Double Concerts

As Joel's belated birthday gift we went to see Lauren Daigle at the T-Mobile center downtown.  It was a great concert.  We went with friends out to one of the nicest restaurants I've ever been to.  It was a lot of fun, and we ate so many amazing foods including bone marrow with lobster and A5 wagyu beef.  

Lauren has an amazing voice, but it's her personality that shines through.  I liked her almost more than her music. It was a really enjoyable concert.

The next day my friend invited me to see Taylor Swift in the theater.  It was for her birthday.  I'm not a huge Swiftie, but I do enjoy some of her music.  While I was there I realized there were certain albums that I knew most of the songs and then there were certain albums I must have missed completely.  It was fun, but I will say it was almost more entertaining watching the fans crying at the concert. 

Things are Buzzing

We had the oddest occurrence happen in our yard this week.  We had a swarm of bees take up residence in the tree above our driveway.  It is really rare for this to occur in the Fall.  It normally happens in the Spring when there is more than one queen, so a group leaves with the second queen to find a new hive.  These bees decided to form an open-aired hive on our tree.  It would not have ended well for them when Winter came.  Fortunately, I remembered this happening in our neighborhood a couple of years ago.  They had a bee keeper come pick up the swarm.  I called the same man and he came straight out to get them.  He's going to try to keep them alive through the Winter. 

A Fishie Finish

I listen better when my hands are busy, so I try to have a quilt I can hand bind during General Conference.  This one went quickly.  I love the fishes!

A Quick Note

 Just a quick check in to let you know our cats are as mischievous as ever.  Make yourself at home, Stella.

Fishies

I finally got my act together and pieced together the fish quilt top from last year's do.Good Stitches.  Later is better than never.  It was fun randomly deciding placement and background shades of blue.

Piecing Things Together Late

I completed my July and August do.Good Stitches blocks...in September.  The struggle is real.  I don't get any sewing done during the summer and then life got super busy in a different way as soon as school was back in session.  My kiddos are living their best life and I'm their ride.  

The first block a very large 16.5". It needed to be blues and greens in the 9 patches and gray for the background.

The 2 August blocks were any combination of the primary colors with one half solid and the other half parented.  Gratefully, both blocks came together quickly. 

Finally!

 The crew showed up on Monday to work on the cabinets, but they didn't have enough time reserved.  They thought they were only fixing one of the doors, so they went through the things that still needed to be done and then left.  I was bummed.  Yet another delay...

Gratefully, they came back later that week and finished the cabinets.  It's a Christmas miracle in September!  It took almost 11 months, but the cabinets are finally done in our kitchen.  Sadly, they left quite a bit of stuff in the garage, so it's still not usable.  I have to try to get a hold of the company to come get all the stuff.  Hopefully that won't take another 11 months.  I'm tempted just to rent a dumpster and get rid of it myself.

Here's the before and after:

It's a major improvement from the 90s built-in desk.

Two More

I went to 2 more new temples when I was in Utah.  Red Cliff Temple is in St. George and is about ready for the open house.  We stopped on our way up to Cedar City, and then on our way down we stopped at the Cedar City Temple.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  I loved the stained glass. 

These are temples #85 and #86 for our family.