The Art of Pruning with a Saws All and the Woes of Owning a Home:)

'Tis the season of pruning. Two weeks ago we pruned our grape vines, and this weekend we tackled the trees. Logan has done a lot of research on pruning trees lately, and he found that although this style of pruning is not recommended, if it has been done, it should continue to be done. It was a lot more work than we anticipated:) SURPRISE! Everything has:)

Early on Saturday morning Logan climbed into the tree with a Saws All. Many have mocked his chosen tool, but it proved to be much safer than a chain saw, thank you very much! We thought it would be finished with plenty of time to go shooting in the afternoon. Boy were we wrong!

Ah! The last limb! What a wonderful moment for us both, but mostly for poor Logan. Although my job was to haul the limbs away, I slacked off a bit and took a nap:) No judging please, it was exhausting and I am not a Blake who can work all day long without stopping!
And there he is, my triumphant hubby:) Approximately 9 hours later. Yep. NINE!
And finally, the climax of our story. THE LIMB PILE! Just to give you some prospective, that pole is about 10 feet high... See why I wussed out now???

Having a home may be ridiculously difficult, but it's so nice to know our kids will have a yard to play in and that we aren't just throwing our money away each month as we rent. We'll adjust, it's just more than we bargained for:)

SGU Grand Opening

As many of you know, Logan has been working on the new St. George Airport off and on (mostly on) since it began around 50 months ago. So when it opened last week, we decided to go to the grand opening to see the terminal and all of the other exciting things they had advertised.

The airport is a LONG way from town. Around 15 miles one way (Logan will have to correct me if I'm wrong). So we left about 30 minutes early, but we got stopped by traffic about 4 miles from the airport. It was stop and go all the way. It took more than two hours. Another disappointment was all the cool stuff they had advertised, like the Blue Angels and getting to see inside the new SkyWest jet. The truth was that some random planes from Nellis flew over a couple of time in normal boring formations (we were still on the Southern Parkway at the time), and only dignitaries could see inside the planes or even go out on the tarmac.

Basically, the grand opening was a disappointment. We did see Governor Herbert, Orrin Hatch, Pres. Uchtdorf's head, and Fields Mosely from channel 2. But the best part was the scissors:)

We were standing there pretty bored and lamenting the lameness when some giant ceremonial scissors caught my eye. So I grabbed them and told Logan to take my picture. Then Logan wanted a picture. Then everyone wanted to touch the golden scissors. I can't believe they had been sitting there for hours with nobody bothering them...

Dungeon Chic

This is how it started.

and this is how it ended I think it turned out rather well, but we have to remember it is just a "Hobby" room.