~LIFE...IS SO GOOD~

I got to St. George the other night just in time for this.

People and their dogs and families, all gathered together...

Eating, laughing, prizes being given away...

It was the weekly "movie at the park!"

Me and my 2 little dogs settled down to watch....

The newest "Narnia" movie. It was so much fun to sit there
with a warm soft breeze, smelling flowers in the air, and
enjoying an outdoor movie at the park!

The big D light up on the mountainside...D is for Dixie.
That is what St. George was called in the early days, because
it was warm there and the pioneers could grow cotton.

I always enjoy my days in St. George, one of my favorite
things to do is go shopping at the Desert Industries. It's
a big thrift store and they have many of them. Prices are
awesome too, I just bought the cutest entry table for only
$30.00 I'll show you a picture of it next post.

I went to a patriotic concert at the old tabernacle, it was
so good! This choir is called..Heritage Choir..when we get
fully moved there, I would love to sing with them.

They honored a couple of veterans this night, the younger
man here is headed out for his 6Th time, it was very special.

O, America you're calling, I can hear you calling me;
You are calling me to be true to thee, True to thee...I will be.

O, America I hear you, From your prairies to the sea,
From your mountains grand, and all through this land,
You are beautiful to me.

And...O, America you're calling, I can hear you calling me;
You are calling me to be true to thee, True to thee...I will be.

O, America you're calling....I will ever answer thee.

Everyone coming out of the Tabernacle after
the concert. I can't even begin to tell you how
wonderful it was...chills and tears all the way through!

I have to always go to the temple when I am in St. George.
Just stepping onto the grounds brings instant peace.

I so enjoy the flowers there...

They are beyond beautiful.

Our little Sophia came for a visit, I got to
tend her for a bit, never long enough for me,
but we sure had fun!

She brings such JOY to my heart! I don't know
what anyone would do without grands!

It was about 100 degrees, so we ate lots of these!

The little birds love to eat at my feeder...

That makes me happy. I could watch them all day!

I got to go on a picnic with Ella...

And this sweet little baby Claire...

She is such a good baby! So fun to play with
and always so sweet.

Ella and Caleb showing me their tricks!

Claire likes the little mouse I brought her I think!

This is "Sprinkles"...she belongs to Caleb, Ella and Claire.
She is a sweetie too, such cute eyes!

And then Caleb wanted me to take a picture of his eyes too!

What an imagination Caleb has...He and I had
so much fun telling each other stories! I told him
one about some trolls, after I got done he said; "that's
a good one grandma!" And then he would tell me one
kind of like mine but WAY longer! He glued it together
with..."then guess what happened?!" And then he would
go on and on! I loved every moment of his stories too.

Want some of this? It is SO easy and SO good!

"VERY BERRY COBBLER"


Spray a 9x13 pan with Pam
Pre-heat oven to 350*

Lay 2 (12-16 oz.) bags of frozen mixed berries in pan.
Sprinkle 1 box of white or yellow cake mix (no pudding)
Pour 1 cup or (12 oz. diet 7-up or clear soda over cake mix.
Don't stir. Bake for 55-60 minutes (Last 15 min. sprinkle a
handful of chopped pecans and a handful of white chocolate
chips over the top) Take out and serve hot with vanilla ice cream
or cool a bit and serve with whipped cream on top!
*****

I couldn't remember if I had shared this. This our daughter
Tiffany and her husband at the policeman's ball.

Our grand daughter Megan has always looked
like this...so cute! Now she looks like this...

She went from a little girl to a young lady! So pretty!

Our grands Hannah and her brother Gavin.

This is Sophia at story time at their local library. Such cute
little lambs!

Our son in law Isaac is the T-Ball coach for
his little boy Caleb's team...so sweet!

And our other little grandson Brody...with his T-Ball team.
Brody is on your left on top with his cute head cocked sideways.


YES...

IT CERTAINLY IS.

I hope your summer is flowing along nicely too.
Life is good for sure because God is so good to us!

If you don't see hide nor hair of me
for a bit, you know where I am! ;)

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WITH ALL MY LOVE TO ALL

FIRE ON BOULDER MOUNTAIN....

It started out small, with good intentions for a controlled
burn and it did just that for a couple of days...

Then the wind came up really strong and by night time it
looked like Hell itself.

The wind was so strong, a perfect recipe for a beautiful
mountain burned.

This is what I could see out my front windows...
it looked like it was coming right over the mountain!

In the little town of Teasdale right next to us it raged right
behind the homes there. This is the most scary fire I have
ever seen here in our county.

This is our place with our horse barn and horse trailer...
I was starting to panic a bit, but the wind took the fire
the other way.

This is right out front of our home, and this was
no cloud, it's all smoke from the fire.

I got in our truck and drove south to see what was

going on with this big fire and just around the bend
I ran into this....

A valley filled with almost solid smoke!

The fire was really raging across the mountains...

I am sure that many of the home owners here were

truly afraid of what this fire was going to do.

The smoke burnt my throat it was was so thick.

Everywhere I looked, it was covered in smoke...
by the time I got home, even my cloths smelled of smoke.

I have never seen a fire like this, the sky was
no more... just smoke!

The big red cliffs just down from our home were
covered in smoke too.

This was one HUGE fire and so, so scary!

It seemed that the whole valley was on fire.

A cop...

and an ambulance went flying by me.

I have never seen such gigantic clouds
of smoke before.

Even the sun seemed to have gone crazy at this moment.

It shined through the smoke in such an eery
way and every car or truck that passed by me
carried this bright orange image of the sun on
it's windows.

The mountain 4 miles south west of Teasdale
was one giant mountain of smoke.

This was the fire right across from our home, the cloud
of smoke was more yellow and brown and wild than my
camera could even capture.

This fire burnt over 2,355 acres of steep, hard to
fight mountain. A few of the homes or cabin on the
mountain were evacuated.

The fire is still burning today, the winds have
have calmed down compared to yesterday.
Lots of reinforcements are here to put it out,
I hope they can! The wind is going to pick up
over the next two days, not good!

The setting sun out my window last night...
so eery in the glow of the fire still raging.


PS...Just found out this morning....this fire was
started on purpose by an arson in 7 places!!!

(That is 1 teaspoon of Vanilla)

You might want to make this...
a great energy bar. Something
these great firefighters might need
a lot of!


WITH ALL MY LOVE