Just for Fun

Cub was going to a "Best of EFY" activity and we decided to do something fun with her hair.
It's wrapped with embroidery floss and then I added beads.
Kind of fun!

Once Upon a Recent Time

This last summer we had some pretty neat occasions to get together, to party, and to celebrate. With all the packing and stuff going on, these were wonderful times to take a break and be together.
Now that I have this neat new venue to share things with you all, I thought I would go back a bit and let you see some of the fun things we were able to do before we moved from UT.
I hope you enjoy them. We sure did!!!!!!
Thanks JennAdam for the idea!

Noah Gets His Eagle

A very happy time! Noah receives the rank of Eagle Scout.
As proud parents, we get to be involved in bestowing this honor.

Mama Karen gets to pin the Eagle madallion on Noah.


Dad Steve gets to put the Eagle neckerchief on him.

Noah gets a neat honor. Because Noah is a decendant of a member of the Mormon Battalion (The Momon Battalion were Mormon pioneers asked by the US Government to help fight in the Spanish American War). So, Noah was given a special neckerchief slide and presentation.



With some congratulations from the Bishop,


and a mother pin for Karen, it was a special time.


Ty and Cami, Jenn and Adam, Grandma Kenworthy and some other friends and great leaders were there to help make it a memorable time.
As parents of 3 boys, we are very proud of our 3 Eagle Scouts. Our boys have learned a lot of basic skills and a lot about leadership.
Ty is still very involved in the Scouting program. Ken is on his mission, but Noah is now helping one of the young men in our ward to progress toward Eagle.

Cubby Turns 13

Cubby turns 13, July 2nd. Here, Cubby shows the present that Ken sent her.

Ty and Cami were there

Grandma Kenworthy and Noah,

Tori, Jenn and Adam

and happy to have Cubby's Uncle Tom and Aunt Laura with us.

Of course, no birthday is complete without presents!

We always have the birthday person pick what they want for dinner and dessert. Cubby chose to have a BBQ like Ty.

So, another beautiful day and some great food. Wrap that all up with a gathering of awesome people, thrown in a few presents and whaa laa, a neat time for everyone!

A Dinner Invitation

Jenn and Adam were so sweet to invite us to dinner at their new apartment. We have gone over to Ty and Cami's too, for a yummy dinner, but I forgot to take pictures.
Jenn made a really yummy dinner of white chili and rolls.
Then she made some wonderful baklava for dessert. Wow!
Sorry for the blurry picture. It's me, not Jenn. :)
We had a nice relaxing time. They were a wonderful host and hostess. They have a cute apartment and are decorating it up real nice.

Ty Had A Birthday

All Ty wanted for his birthday was to have us all together and have a BBQ. It was lots of fun. Ty brought his BBQ that he got from Grandpa and Lorene Cummins. They take it everywhere. We added our electric one and had some great burgers and hot dogs. Add some of Grandma Cummins famous Strawberry Jell-O Salad and a great time is sure to be had.

It was a beautiful day! From lower middle around clockwise: The back of Noah, Tori, standing is Ty and Cami, then Adam, then sitting is Steve.

Ty, our best griller, cooked his own birthday meal. If you look at that handsome smile, you know he doesn't mind.

Of course, you add a beautiful, sweet wife, and any birthday is bound to be great!

Another cute couple: Jenn and Adam. So neat to have everyone together.


Then Kricket entertained us by jumping/climbing up into the apple tree. She's pretty amazing.

I look at these pictures and it makes me smile and perhaps a little sad as I think about how many fun get togethers we had and how few of them we will have now.

Hooray For Tori!

Even though Tori is new to the school, I’m happy and excited to say that Tori was cast as one of the two Narrators for the Musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. I guess it’s in her blood. How fun it will be to see Tori have fun with this part, as I did 7 years ago.
I am so surprised that they picked an unknown. Usually the lead parts are pretty much picked from among Junior and Seniors that the teachers are familiar with. I’m so happy for Tori. Moving in her senior year has been a hard thing. Being able to be involved in the play will be a fun way to make friends and she’s have a great time doing it.
I just wanted to pass this fun news on to you all.

Oops!

