another fun class

I took another class at Pila's Pantry in Corona.. Fun fun fun. ( excuse the paper towels shaping the bow until it dries. I"m not an expert, but it sure is exciting to learn something new.

Also while Candice was down she so thoughtfully put together Bill and I getting professional pictures take to celebrate our upcoming 40th wedding anniversary. She even had my make up done! yea or false eyelashes.

here are a couple of pictures. Thanks also to Lydia for her good work.

okay, why in the heck don't the pictures come out in order?? oh well,

I can't believe how fast the summer has gone. It's been so fun. Looking forward to great things coming up.

More Summer Fun

I'm not into crafts but I do enjoy learning new things. I'm always intrigued with cooking shows and I love to eat at Sprinkles cupcakes. So why not take a cupcake decorating class? I went out of my box and went by myself to Pila's Cake and Candy store in Corona and signed up for a 2 hour class. It was so fun! I'm not a pro, and most of the others' cupcakes looked better,but it was fun for me and I loved what we made. Here are some pictures from what we did. I love the meatball and spegetti cupcake and the Chinese food cupcake.. they are all made from candy!

I want to do another class for fondont icing. Let the fun begin!

Skirts and more Skirts

With all house guests gone I've taken up sewing again. Well, just really easy kind of sewing. I've been making little skirts for my grand daughters, That's 11 to make! I have one more to do and I'm done. But I also make a couple of bowties for the little boys. I think they are soooo cute, but the six year old said when he was told he was going to wear it, "Are you kidding me?" but he was a good sport and wore it for Sunday to match his sisters skirt.

Cleaned out some of my garage, That's a wonderful feeling to get of unwanted and not needed stuff. should do it way more often. Thanks to Tyler and Jake for helping grandma.

Got the best deal ever! Signed up with Southwest Rapid Rewards and Chase bank and got 2 round trip tickets anywhere in US.. the credit card is just 59.00 a year but the tickets were worth about 800.00 yahoo.. I love a good deal. We'll be head back east later on in the year to visit some historical sights and then to see Carolee and Jeff.

I'm loving summer!

here are some random pictures from this past month.

Grandkids and Fun

We have lots of grandkids come and visit. Life is never dull when you have little ones around.

But they are so cute and say the cutest things. They are so SMART too,

Besides Grandma's house Disneyland is always a favorite place to visit.

We are looking forward to another great summer.

By the way my son in law Jeffrey Biehn not only was doing his surgical residency he accomplished getting his Masters too! What a guy he is! Way to go Jeff.

After this next year they will have one more year doing a fellowship in Texas. I'm sooooo happy that they will be closer! Can't wait to visit them and Texas!

Ryan and Taryn are looking foward to moving into their new home very soon. We have loved having them stay with us.

Garage Sales, I LOVE them

Saturday was a great day to find some bargains at garage sales. I only just go a few blocks around my house. I always find some fun things.

I got this Petunia pinkberry diaper bag, It's like new for 12 dollars.. ( they retail at Nordstroms for over 100!)

then I scored with a Medela breast pump.. Those retail for almost 300 dollars ( I got it for $10 )

obviously everything I bought was NOT for me but for family members.

then the funnest find was a newly boxed Bridal dress and veil. I offered her 15 $ and she took it. I thought it was be so fun for my granddaughters to play dress up. They were thrilled so you get to see them having fun!

Nice having a full house with Ryan and Melissa and families here. In a couple of weeks Candice will visit too.

Fun in ARIZONA

I just got back from being in Arizona for 5 days. I was able to stay at Melissa's house this time,

we did some SERIOUS cleaning! It was fun, we are exhausted, but we feel accomplished!

Candice came over a couple of times, it was fun being with her too.

I just love being with my grandkids, they are so cute. Little Tessa would just sing her heart out, and tap dance for me.

here are some random fun pictures of the kids.

By the way, that little doggy thinks she is the guard dog! She is so cute, and watches out for the kids, she also kills birds. I think she's a hunting dog.

The picture of me and my sister and brother was taken at a dear friend's funeral who passed away. She was 96 years old, She lived in my home ward that I grew up in.

Check out Melissa's Garden... So cool. Jess made it a raised Garden, it's fantastic

Bread making day

Recently I went to Joy's house to make wheat bread. We had a good time together. I made 5 loaves and she made 4 loaves, so her freezer is well stocked. We worked up an appetite so we went out to lunch! so fun. But the biggest news is that I drove there all by myself. If any of you know me really well, you know 1. I don't like driving 2. I have NO sense of direction. so going to a new place is a real ordeal for me. But I'm feeling confident now and will make more fun trips.