Can you say "trouble" boys & girls!??...

Hoke and Harvey spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E!

...(but they're having fun!)

Mini-Getaway...

 Emily and I (and Violet) headed for Utah last week to stay with my friend Arlene...some of her daughters and granddaughters came over for a fun craft night...

 We made fun wreaths out of pages of vintage books...Cute.

 We shopped til we dropped at some great places...

 This is an old flour mill converted to an Antique store...very cool!

Another great place - consignment type store - that was once a mill...

Many great ideas and {{tons}} of fun!

Chicken chairs...

 I have four very sturdy, very clean (just re-upholstered), very cute dining chairs for sale...

Close up of chicken seat fabric...cute!  $25 takes all four...

Dee-vine!...

Look what showed up at our house tonight...

it's what I had for dinner!

(Bet you wish you had a piece ;)...too bad)

Hot...hot...hot...

I don't mean to complain...

and I know I live in Arizona...

but {{ENOUGH ALREADY!}}

Look at these pathetic flowers -

who else has had enough?



Colorado...

 One of the main reasons for our trip was for Trent to go back to Fort Collins, CO (it's about 90 minutes from Laramie) and eat at Hu-Hot Mongollian Grill.  It's like YC's here, but much bigger, and according to Trent, much better.  It's his favorite place and we agreed it was De-Lish!

 Houston learning from the pro...

On the main street downtown Ft. Collins were tons of shops, a great vintage thrift store, and these fountains to play in. Houston was freezing but having a blast!

Mom had to go to the thrift store and buy a towel to warm him  up!

We traveled on thru the Rockies...how pretty.  The only time I've been in Colorado was to fly to Denver and then drive on interstates...so the little winding back roads thru the mountains were really fun...got to see Durango and Breckenridge, lots of the ski resort towns... quite the trip!

the daddy of 'em all...

 I know, I know...more road trip stuff -the rodeo in Cheyenne...it was a blast! The best part is at the end of the day they have a wild horse race where a team of
3 people have to saddle and ride a wild horse...crazy fun.

 This is "Devil's Tower" - a huge rock that's a national park, you can hike all around the base of it and some people rock climb on it...probably NOT!

 Papa and Houston in Sturgis, SD ...vroom vroom.  We were there the week before the Black Hills Biker Rally so they were all gearing up for the {{thousands!}} of bikers that converge on the town. (Check out the Saloon sign in the background -oopsy)!

...and of course Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota...it was really amazing to actually see it...not just a picture on a calendar or something.  Pretty interesting how it came about!
(few more "road trip" posts left...humor me!)