Jubilee June- a success story

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My month long birthday celebration started as a spoof of a certain child's desire to have activities all week for her birthday.  As we have done the celebration with a banner and flags out on our street it has been a lot of fun.  We talked to a couple of neighbors about what June Jubilee is.  I have had to come up with things to do and the rest of the family has helped to plan too.  I even have a Beauty Box from Target with hair gel and hair spike stuff.

Next week we go to Arizona for a few days with Anna and the Catmulls.  A few days at a fancy resort and water park should be fitting for one having his birthday month.  I suppose the baby will be here to draw away some attention, but I can take it.

Jubilee June activities-June 1- June 7 2015

We have been celebrating, in our fashion, my birth month.  We have had angel food with strawberries, lots of watermelon and some side trips. Let the pictures speak:

Monday we had home evening at a park with splash
fountains and shaved ice with the Iversons.

Tuesday we had birthday at home with a pile of balloons and angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream.  

Tuesday also found the deacon's doing their check-out 100 yard swim in our pond, they all made it. 

Parma trip, wednesday.

Logs have floated into the swim area.

Keeping in touch with Anna, Meg and Kate.

The main pond at Parma.

Silver City, a mining ghost town in the Owyhee Mountains. 
We drove there on Saturday, from Eagle it was just over 2 hours.  The last 13.5 miles were, mostly smooth, gravel road.  There is about a 4000 foot increase in elevation so some curves.  Lots of ATV and side-by-side off-roaders too.  Overall it was fun.  The old Hotel and other buildings are well preserved, most are summer get-aways from the heat.

View of hotel from Our Lady of Tears Church. 

Outhouse with a view. 

Brave crossing of Clear Creek. Josh and Levi, Cindy safely
on shore.

Rocks, sticks and water, heaven on earth.

Who's missing a Packard?? Morgan and Levi found one to sell.

Old mine rail cart as yard art.

Did I mention that the kids are done with school
for the summer?

Salt Lake City- Wedding breakfast and Meg's new job

We had a missionary friend from the Dominican get married in Draper, so we went down for that and to see Meg on the job.  An internship at Deseret Book has been great for her, last weekend she had a movie premier.

That is the job I want for our next mission, in the pond. 

We are home just in time....
to start my birth month celebration a.k.a. Jubilee June.

May activities, a potpourri made possible by Spring

In the spring we all come back to life and the winter cold is mostly forgotten.  I have been busy with getting the MGs and Humber ready for peak driving weather.  A project MGA is back on track, just taking longer than expected.  Paint prep is ongoing and a very slow process as I have no experience with it.

We were able to get steers this year, beef on the hoof is pricey just like in the store.

About 450 pounds now, hopefully more than 1000
in the fall.  

Josh's brother Jon Iverson came for a visit, he was here to train for a new helicopter pilot job with Lifeflight.  He will be based in Oregon.  Levi liked to see the helicopter up close.

Spring is also the time to release the mud turtles into the big pond.  Cindy keeps hatchlings in an aquarium.  They grow too big and are replaced, the big ones go into our irrigation pond.

These last pictures are a mixture of our recent routine activities:

Cindy's flowers outside our door.

Morgan and Liz at Jack in the Box, before
a movie.

Greenbelt walk with knife practice.

Squirt, about 9 years old.

Memorial Day flags help us remember the sacrifice of others.

We weren't there but the Horne and Sookhoo cousins got
together in Philadelphia for a visit. Doing our part to
enrich the gene pool.

Laura and Eric attended the Survivor finale in California.
Play where's Waldo and find them. 

Duvall and the Hornes 7-11 May 2015

Cindy and I had a quick trip to see how the Hornes survived the winter in Duvall, WA.  They have had a nice spring and we were lucky to have sunny, warm, days as we visited.  We were able to use the inflatable water-slide and take a nice walk near their house.

Eric made Maggie a wonderful fairy house.  She hopes that some will move in this spring, much like a bird house.

We surprised Amos and Maggie at the bus stop,
they saw us from the bus and came a running.

Amos waiting for the bus.

Hollow log Fairy house.

Leaky pen disaster.

Happy face Audrey

Maggie in her private tree get away.

Minecraft lesson with Amos and a neighbor boy.

Art room.

Wardie candid

Wardie sees the camera.

Strawberry short-stuff.

Grandpa went and said "no".

Making Mother's day notes for Mom.

Hydro slide kids in action.

Mother's Day:  Breakfast in bed, chocolate fountain in Relief Society and then barbecue feast by Eric.

Resting after a morning's work.

Too bright to keep your eyes open.

Mother's Day hero chef.