One Tough Sum-Buck in Washington, Utah

Cortney is the proud new owner of a Harley Davidson Deuce. He is so excited he can hardly stand it. The weather in this part of the country allows you to ride ALMOST year round, but you do need leathers in the colder months if your traveling to far. Tawni's Dad Dave and Dave's brother in law Steve who also live in Coral Canyon ride with a group called the Coral Canyon Riders (CCR). Steve got a new Harley this year and sold his to Cort. Steve is fanatical about his stuff, especially his bikes. He has put alot of custom work into the bike and he threw in a bunch of accessories he had made for this bike. Cort looks awesome on it don't you think!

I'm a big girl now!

SCROLL DOWN AND PAUSE THE MUSIC PLAYER! See me sit up and watch my Baby Einstein video!

The Sweetest Sound EVER!

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People, Places and Things...

Once again I find that I have so much to share and so little time! I have had such a busy couple of weeks! Everything from casual walks with Stella in the neighborhood, to a weekend in Denver. I need to say to Olivia, my last HR Assistant while in Maine, CONGRATULATIONS for working so hard and showing how much you learned and how valuable you are to National Distributors! The person hired as my replacement, didn't work out and Jeff, the President is giving Olivia the opportunity to show him she can do the job. I know you can do it Liv! I'm here if you need anything!

Tonight I went for a walk along the golf course cart path and as I was coming back out to Coral Canyon Blvd I saw Jason driving by. He stopped and said he was taking Brody the dog to the park. I asked if I could go and I jumped in the passenger seat. I started telling him about this sweet email I got from Tawni today and as I was going on and on about what she said, he laughed and pointed to the back seat. There sat Tawni and Stella just laughing. It was too funny. Although we all lead our own lives here, living as close as we do, we often run into each other driving in and out of the subdivision. I love it.

Out for an evening stroll...

This is my friend Kelly Lennon that I stayed with in Denver. We had such a great time! We went to downtown Denver and visited some of the really fun places that people go on a Saturday night. My favorite was called Lime! which has the best Margaritas in Colorado! We then went to this neighborhood bikers bar called the The Emerald Isle to meet some of Kelly friends. It was a great weekend getaway and I can't wait to go back!

This is my friend Amber who lives here in St George. She is the Sales Manager for Hilton Garden Inn and I met her through work. She and I flew from Las Vegas to Denver together.

Stella's Grandpa Olson is now Bishop Olson!

What a special day it was today for all of us as we attended church together to see the announcement to the congregation that Tawni's Dad Dave was going to be their new Bishop. Dave is a great person and will be a wonderful Bishop for the church. Now that I live in Coral Canyon, he's actually my Bishop so he's already teasing me about finding my old church records and getting me to attend more often. Congrats Dave and Sharyl!

Jason and Tawni are on their special getaway weekend to Las Vegas and Stella is staying with Dave and Sharyl. They needed to go to a meeting tonight at church so they dropped Stella by to play with us. Her and her Uncle Cortney adore each other!

I just love to kiss her precious little feet!

Spinning, Stella, Old Friends Week

What a fun week it's been. I went to my first "Spin" class at the gym after alot of prompting from the girls I work with there. I have NEVER understood why people would subject themselves to it, but after doing it, I can see why. Although sidelined by a cramp in the ball of my right foot near the end, I held my own. I was told that because I tend to point my toes down instead of forward I got the cramp, so next time I'll focus on that. The lights were off in the room except for the blue light effect, the music was LOUD AC/CD, Def Leppard, etc, which really made you want to keep up to the music. The best part was I didn't fall off the bike or pass out, so I guess I'm headed back next week.

