Pottery

Morgan is in her second year of pottery at school. She loves is and spends a lot of time with clay. Here she is making a fountain.

Jordan started the pottery merit badge at scout camp this summer. The requirement he had left was to fire a kiln. The art teacher at his school agreed to let him fire their kiln, but Jordan needed a project to put in the kiln!

Morgan gave him some of her clay and showed him how to make a pinch pot.

Jordan's pinch pot is of a dragon coming out of an egg (not batman!)

With the extra clay Jordan made a music note paperweight. Good job Jordan. (These pictures were taken before the clay was fired in the kiln. Hopefully more pictures to come.)

Pictures of the sky

After all the rain storms, Morgan and I took some pictures of the sky. The first picture was taken in the backyard, looking towards the vacant lot that is next to us. The last two pictures were taken from the street, both on the same day, just opposite directions. We were glad to see sunshine!

We've had plenty of Rain!

In Sept. the kids were so excited about all the rain we were having. Our end of the street flooded! So they went out to play. Even the bridge that we use to cross over the normal "mote" that we get from a rain storm was floating on the water. The picture where the kids are standing in a line, they are standing at the lowest point of the driveway; Jordan, Samantha, Raeleigh and Stuart. The last picture was taken about 30 hours after the first, notice how much water there still is! (I took these pictures from my second story bedroom window.)

Donating Blood

One of the young men in our ward did a clothing and blood drive for his eagle scout project. Most of the kids went through their clothes and found something to donate. Morgan and Patrick also donated blood. It was Morgan's first experience and she was pleased with herself!

Stuart's Stool

We have some really great Cub Scout leaders in our ward. Bro. Durgin who was recently released helped the boys make these stools. Bro. Durgin cut out all the pieces and then helped the boys put them together. Stuart was so excited when he came home this evening. Pleased with what he had made! Good job Stuart.

Labor Day

I am becoming more like my Mom the older I get. She always made us work on Labor Day. Well this year I did the same. Housework and Yardwork. When we finally finished we went to a park for dinner. Morgan sat at the picnic table the whole time, because she was so tired. The other kids played on the play ground. Samantha also brought her rip-stick that Jordan is riding in one of the pictures. Patrick spent the day mowing and G&G Smith's, so he missed out on our picnic. Of course Craig was at the grill cooking dinner. He was really worn out after doing yardwork all day and then cooking over a hot grill.

1st time mowing the lawn!

Stuart is always (okay, almost always) willing to help. He has wanted to mow the lawn for a long time, but his parents were nervous about it. But last month we decided to let him try it.




Of course Stuart wanted to do the hard part around the trailer, where there are a lot of turns!







He did a great job. Craig was close by (weed wacking) watching to be sure that Stuart was safe.