Festival of Trees

Every ornament has to be glued then wired on the tree. Everything you see on the tree and around the tree goes with the bid! The bidding is tonight Wednesday, NOvember 30 and Rick and I will be there for the opening gala... It was cold in there!!! The doors were open so people could bring their trees in. Many had theirs already decorated and just wheeled them on. Many of the trees are dedicated to those who have passed away.

The designers of Jolly & Bright! The theme for our tree. Two new friends for me!!! one of the blessings of the project.

There are so many tree's at the South Town Expo. This is the first time I have done this. I went to the Festival of Trees years ago when I was maybe ten? This is the Festival's 40th year anniversary!

Rick sanded these letters and Jackie "bedazzled" them! I made the tree skirt and Dawn bought the orange shimmery fabric to hide the floor a little.

The finished product. I was there from ten to seven p.m. ONe long day and I'm glad I brought some snacks. We were so busy we had no lunch or real food until we got home! It was a fun & creative day and I would do it again!!! So many neat people that I was able to meet...so much creativity in one Expo Center!!!

Temple Square with the family...

Here is the Salt Lake Temple...

Here we are before we brave the cold!

We ran into our cousins the Pettit's!

Jamie, Reese and Conrad at Temple Square. Reese was a trooper!

The girls in front of the temple.

Pre-Turkey dinner at Snowbird!

Here is our littlest grand darling, Reese and her Daddy, Conrad.

Nanette and Joe up at Snowbird.

Jamie and Jen...our two married daughters.

Kurt and Conrad before the feast!

Reese, Morgan and Camaron. They are getting married next month!

Three generations of likeness!

Zach, Tony and Grandpa Ron chowing down on the food!

Cathy, Cannon and Rick.

Getting the yard done, one step at a time!

The dump truck dropping off dirt and rock! So exciting!!!

Our first burm (sp?) all curbed!

I'm so excited to get landscaping in!

Rick has worked so hard on our home! Looking forward to a long winter's nap!!!

This is before the curbing was done on this burm.

New furniture....new look!

We finally got the opportunity to get another living room set! We were going to get a new one for the family room connected to the kitchen but it worked out better to get the set for the big famil room.

It coordinates nicely with the window treatments I made months ago....wouldn't you say?

Cara wanted to see what things looked like, so here you go, girl!!!

Here is what the smaller family room looks like now! No big empty room! But still spacious!

Swat Team in Alpine!

What a morning we had in our little, sleepy town! We had a neighbor's son who had some mental issues today and the Swat Team was called in.

Along with a firetruck and ambulance..

This was the view from Rick's office, the street just to the left was all blocked off for several hours and the families who lived down that street were stuck in their homes for hours... no school or work for many!

Here is part of the Swat Team and I'm guessing they were doing a de-briefing. The man was taken away to a mental hospital and no one was injured....thank goodness! They even brought in a robot into the home to find him! All in a day's report......Nancy Drew Smith

Hogle Zoo and Trick or Treating!

Here Rick (Bapa, to our Grand~darlings) is with Cannon at Hogle Zoo!

Cannon is the cutest Tiger ever...Cannon becoming one with his character! He loves the zoo!

All of us at the Hogle Zoo on Halloween! Kelsey was here for the weekend after her quick trip to Chicago for school.

Kelsey and the giraffe!

Mr. Giraffe...what a great costume!

Everyone was mezmerized by the giraffe!

Cannon and his tiger counterpart on the merry-go-round.

Jen and Cathy at the zoo.

Cannon loved all of the free samples of egg nog at the zoo. We got pie, chocolate milk, candy, string cheese to name a few.

Cannon loved the camera and I loved his egg nog mustache.

Cannon and his gorilla friend!

Kids and adults were all decked out in their costumes... this was a crowd favorite!

Cannon loved the Cheeto guy! and we love Cannon!

At the end of our day at the zoo Cannon was ready for his bottle! Notice his cute shoes!!!

Nicole and Zandy...

Nicole who is due with her fifth baby and Zandy who almost has her nursing degree from BYU! Love it when they come visit me! Nicole came from Enumclaw because her hubby, Paul was getting a big award for all of his hard work for his job!

Cathy and Nicole! We can laugh till all hours of the night! Thanks for the visit and for coming to see what new things we have done to the house!

Some our our Halloween Traditions!!!

One must carve a pumpkin! And place a candle in it & set it on the porch for the neighbors to see!

Here is a scarecrow face that I made year's ago and I added the Trick or Treat sign this year!

We always make my MOm's sugar cookie recipe....

Add "homemade" orange frosting...I tried to use the canned type of frosting but my daughter would not allow it!

Kelsey frosts the cookies..... and...

We have our Halloween cookie that I hand out to the parents of our Trick or Treaters! A tradition I started in Kalamazoo!

And one MusT toast the pumpkin seeds! I place olive oil on the cookie sheet then with the cleaned off seeds add garlic powder and salt, then bake....Love the smell and love the crunch!