Back home

It's nice to be home, isn't it? We got back this afternoon from Star Valley. As always, it was fun to be there. The best thing was the weather. It was so beatiful and about 80 degrees...perfect! Here's a quick rundown of what we did:

We arrived late Saturday night, so we pretty much just headed to bed. Sunday we went to church and then invited grandma and grandpa Pendleton over for dinner. We had dutch oven potatoes and chicken. For dessert we had dutch oven peach and blueberry cobbler that was delicious!! Thanks to Val and Shelley for their hard work in preparing it--it was yummy!



Monday night we went with part of the family (Val, Shelley, Scott, Mark, and us) to see the Bar J Wranglers. If you haven't seen them perform, you should check them out sometime! They perform in the summer months in Jackson Hole, but during the winter, they travel to places around the US. We had a nice bbq dinner there first and then the show is about an hour and a half. They sing cowboy songs and joke around with each other and it makes for a really fun night. http://www.barjchuckwagon.com/index.htm We decided it would be difficult to take Molly, so we found the first non-related babysitter for her! We called a girl in the ward and she watched her and said she was great! We felt a bit bad since she watched her for about two hours, then probably watched the Olympics for three while she waited for us! The drive is about an hour, so we ended up getting home at 11 pm.

Yesterday I helped Shelley re-decorate their family room. They have several cabinets on either side of their mantle, so that's primarily what we we working on-filling those. Before we came to Star Valley, she found some things at Tai Pan, but that wasn't enough, so we headed to Hastings/Ace Hardware in Afton and found a bunch of cute things. I love decorating, it's always a challenge, but fun when you're able to find the perfect pieces to match your overall idea.

At night we watched the Olympics. It's nice that they have Tivo or whatever so that we could rewind and fast forward. I don't know about you, but for the next Olympics, I'd like the time to be closer to ours so that you don't end up watching it until midnight every night!!