Themed Reading Challenge

I’ve finished my second reading challenge of the year with a month to spare. Themed Reading Challenge runs 1 Feb-31 July 2009 4 books with the same theme; from your TBR pile; my theme is books with a musical instrument as a major plot device The Piano Tuner, by Daniel Mason: This novel was very [...]

Filed under: Books, Sue on June 23rd, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Brian sings National Anthem

Brian and his friend, Becky Arnell, were selected to sing the National Anthem at their graduation.  They sang in the Marriott Center at BYU in front of several thousand people for the 2009 Lone Peak HS graduation.  He just stood up and sang and didn’t sound nervous at all.  If you’d like to hear him [...]

Filed under: Brian on June 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

Gardening secrets

On Friday, Scott and I attended the annual Hidden Garden Benefit tour in Utah Valley.  We try to go every year, and it benefits the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.  Each day before the tour, they have workshops that are included in your ticket price and we’ve never managed to get to one, [...]

Filed under: Gardening, Sue on June 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Summer thoughts

School is over because Brian graduated on Thursday, so this is the first day of summer. Brian left last night for his job at Maple Dell Scout Camp and won’t be home until Saturday afternoon. He will come home for 28 hours each weekend for the rest of the summer. So quiet here this morning [...]

Filed under: Sue on June 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment »