I had a brain fart and published our campout to out old blog. To view it go to http://garbett35.blogspot.com/

Brianna's Bridal Shower

Brianna and Cami are both getting married in July. I made it to Brianna's shower but not the wedding. We will be going to Cami's wedding next weekend. Will have more pictures then.




What a cute chair for the bride. I couldn't resist a picture.
















It's hard to believe Brianna is old enough to get married. It wasn't that long ago that she was in my class at the Middle School.

Photo Opportunity --- all the girls plus.
Mandy, Sarah, Sue, Bea, Renee, and Candy








All the Garbett Kids except Jeff. Montana is a bit far to come for a day.

Rick, Candy, Renee, Claude, and Bea.

It is fun when we have a chance to get together.

July 4th - 2007

Cliff, Desi, and Chloe finally spent the night with us. It was lots of fun. Cliff had a class reunion on July 5th so they came up the 4th for the festivities and spent the night with us. We have a great view of the fireworks from our front yard so had a pretty good group this year. The skeeters were bad so we had to dig out the skeeter scoot. It was Avon so safe to use on kids.

Chloe had a fun time in the yard. She watered flowers with a spray bottle and even picked a few.

Claude loves to have his kids home. So do I. Emily, Neal, Taylee, Cliff, Desi, Chloe, Maxine Hildreth, Sue and some of her kids, some of Sarah's kids, and some of Claudes friends from work joined us this year.

We even moved the lawn furniture to the driveway. Taylee and Corbin enjoyed sitting in the rocker.


Alan and Andy had to work so we didn't get to see them this year. Clay played basketball but had to get back to Pocatello so didn't watch the fireworks with us. He also roped Cliff into playing basketball in the park. (I wonder if he is still stiff)

More July 4th

You can't tell from the photo, but the ear rings are glow in the dark.














Bill and Jan Shirley and daughter and son in law also came and watched the fireworks with us. It was fun.












Emily and Sue have a little chat.

Fun With Friends

Well, Summer has finally arrived in Soda Springs.
After much rain and scedules that didn't mesh we were finally able to get together with George and Carolee Kimball. As George says, "Who would have thought we would be such good friends." George used to be Mr. Kimball, the 9th grade history teacher and then the High School Principal. After many years and sad and happy times things kind of changed around. Now my best friend from younger days and Mr. Kimball are happily married and we are friends.

We have been planning get togethers and one of them finally happened. George and Carolee cooked in their back yard and we took desert. It was fun.




Now we just have to get Carolee retired so she will be up here all the time.

Andy to the Rescue

I ordered a small island to put in my kitchen to help hide my garbage can and organize a little bit better. I was going to put it together by myself, but alas, the instructions must have been written by a technical wizard in another country. I only made it to step two. Well, I put the pieces in the extra bedroom until Claude was off work so we could work on it together. Then we got sidetracked weeding and mowing between rainstorms.

Andy came to visit us on Thursday to get the lights for his new garage and go four wheeling, fishing, etc. I kind of roped he and Claude into putting it together for me. Thank goodness for good kids. I now have my island put together, and Andy had a place to sleep because we got the pieces of the island off his bed.

It was fun having Andy here for a few days. We watched the NBA game together, the Celtics beat LA (yeah). We went to El Toro and had Mexican food. It was just good to see him and enjoy him. WE LOVED IT.

Oh darn, he forgot his lights so we get to see him again when he is ready for them.

It has been a long time.

Alan and Stephanie and Cesar are in the photo above.

The picture to the left is Cason. Boy has he grown up. The picture to the right is Connor. They really change when you don't get to see them a lot.

The boys playing in the rock pile in the back yard.

I finally have some new pictures so got motivated to start blogging again. Alan got to get the boys for summer. He and Stephanie drove to California and brought them back. They came to see us on the only day that Alan and Stephanie had off together. We had a barbecue with lots of good food and had a great time. As you can see from the pictures, Connor doesn't really like his photo taken. He will get used to it again---grandma garbett is a photo addict.

Oh yea, SCHOOL IS OUT FOR SUMMER. Boy was I ready this time. Hopefully next year will not be a stressful as the last two have. I am getting used to teaching High School Seniors.

Look forward to more posts. I'm in the mood again.