Haleigh visits BYU-Provo and BYU-Idaho

 Haleigh has begun the college

application process.

She, and her friend Morgan,

paid a visit to both BYU-Provo

and BYU-Idaho to check out 

the campuses.

My Dad picked her up at the airport

and took her to my sister Amy's house.

She had a DELIGHTFUL dinner

and visit with my Dad, and 4 of my

5 siblings and their kids.

She stayed with Fred's parents

in Provo.

The first stop was a tour of BYU-Provo's

campus and the news studio.

 Haleigh and Morgan in the 

BYU-Provo skyroom.

 THIS is where Haleigh would like to

spend most of her time during her college career.

 Grandpa Lewis!! He arranged the

visit to the news studio.

A visit to Salt Lake's

City Creek Mall

 BYU-Idaho Conference Center

Kneaders with their Georgia

friend Marlee.

They had a GREAT time!!

The verdict is in -- 

Haleigh's college of choice is

BYU-Provo!!

ATLANTA Food Trucks

Fred and I were in downtown Atlanta

and stumbled upon 

a park of food trucks!!

 We chose lunch at this truck - YUMBII

 What a CRAZY combo

* Korean * Mexican * Southern *

BUT it was AWESOME!

We had a chicken burrito, fish tacos

and, my new FAVORITE,

sesame fries.

We will DEFINITELY be going back.

What a FUN find!! 

--Saturday CLEAN UP--

FALL Clean Up at the Lewis'

Project #1 -- We cleaned out the basement

and uncovered the CRADLE

Fred and I made before 

Haleigh was born.

All THREE of our BABIES used it.

I found a pattern for the cradle in a book at the

Bountiful, Utah public library.

We purchased the wood and took

it to Grandma and Grandpa Johnson's

house in Orem, Utah to cut it out.

We assembled the pieces at our

little Park Place apartment off

Main and 4th North in Bountiful.

I stained it and stenciled it.

We were discouraged when we

realized we didn't have enough money

to purchase the board to lay across the

bottom of the bed to hold the mattress in.

The next day, as Fred was driving home

from working at the Doubletree Hotel,

he spotted a piece of plywood in the 

middle of the road.

He stopped, picked it up, and

threw it in the back of his Ford Ranger pickup.

We were AMAZED to find it was

an EXACT fit for the bottom of our cradle.

TENDER MERCIES from heaven so our

baby could have a place to sleep.

 Project #2 -- Changing the Family Picture Wall

to make room for Haleigh's senior picture.

I pulled the console out, 

so I could paint the wall behind it,

 and revealed

LOTS of dust, chocolate hearts, a mint

 and a little toy Sid the sloth

literally hanging out on our wall.

It made me laugh.

Our FAMILY wall will now display 

senior pictures for our three kids.

I LOVE this pic. of my 

BEAUTIFUL Haleigh.

Yellow Daisy Festival 2012

--Stone Mountain's Yellow Daisy Festival--

I have been SO looking forward to this!!

Hundreds of vendors sell their handmade goods -

everything from funnel cakes to tole painted

Santa lawn art.  It's SO FUN to see what

people come up with.

I am an IDEA shopper and in the 3 years

I have attended I have only purchased two

items -  2 BEAUTIFUL jackets

from Beverly's Boutique.  Unfortunately

she did not have a booth this year.

My FRIENDS - Linda, Angela & Martina

SODAlighted Mentor/Mentee Kickoff

In our ward the Mia Maids and Beehives

are Mentors to the Activity Day girls.

The purpose for this assignment is

to help bridge the gap between primary

and Young Women, help nurture friendships

between the older and younger girls,

and provide an opportunity for the Young Women

to reach out and SERVE.

Last Thursday we made invitations for the Mentees -

inviting them to Kick-off the Mentor/Mentee

program with a "Get to KNOW YOU" party.

We had SO MUCH FUN

with our theme - SODAlighted to Get to Know You!

 We had a SODA BAR.

 A PHOTO BOOTH

 with PROPS!

The Sharon Springs YW Presidency :)

Amy, Martina and I HAD to initiate the Photo Booth.

A FEW of the Young Men tried out the props as well.

 They had such a GOOD TIME

getting to know each other!

 SO PROUD of all of the Mentors!!

LOVE ALL of these girls!!

Labor Day Antiquing

What do we do for Labor Day?

THIS was the big question of last week.

We searched and thought and searched some more.

I finally decided my kids needed to experience

ANTIQUING in the SOUTH.

 We visited this store in Buford, GA

and had a GREAT time.

 We saw SO MANY FUN things!

 We purchased ONE item.

Let's play a GAME -- take a guess which

child purchased the ONE item

and what it was :).

Was it  HALEIGH -- 

 who purchased a guitar,

 a video camera,

 a point a shoot camera,

 or an old projector?

Was it CALEB --

 who purchased a typewriter,

 a record player,

(picture is blurred because he was 

jammin' as a DJ)

 an EXTRA LARGE mustache,

or baseball cards?

Was it AMMON --

 who purchased a rotary dial phone,

 a pedal toy car,

 or a suited stool with legs and shoes?

 We ENJOYED this sign

while making our purchase.

SO WHO made the purchase

and WHAT was it?

(Drum roll PLEASE!!)

It was AMMON who could not

leave without purchasing

this rotary dial phone.  The cashiers

helped him try it out at the counter

to make sure it worked.

"This is SO AWESOME!!" -- Ammon

Antiquing -- it's a FUN thing!!