Flowers, Hummingbirds & Smores

One of my favorite things to do lately is to look out for and watch the hummingbirds.  There are three that come every morning and evening. They are fun to watch, each with a personality.

We ended our Saturday evening with a little fun making smores.

quite yummy.  yes I like mine burned.....

Ben and I spent the day into looking for parts for Sara's car to fix the breaks.  We enjoyed a lunch date at Buffalo Wild Wings and then went and walked around the shopping center where Bookmans is and browsed around there.  It was a nice day with Ben.  I always enjoy my time spent with him no matter what we find ourselves doing. 

Once again we've been blessed with another great weekend.

Random Moments in August

I really do enjoy sitting outside and enjoying all that I see around me.  Our flowers have helped set the mood.  

Karlee and Nat went to Disney land last week.

I love these little yellow flowers.  I stopped real quick on my way into work the other morning.  Its not a great picture, since I was leaning out of the passenger window but I think its nice and represents my thoughts in that moment.

August is the month that these yellow flowers pop up every where, on the side of the road, in open field.  They don't make it quite into September.  To me when I see these I know that summer is just about over, school begins and Fall is around the corner.

Sara's project.

Ben enjoys helping Sara.

Ben is doing the project while Sara records the results.  They make a good team.

2nd Weekend in August

Last week on Thursday, we had some pretty girls join us for dinner outside.

We all enjoyed yummy chicken spaghetti.

Friday night evening.

Saturday!  Its home back in Flagstaff!

A young man and his truck!

So the Kyle tried to drive the truck home the weekend before but it kept over heating and we had to leave it in Jospeh City at a friend of Ben's.  So Saturday morning we got up early and rented a trailer and headed to Joseph City to go get Blue Jay.

Then after bringing the truck home our day wasn't over.  We went and bought a new bed.  We made quite a few trips back and forth to town but it was fun day.

Fence Lake NM

We started August off with going for the weekend to my Uncle's ranch in Fence Lake NM.  We planned the trip to go get my dad's truck that he wanted to give to Kyle.  The truck has history, it was my grandpa's truck (my mom's dad's) and then it became my dad's truck.  My kids and I have so many memories of that truck with my dad and chaparral.  It means a ton to have it back.  My Uncle didn't think it really belonged on the ranch.  His heart told him it needed to go to Kyle, that Kyle needed to have his Pa's truck.

So Ben, Kyle and I headed to Fence Lake after work on Friday, August 2nd.

My Uncle

Blue Jay!

My daddy's truck.

Kyle's truck now! He is very honored and happy.

Kyle and grandma :)

Beautiful view from my Uncle's porch.

We all had such a good weekend!  It was quite and relaxing.  We plan on going again soon to visit my Uncle.  We fell in love with his place, and the peace and quite.

Late Summer Flowers

Susan & I were late in our flower planting but we got them planted and have been enjoying them ever since.  We did this at the end of July.

Susan preparing the ground after Ben dug it out for us.

Here I am sporting my head wrap, its not a good picture but it was helpful and kept my hair out of my face while planting.

Ben helping us with the hard ground.

Ta Da!