Well, being new at this, it looks as though it's all backwards. So keep scrolling down. I have 5 or so posts, with the last one being the intro to it all. So the best way to see this may be to go all the way to the last post listed and work your way up. I'm still learning!
Love ya'll!
Mama Karen/Mama Llama/What's her name?/Karen Kay etc.

Then up the stairs

This is taken from halfway up the stairs. The rail that goes from the middle of the stairs to the top was removed so the people who moved out could haul things down and out easier. It made it nice for us to, but some of the parts got lost somehow, so it hasn't been put back up yet.

As you come up the stairs, Zuzu and Kricket are usually there to greet you. The door to our bedroom is on the left.

View from our bedroom door.

From the top of the stairs. The sliding glass door is in the back and the kitchen to the right. As you can see in some of these pictures, it has a nice vaulted ceiling. There are all kinds of hooks in the beams and above the rail for the stairs. I can’t wait to have some plants to hang on them! It would also be cool to have some plants that hang down from the top of the wall that divides the kitchen from the front room area.
View from the sliding glass window to the stairs.
From the hutch. You can see our bedroom door on the right and the kitchen in the middle
The Kitchen.
It’s not bad, but it has it’s quirks. We just got a new end for the faucet, so it doesn’t spray all over. You have to push the oven door in if you want to open the dishwasher. But ,hey, at least we have a dishwasher!
I’m sure you can also see the dishes on the counter. With everyone coming down with fevers, swollen glands and such, not many of us are feeling our best, but it’s actually been nice around here.


This is the dining room. It's a good size and our big table fits nicely. It sits in front of 3 of the big windows.

I love the vaulted ceilings. Besides the one ceiling fan that hangs over the couch/TV area, we have a swamp cooler that is to the right of the windows in this picture.
You can see the cupboard, I used to use for home-school stuff. We brought it over from the storage unit so I can use it for a pantry. We have a lot of cupboards in the kitchen, but the biggest ones are awkward and hard to fit things into because the doors are too slim.
Here is our master suite. It's pretty nice. We have two big windows across most of the back wall.

Here is where we have the computer set up. It will be better when we have our computer desk that is still in UT. Next to that is the door to the bathroom.
This is the view from the bathroom door to the closet.
Our bathroom is really nice. It has two sinks, a nice sized shower and even room for our love seat bench. We also have a big/tall linen closet and it is very deep. Always handy!

Just me being silly! You can see the tall windows behind me.

How about that, I'm really cookin now! I hope you are enjoying this, I know I am. This is fun!

Downstairs

Come on in!
When you first walk in, to the right is a big closet. To the left of the closet is the stairs going up.

The door straight forward (left of the stairs as you pan around) is the bathroom/laundry room/second big closet. Then, as you continue left, is the girls room, then Noah's room.

This is a picture of the front door from the girls room.

Here is the downstairs bathroom. It's fairly spacious with it also having the washer and dryer in it. Although having enough room for all of Tori's beauty aaccouterments is always a challenge!
We bought a tension rod for the laundry area so I can have something to hang the hangers on and to be able to hang up clothes as they come out of the dryer. Behind the hanging dress is the water heater.

A Place for Cubby:
This is Cubby’s play closet. The door to it is in across from the water heater. It goes down, then turns to the left and left again, kind of like a “U”. She has shelves, a bean bag chair, a pillow with blanket for Kricket, some books, and her toys. It gives her some space to have her things to play with and for them not to get in Tori’s way. She has also made herself a curtain and has lights etc.

The girls are finding it an interesting challenge to share a room. They haven't for a long time and even with putting a lot of stuff in storage, they still have a lot of .......stuff. You can see in the first picture that Cubby is trying to make it feel a bit more like home, thankfully using tape and not putting a bunch of holes in the wall.

In front of Tori's bed may look like a big mess, but it's actually all her stuffed animals. Ready to greet or attach anyone who comes in.

Tori was taking a reading break.




You can't see the door to Noah's room when you walk in the front door until you close it. His room is to the immediate left of the front door.
As you can see, this is Noah’s room. He hasn't spent a lot of time putting boxes away and such, but he has helped me put a bunch away. Soon he will take the time to fix up his room. He’s been getting a lot of use out of his bike, running all over the town looking for a job.

Well, that's it for the downstairs. Stay tuned for more fun to come!