A TRUE VACATION!!!

Last week Michael and I had a true vacation. It was just the perfect get-a-way. No kids. Girls were at the Blairs and James was in Alabama visiting friends.
Our time together was just so precious and so fun. Now it is Monday and it is back to work---darn!!! We went down to Manti to the Temple and just had such a fabulous experience there. The workers in the temple just make you feel so special and loved because you are there. It is such a beautiful temple, it holds a very special place in our hearts--that's where we were married 21 years ago. We stayed at a little bed and breakfast called the Manti House Inn. We were the only ones there that night and so we had the place to ourselves. Breakfast was intimate--since it was just the two of us and it was so delicious. Then we journeyed to Fish Lake, Capitol Reef, and we stayed at a little place in Loa, Utah called The Snuggle Inn. It was a pretty nice place but not as quiet as our previous nights stay. We took a hike through Capitol Reef and it was so blazing hot, I thought that we were going to melt and no one would ever find us up on the rocks. We drove back home on Friday and we just talked and laughed, remembering days of years gone by. It was really hard coming home-- back to kids, work, camp, and just regular life stuff that takes all your energy and time. It was a fabulous week and I am so thankful for the wonderful husband that I have. Thanks for 21 wonderful years of marriage. You will forever by my best friend and eternal companion. Love you Michael!!! Let's go again soon!!!

HIS 43rd BIRTHDAY IS TODAY!!!

Just wanted to wish my wonderful husband a Happy Birthday today. He is so good to me and our children. I am so thankful to have him as my eternal companion. We have been married 21 years now and I look so forward to the next 100 years and eternity with him. I love you Michael Blair. I can't wait to have you to myself this week. We are going to have a great time-- just you and me!!!!

ONE ROCK AT A TIME

Owning a home means that you always have projects to do either in your home or in the yard. We decided that to save money, we would clear off the area on the side of our house and put in gravel--cement was just too costly for us right now.
With the help of James, Kae Lee, and our next door neighbor, we moved 12 TONS of gravel. Wow--what a project that was. It took us all day long but it looks really good and James has a place to park his car now. When they delivered the rocks, I didn't think it looked like very much, but when we started moving it, it was too much to handle in one day. But we did it all---one rock at a time.