her heart sang: August 2022

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

School, lawns, baseball, and trucks are kicking Lukie's butt. It's tiring to be 16.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Tonight, Luke asked Raegan to homecoming with this fancy poster...

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...and found this waiting for him on her porch. Raegan won.

Monday, August 29, 2022

I went for a lonely walk on the golf course tonight, feeling sad that Adam is back at BYU and not here for me to watch.

Sunday, August 28, 2022

I thought this would be a cute art project to do in nursery.

One out of six kids actually did it. The rest pressed the ink pads into their papers and left all their cute fingerprints on their church clothes.

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Broken toilet?

No worries. I fixed it by my very own self.

Friday, August 26, 2022

Continuing my Jill-is-home-alone fun, I went up to Jess and McKay's house to see the progress on their stair-moving. Full disclosure: this photo is from about a week ago, but it was too fun to be there and hang with them, I forgot to snap a pic. It's basically the same now, although they've put the railing back around the hole so the doggies don't fall in.

Pep and Adam also came (Adam came home a day early from the Gorge to go to a mission reunion), and we hit a yummy Mexican restaurant near Jess's house for dinner.

This is why I moved here.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Brad, Adam, and Luke went to Flaming Gorge for a few days, so I treated myself to dinner and a movie (Where the Crawdads Sing) with these gals. Those of us who read the book agreed the movie was better.

Later that night, Brad sent me this pic of Adam surfing right up next to the rock wall. Not cool, Brad, not cool. My momma heart did NOT need to see this!

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

That gorgeous pedicure Jess gave me at Bear Lake turned out to be BULLETPROOF! I had to soak cotton in acetone, then let my toes soak for an hour to get it off. I'm sad the pretty polish is gone, but the claws needed to be clipped.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Salty Joe

Monday, August 22, 2022

Yesterday, while we visited over Torrey's homecoming brunch, Jason told us about a Roosevelt area self-proclaimed prophet whose family kept his body in a deep freezer for a year after his death. I immediately thought of this guy, who greeted us at the Ballard Best Western on Saturday night.

The Uintah Basin is a crazy place.

Sunday, August 21, 2022

My niece Torrey reported her mission today, so we traveled up to Neola to celebrate.

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Happy birthday to my girl!

Friday, August 19, 2022

Today we said goodbye to Brad's uncle Bruce.

L-R: Kathy, Mark, Matt, Sam, Alan, Barbara, Gma Bitner, and Ed.

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Stupid Durango. This time it's a busted water pump, but it feels like we fix something at least once a month. Pretty soon we'll have a 2022 model inside the 2012 shell.

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Luke's first day of Junior year. He got up and slipped out of the house, but I heard the front door slam, so I hustled to the balcony to snap this very pathetic First Day of School Photo.

This is him that same night before going to baseball practice. The brat. But at least it's a close up.

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

One of my favorite scenes in the whole world = Adam golfing under a Utah sky.

Monday, August 15, 2022

Becky and Dave are in Scotland with their boys, and today Becky posted this picture of James in the Highlands.

It reminded me of this pic of me on the banks of the same lake back in 2013. Yay Scotland!!

Sunday, August 14, 2022

We have a foundation!

Saturday, August 13, 2022

I went to the Draper Family Party this afternoon, where I got to spend a couple hours with my mom's siblings. I could not have loved it more!

Mom and Aunt Peg. This pic captures their personalities perfectly.

Aunt Kris, Mom, and Aunt Peg splash while Jami looks on.

Mom, Aunt Vicky, and Aunt Peg

The highlight of the day was this story and photo shared by Aunt Peg. My Grandma Draper (center) took a trip to Northern CA to visit her brother Lynn, and planned to take my mom (left) along to help with Mike (in stroller). Peg, the perpetual middle child, was so sad not to be invited and felt very forgotten in the days leading up to the trip. On the morning they were to leave, Peg woke up to a new pair of pedal pushers her mom had sewed for her with a note saying she could come. Peg is wearing those pedal pushers in the pic. Peg shared how thrilled she was to be included and she felt seen by her mother, even though she was buried in the middle of a huge family.

Friday, August 12, 2022

I got a delightful surprise today when Joey and Olive came running upstairs to see me followed by Jessica smiling a big smile.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

I met with Tasha, my house designer, today, and here are a few of my bathroom cabinet and tile inspiration pics.

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

We went to a Bees game tonight, and Casey and Luke took part in a race dressed up as veggies. Luke was the corn, Casey the cabbage. Luke started off strong, but ran out of steam. Casey was the winner!

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

If I get the job I interviewed for yesterday, today might be my last lazy day doing laundry alone at the house. It makes me a little sad.

Monday, August 8, 2022

I interviewed for a part-time admin position in Lehi seminaries today, and wore the same dress as one of the ladies on the panel. At least I know I was dressed appropriately!