Out on a Limb Part Deux: Counting by 3's

Another three weeks of summer is gone. The re-flooring project is ALMOST done. All that is left is the baseboard touch-up in the dining room--which means the grandfather clock still sits in the guest room and because of that I feel I have a pass NOT to get everything back into place. Like I need a pass to NOT clean and organize my house and focus on other things.

Things to focus on:

**Drive the Vette to see Mesa Falls. I had never been there before and was quite impressed by the falls. Lower Falls are way off in the distance, but we could see people down close we just didn’t know how to get down there. At the Upper Falls there are walking trails and lots of viewing platforms. We stopped and ate at Big Jud’s in Ashton on the way home.

View from the parking lot for Lower Mesa Falls. We could see people standing on the hill on the top right, but we didn't know how to get on the trail and I didn't have on hiking shoes.

All the above pictures are views of Upper Mesa Falls. Beautiful place and worth the drive.

**We went to dinner at Smokin Fins with the Thompsons and Dances. It was a fun night of catching up and feeling like we were doing something normal again.

**Go to the cabin with Katie and the boys. I went up Monday after my hair appointment and Katie and Sandra were already there. The boys and I made a lot of trips on the golf cart, threw rocks (and golf balls thanks to Rhett) into the pond, golfed--or at least something close to it, the older boys went swimming, played in buckets of water, pushed them on the swing a lot, and watched Despicable Me EVERY day--sometimes twice. Rhett was trying to get me to find this movie on Netflix and all he could tell me about it was, “The yellow one with blue.” Not a lot of help and I didn’t figure out what he was talking about until Katie started D.Me.

Monday morning Sandra went out and starting digging up tree roots that she was afraid would reach to her foundation and mess it up. As soon as Dax heard about 'digging' and 'ax' and 'shovel', he was all in. He spent the whole morning out with her "helping" and giving his nonstop expert advice.

Wes is scooting around pretty good now. He is content playing on the floor for spurts of time. He also enjoys the swing, getting packed around, and riding on the golf cart.

**Take another drive to Bear Lake. We were able to get fresh raspberry shakes and the place was crawling with people. The beaches were also packed. We took a tour through the town of Lava Hot Springs on the way home, and if I had to guess, I would say it was filled with even more people than Bear Lake.

I took this picture on the Lave Hot Springs golf course. I'm convinced these are wild turkeys (Quinn is not so sure). This was only a portion of the birds we saw.
**Sewing.
**Another trip to the cabin with Sandra. We golfed on Saturday morning (me only 9), went to lunch at Juan’s House of Tacos, watched lots of episodes of The Rockford Files, walked, relaxed, and updated this blog.

I started with this pillowcase dress for Summer Early Bird in San Carlos. Mary called me as we were driving to Star Valley to thank me. I always enjoy my talks with Mary and catching up on the goings on in San Carlos.

After making Summer's dress, I told Amber I would make one for her niece. Amber mentioned she had three other nieces, so I've made three so far. The fourth one is in the works now.

Sewed the silky binding on some reversible minky for Kristine to give to Aaron.
**This and that:

Regan's souvenir from her summer softball season--proof that softballs are not so soft.

First day of school for the girls. Rylee had a tough morning, but had a much better day on their second day of school below. They are only going every other day for now.

Dax's first day of school picture. He talked his mom out of a haircut, and told her after school that there was a boy at school with a "mad face" and he thought it was because he'd gotten a new mohawk haircut.