On Thursday night Tawni was at a church function and Jason and Stella were spending the evening together. He decided to invited Cortney and I to go over to watch a movie. Of course, I was much more interested in Stella than the movie so she and I hung out. We went for a walk outside and went around the block. Instead of putting her in her stroller, I carried her. We stopped and put our bare feet on the lawns we passed, she put her feet on the top of a fire hydrant and giggled, and we stopped and looked at every blooming flower along the way. She is so into sensory stimulation right now that it is a blast showing her new things. When we got back to her house, I sat her on my lap and she crashed, sound asleep and stayed that way until the movie ended and it was time for her Daddy to give her bath. It was so cute watching Jason get her all ready for her bath, even Cortney enjoyed watching it.

Today (Friday) I ran to meet the boys for lunch at the Mongolian BBQ, which, by the way, is an awesome place to eat, and when I got back to the office there was a Wheeler Machinery truck in the parking lot. For those of you who don't know, I worked for Wheeler in Salt Lake for about 9 years and Scott worked for them even longer. Many of the people there feel like extended family to us. Anyway, I entered the lobby and there stood Rocky Forman. Rocky was a salesman when we worked at Wheeler and an all around nice guy. He looked at me and said "I heard you were in town, but I had to see it with my own eyes"! We sat and visited for about an hour just catching up. He is now the General Manager of all of Southern Utah which includes Cedar City, Salina, Moab and St. George. We made plans to get together again and do more catching up. Rocky has always been a real nice guy and I am really excited that he took the time to look me up.

No big plans for the weekend, which is nice. I'll be watching Stella for about an hour Sunday afternoon. Jason and Tawni are going away on a special getaway for their anniversary starting Sunday and Sharyl is going to watch the baby. Dave, Tawni's Dad has recieved a new "calling" in their church and this Sunday, they make it official with the powers that be. Sharyl will be going with him so I'm watching Stella. Congrats Dave on your new position, you deserve it!

Lastly, an update on Cortney's arm. He says it feels like it is never going stop hurting, but I can tell by the way he carries himself that he is doing better. It's more frustrating than anything to him that he can't "just be normal" again.

Sorry, no new photos this week, but I'm sure I'll have something soon.

Love Ya!

Birthday Fun!

Me and my wonderful Dad on my Birthday

Stella communicating with her great grandpa. It was so cute how
she was moving her little mouth and talking to him. It brought tears
to my eyes!


Here's a good portion of the BDay party, missing are Andrea, Tawni
(taking the pic), Dave, Sharyl and Baby Stella!

Jason kicking back on the couch while Tawni feeds Stella her
carrots on the floor!


It was my birthday this week and it was one of the best I've ever had. My Dad and Hazel came down from Salt Lake on the shuttle and stayed from Wednesday until today (Sunday). It was the first time I've spent my birthday with my Dad and many, many years. To make it even better, my Dad got to meet his first Great-Grand child on this visit. He and Stella hit it off. She made some of the cutest little faces to him, just like she knew what a wonderful, gentle man he is.

On Thursday which was actually the day of my birthday, we had a huge BBQ with over 14 people here. Cort grilled Tri-Tip steaks and chicken for the entire gang. Everyone brought something to share for the BBQ and we had tons of food. My Dad played his guitar much to my delight. Kathy, Ron, Vicki and Tom were so excited to hear him play again as they had heard him so many years ago when they all used to hang and out party together. Tawni's parents Dave and Sharyl and her brother Kory and girlfriend Andrea were also here. David who is a friend of Kathy and Rons also came down with his girlfriend who lives in Cedar City. It was a house full for sure.

Thank you for the birthday cards, presents, texts and other birthday wishes. You have no idea how much it means to me that all of you think of me. I love each and everyone of you!

If this isn't an Angel...

The Morning After

The storm is over but some of the clouds remain. It smells amazing outside after the rain. Everything is clean and fresh again and much cooler! The temps have been hovering at 107 degrees but today we should be down into the high nineties with some humidity.
Taco Night at Jason & Tawni's
Toquerville Falls

A New Look!

