2021 Blue Jeans Week 16

Hello!  Hope you have had a good week!  I have all my kids home this week which is wonderful!!  Soaking it all up!  Last week was a good one.  Ben and I got to the city for a day date which was fun.  Take a look at our week...

Our Sunday evening game was the Catan dice game.  We love the regular Catan game, but when you don't have as much time, the dice game is perfect!

School pictures for this kid. Sure love him!

And talk about weird weather, we had snow!  It didn't last the day, but it was sure pretty with big flakes coming down.

Ben took the afternoon off one day last week, and we headed to the city to do some shopping and went to dinner at one of our favorite burger places.  So enjoy being with this cute guy!

Track meet for the week was in a town that had a big hill that we hiked up to and could see for miles.  It was a long track meet, and Mr J ran the first race and the 2nd to last, so we have hours to kill.  It was pretty when we walked,.

By the end of the meet it was raining and cold.  Mr J rocking his 2 mile race in the rain, wind and cold.  Gotta love track season!

And these kids are on their way here!  They drove and arrived late Saturday night.  So excited to have them home!!!!!  They are finished with their school year and are ready for a break and then summer internships and jobs here they come!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you are safe and healthy!  Have a great week!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 15

It was a good week.  Enjoying the spring weather.  Love spring.  Big pre-state track meet which had miserable weather, but other than that, it was a good week.  Take a look...

Our Sunday afternoon walks on the trails are one of my favorite things.  I look forward to them all week!  Loving all the green and sure love these two guys too!

Family game time is another thing I love.  Mr J picked the game this week--Bold.  It is a fun one.

Walking on the trails with a great friend this week and soaking up the sun!

Made a cake this week.  This was for a colleague's birthday at Ben's work.  It was a vanilla cake with a cream cheese filling and a vanilla drip.  It has vanilla bean frosting that is so good!  Yummy!

And this is the disaster that is my kitchen after I make a cake.....yeah, for me, it is a messy process, but so much fun too--expect for the clean up....

Pre-state track meet for Mr J two days this week.  He is running the first leg of their 4x800 relay which they ended up getting 4th which was awesome.  Mr J also ran the 2 mile and improved his time.  It was cold, windy and raining at this meet and so not fun to be at or run in, but he did a great job!  Here is hoping that the actual state track meet is much nicer weather!!!

I love when we can read a book out loud together.  This is just a short one Ben's parents sent to us.  It is called The Mourning Dove by Larry Barkdull.  

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you are safe and healthy where you are!  Have a great week!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 14

Spring is here! I have loved seeing my daffodils.  I have three different kinds.  Got some pictures of my spring flowers this week.  Track meets have started.  Mr J had two this week.  So fun to see him run after not having anything last year.  Another Covid vaccine clinic for me and we did some painting in our family room this week.  Take a look at our week...

One of my 3 different kinds of daffodils that I have.  Pale yellow petals with a white center.

Variety #2  white petals with a bright yellow/orange center

Variety #3 yellow petals with an orange center.

The blossoms on the pear trees in my front yard.  So pretty!

My purple creeping phlox is so pretty right now!

Track meet #1 of the season and of the week.  Mr J ran the 4x800 and got first and also ran the 2 mile and got first!  This was a JV meet and his first high school meet ever since no track season last year.  He did awesome!  Looking forward to varsity meets for the rest of the season now the coach said.

Working my weekly Covid vaccine clinic.  So grateful I can do this and help!

Track meet #2 for the week.  This was a big varsity meet, and Mr J ran the 4x800 relay, and they got 3rd.  He also ran the 2 mile race and improved his time by 30 seconds from the meet earlier this week and got 3rd place also!  Woohoo!  It is going to be a fun track season!

We decided our family room needed a new look.  Mr J found some cool fireplace ideas online and he did most of the work painting the brick.  It is looking cool!

A "before" of our family room fireplace wall

A pretty awesome after!  We painted the whole room a light gray--the lightest brick color of gray on the fireplace is the wall color.  So happy with how it turned out!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you had a great week!  Stay safe and healthy!  

2021 Blue Jeans Week 13

I am behind a week.  Not sure how that happened.  It was a good week two weeks ago :)  Take a look....

Mr J made these awesome pretzel rolls for Sunday dinner.  They were so good!  He got the recipe from Mel's Kitchen Café here

My birthday flowers were so pretty!

Miss O and her cute boyfriend on their date this week.

Mr J performing a piano solo for state music festival--it was recorded and sent in to be judged.  He did awesome!

Working my Covid vaccine clinic this week.  This awesome lady and myself do medical screening, and we have a lot of fun!   Wonderful people!

Date night this week.  We went bike riding and then got some yummy treats!

Our traditional General conference weekend treats.  We have these every April and October when our church has it worldwide general conference.

The cake I made for Easter.  So yummy!  It was a lemon blueberry with lemon curd between the layers.

A picture of the cake sliced with extra lemon curd.  So good!

 Picture from Miss E and Miss O and a friend enjoying a hike.  They are loving the spring weather!

Some of my kids at my sister's house for Easter and an egg hunt!  So glad they can be with family!  Miss O spent Easter with her boyfriend's family and had a wonderful time!

Thanks for visiting and catching up with us!  Hope you are staying healthy and safe and well!