Fun Filled Weekend in Idaho Falls Sept. 24-26, 2015

Went to Idaho Falls for the weekend.  Cristal and kids had lots going on.  Thursday night Kyra was testing for her Taekwondo.  She is getting close to her Black Belt.  She does so well and gained so much confidence.

Friday we went up to Rexburg to do a session at the temple.  Always fun to do family names of people we have found doing family history research.

Back to the scene of the crime!!  While in Rexburg, we looked around Rick's College Campus.  Jan and I went to Rick's right after high school.  We lived in the dorms, just north of the Student Center.  We ate our meals in the cafeteria.  The entrance to the dorms looks a bit different.  Same buildings we lived in.  Man, they must be old!!!

Of course, what is a trip to Rexburg, without hitting Me and Stans for lunch.  They have the best scones.  Oh man, did we enjoy those!!  Scones and honey butter were the best.

Friday night, Myka's choir class sang the National Anthem at the high school football game.  That was the highlight of the night!!  The football team lost something like 35-7.  Myka did awesome.  Beautiful Idaho Falls sunset.

Saturday morning Kyra had volleyball games.  That was a lot of fun to watch.  Kyra is the main setter and she did an outstanding job.  So fun to watch the kids do things.

Headboard repair

One of my neighbors called needing some help with a headboard.  She was getting ready to sell the headboard, so she had it outside to measure it and the wind blew it over and broke it.  She wanted to know if it could be saved?

Took the top of the headboard off, pulled all the floating panels out.

Had to glue some of the panels and other pieces back together and then put it all back together.

Looks almost good as new.  Used some wood filler and had to put more oil on the headboard to clean it up a bit.  Stabalized the back of the headboard a bit, so it would stay together and returned the headboard.  Kind of a nice change of pace from the doors that I have been working on for Lisa's lockers.  One of the doors is in the background of the picture below.  Had to do 14 doors for the lockers.

Jacob and Becca in town for concert - September 12 and 13, 2015

Jacob and Becca came in to town on Saturday, the 12th for a Tim McGraw concert.  We had the kids Saturday afternoon/evening.  First time baby Charlotte was left with anyone, but we all survived.  She did not want to take a bottle for a while, but once she realized it was food, we did good.

Bailey has quite a few food allergies so feeding her is a bit intimidating, but Noodles and Company work really well.

Grandpa got Charlotte to laugh.  Nothing quite a cute as a baby laughing.

 

 

Denver and Colorado Rockies baseball game Sept 3-7, 2015

Scott and I went to Denver to catch some baseball games and to play for a few days.  Left Thursday after work and stopped in Price for some Navajo Tacos.  They were yum!!  Went on to Grand Junction Thursday night.

Friday morning got up and went the rest of the way in to Denver.  Love the drive through Glenwood Springs canyon.

Rockies were playing Giants, so it was fun to watch.  Caught two baseball games.

Saturday morning we did not have a lot planned, but we were going to look around Denver.  Went outside and our plans were made for us.  Had a flat tire on the Sequoia.  We tried to get the tire off, but the lug nuts were on too tight.  Called the insurance company because we have towing on our policy.  They called a roadside maintenance service.  That guy could not get the lugs nuts off either, so we had to call a tow truck.

Each time, had to wait about an hour for the truck to show up.  Finally got the Sequoia picked up and took us to a tire shop.  Took a couple hours to get the tire fix and replaced.  Our free morning was now gone.

Had lunch at Cheesecake Factory downtown and then went to the ball game.  Still had fun.

Sunday morning we got up and headed home, but went through Rocky Mountain National Park.  Beautiful drive and beautiful scenery.  Had to stop at all the Kodak moment locations, so that took most of the day.

Made it to Vernal Sunday night to visit with Jacob and Becca and the kids.  So much fun to visit with grandkids and spend some time together.