Thanks to Jessica, my Blog has a new face lift. And, with subject matter like Stella, it's very easy to choose the designs and images. Some of you may not know but Jessica Orchard has been doing all of my blog designing for me and I have never met her! I won't be able to say that in a few weeks when she comes to St. George to visit. Jessica's sister KayDee Smith does my hair. KayDee is responsible for my entire hair makeover and her sister Jessica does my Blog makeovers! How lucky am I? KayDee is expecting and Jess will be here from Virginia (I think) for her baby shower. Jessica like many of you has gotten to know Stella through the blog and will finally have a chance to meet her in person. I am so excited to actually meet the person who has helped me get my blog out to all of you.

At this exact moment I am sitting out on my back porch in the dark watching the lightening storm of the century. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE thunder and lightening and that I LOVE sitting outside to enjoy it. It is the beginning of the monsoon season here in the desert which brings some of the most amazing weather. We get limited rain here so when the monsoons begin it's awesome. The downside is that the lightening causes major fires. With the view of Zions National Park from my backyard, I can see the lightening bolts illuminating the sillouette of the Park. The lightening is striking directly down to the ground as well as ribbon-like horizontal streamers in the sky. It's georgeous! To my friends Jody and Cris...I know that thunder and lightening is your least favorite thing in the world, so if you come to visit, DO NOT COME DURING THE MONSOONS! Here we go! The power just went out! I'm sitting here typing in the darkness of the desert with the sounds of rain pounding against the windows and God bowling in the skies. Oops, the trash can and a lawn chair just took flight, narrowly missing my computer, I guess it's time to go inside. The lights are back on which was surprisely soon.

Cort has not had a good week. He fell on his back/shoulder while stream fishing and possibly cracked a vertabrae. They did some ct scans today but he has to wait until next week for results. He has alot of discomfort and is realizing that growing older takes a toll on your body!

Last night Jason and Tawni hosted "Taco Night", which has been a tradition for them for awhile. Tawni fixed up quite a spread for us and we enjoyed the evening with them. Cort got a new cell phone, his other was trashed, and Tawni helped him get it all set up. Stella and I played and Jason, well, he just walks around causing trouble. JK, LOL. He is a one-man entertainment committee. Watching he and Tawni with Stella is so heart warming. Tawni is a natural with Stella and is doing great as a Mom. Jason is so cute with Stella and you can see that she is his special girl. When he gets right down in her little face and makes noises, tickles her, and gives her rasberries, she just lights up. Cort and I rode Corts 4-wheeler up to their house. I drove, and Cort held on for dear life. How cool is that...a 1 mile 4 wheeler ride away from the kids. Cool beans.

Last weekend Cort got stuck with entertaining Mom so he took me out on a 4 wheel drive backroad to Toquerville Falls. From home it is about an hour away, but 45 minutes of it is on a really bumpy, but fun dirt road. After just short of 6 miles you come upon the falls which are pretty cool considering you are in the middle of NOWHERE!! The falls run off the cliffs into ponds that you can swim in. It was really cool.

Everything else is good. My Dad and his wife Hazel will be coming down from Salt Lake July 22 through July 27th. Theres a shuttle that drives back and forth from Salt Lake to St George every day and they are going to come down on it. Harry that owns the business actually picks my parents up at their house instead of the usual pickup location. He's awesome. Once here, they will spend most of their time indoors because of the heat. They haven't met Stella yet, so this will be a great time for all of us to get together and take pictures of the 4 generations.

I'm trying to plan a trip to Denver with a friend of mine to meet up with some other friends that I have there. That will probably be in mid-August. Then, I'm hoping to be in Austin TX for my sisters 50th birthday party in October. Cortney may be going with me for that trip, that is if he can't pay his own way!

I have a lot of pictures to share and will do so after the next couple of days. It's time to go lay in bed and watch the remainder of the storm.

If I haven't told you recently, I appreciate and love you and am so glad I have each and everyone of you!

Love,
Glenda