Weekend Recap

Happy Monday Everyone :)

Here's a quick recap from our weekend.

 Saturday was the first Saturday since we moved here that neither of us had to work or be anywhere! It was wonderful. We enjoyed puttering around the house together, mainly in the craft room/office. Saturday evening we went to the Shriner"s Indoor Fishing Tournament. 

They had a good turnout of people and it was fun. 

Sunday we ran errands with Vivian after eating at the Shriner's pancake breakfast.

 DJ had to stop and pick his uniforms up from work so we got to see where he spends his days.

Several weeks ago we took the trailer out to Meyers Tractor Salvage to get weighed so we could register it.

There were lots of fun things out there :)

We won a bottle of wine at the Indoor Ice Fishing Tournament and Vivian won a wine basket. She also won an almost $800.00 diamond necklace with a $20.00 raffle ticket ( the last one sold even!).

There were 75 ice fishing buckets. Everyone wore a lanyard with their number on it around their neck. You were given 25 pieces of paper to write your number on and you could pick what buckets to drop your papers ("lines") in. Every little bit throughout the evening they would pick numbers out of the buckets. If your number was called then you drew a card out of a deck of cards to see how much your fish weighed. You then clipped the card to your lanyard. At 10pm whoever had the most weight won. That's the short version of the evening.

It was a great fundraiser!

This is a planter DJ's working on. It plants 54 rows at a time.

His work area.

A work in progress.

Fabric waiting to be cut and sewn into curtains.

Starting to take shape.

The view out the window.

Yeah :) It's finally coming together! It's only taken me 3 months!!

The shelves are made with brackets we had. I painted them white and made the rest from pallets DJ brought home from work. I added the little shelf so I had somewhere to store my craft paints and it's colorful :)

I brought this home from work. It's one of the products we make. If something has a flaw then we can take it home.

I can see lots of projects happening in this room :)

Burlap covered foam board. I hot glued a strand of jute string on the back to hang it with.

I saw this colorful idea on Pinterest. I am re wrapping all my floss on clothes pins then will display them in a big glass jar.

Have a wonderful week ~ Be Purposeful!

Park City in the Fall

This blog post goes back to over a year ago ~ better late than never! 

My aunt and uncle, Ann & LeRoy, stopped by to see us for a few days in October of 2014. 

We had such a wonderful time with them! 

Ann is my dad's sister and I adore her :) 

LeRoy has a great sense of humor and I love them both! 

We spent a day up in the Park City area.

LeRoy and DJ ~ trouble makers!

Guardsman's Pass between Brighton and Park City

We ate lunch at The Main Street Deli

Charming spot to hangout

These outside eating patios along the street remind me of Sicily.

Good Beer :)

These two are funny together.

Love that vibrant fall color!

Old Town Park City is full of charm and color.

This moose is ready for a day of skiing!

I'm so glad Ann & LeRoy stopped by ~ we had a great time talking about life and seeing Park City.
Oh, and the teasing Ann and I endured from the guys about our Scottish ancestry (they both are of German ancestry) brought lots of laughs too :)

My 6,000 Mile Trip - Part 8

Bricktown is a fun and interesting area of Oklahoma City to visit. 

It's full of shops, places to dine, etc. There is also a riverwalk, which adds to the atmosphere. 

Bricktown used to be a warehouse district. Most of the brick buildings were built in the late 1890's and early 1900's. The area began to decline due to the Great Depression and changes to the city after WWII. Bricktown was created in the 1990's to bring life and opportunities to OKC.

 

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark ~ 2 S Mickey Mantle Dr.

 

Ben with the Bricktown Riverwalk behind him.

We took a tour in the Water Taxi ~ It's a great way to see what's in the area.

Vetter Men :)

Love this face!

Ben, Dale, Dan, Vivian and Maggie

 

Love the colors!

 

 

"A gunshot fired. A cannon roared. Horses startled and wagons sprang to life. On April 22, 1889, settlers flooded into the region of central Oklahoma known as the Unassigned Lands. President Benjamin Harrison signed a proclamation on March 23, 1889, opening the land and people came from across the country to claim it. According to the Homestead Act of 1862, if a settler could stay on the land he claimed for five years and improve it, it would be his free and clear. Some people were very excited about the 1889 Land Run and were ready to try to make a new life in Oklahoma Territory." -Oklahoma Historical Society  website

 

 

 

We ate lunch at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill.

 

 

The food was good and there were lots of interesting things to look at!

We also visited an old fashioned candy store. They had a little bit of everything in there!

 

 

 Bricktown ~ another great reason to visit OKC!