décor items off from the top of my cupboards.  Styles have changed.  Time for us to simplify.  We hope someone still likes this stuff because it will go to Steve and Greg Kerr's garage sale this next weekend.

I snapped this photo of Steve and AJ walking into church this morning.  AJ was intrigued by the dog that was following them.

After church, our ward hosted a Popsicle Social in the pavilion next door.  The kids were thrilled and there was such an abundance that they got seconds, and/or thirds.  It provided a good opportunity for visiting longer after our meetings.

We love these cute grandkids and enjoy having them over for dinner on Sundays.  Of course, dinner was served later today because everyone was full of ice cream bars.  There weren't any complaints!