The Beal/Cannon Family: City of Rocks

What a week! I've pretty much been in full project mode all week. I think I took a day or maybe even 2 off from painting since last Sunday. I would start to blister up and I had to tape my hands the whole time. I had a couple of friends help me and that made a HUGE difference. I can't believe it but I'm already done with the kitchen and front room. All I have left is the hallway. I am feeling pretty exhausted so I may take a break and do the hallway after our trip to Utah or I may not. You never know! I am really loving the fresh light paint. LOVE! We are putting in new floors starting in July and I can't wait! I hate the chaos of these kinds of projects but it will be well worth it in the end.

I got to catch up with my friend Jessica this last week. We had a late night chat and then had a play date with her girls as well. It's always fun to catch up with people.

We had a short family trip this last weekend. I've been wanting to go to the City of Rocks for a few years now and we finally went. Some of my family was also going. They met at a camping spot in Burley and I opted to camp in a hotel. The kids got to swim and have breakfast so it was pretty much heaven for them. We met up with my family Saturday morning and did a caravan to the City of Rocks. When we first got there we did some hiking around and Scott climbed to the top like a crazy person. We continued to drive and stopped and had a terrible windy standing dirt picnic, not my favorite. If only we would have waited until the end and had it in Almo at the visitor's center where there was grass and a picnic table. Oh well, we didn't know. We stopped at another spot and hiked around. We then waited until the hot springs in Almo opened at 1:00 and we went swimming and then we headed home. It was a fun quick trip. I loved it. I especially loved driving through the small towns I've never seen before but have heard of. Everything was green and it was pretty.

When we got back from our trip I unpacked everything and continued to paint and finish up. This morning I worked for 3 hours and finished before heading to brunch with my girlfriends for my friend Krista's birthday. I've been chilling the rest of the day and I imagine I will chill tomorrow as well. I'm spent!

I'm copying this story from facebook about my new quilt:

My sister Trisha is THE best! She made this amazing quilt for me. When I got married Trisha gave me a quilt she made as a wedding present. I’ve had it on my bed ever since. After nearly 15 years it’s gotten worn out. I wanted a new quilt but I couldn’t decide what to do. I thought about making one for a hot second and decided hard pass. I thought about buying one but then I thought about how much I have loved having a quilt from my sister on my bed. I went ahead and asked her if she thought she would be up to making me a new quilt. She said yes as long as I didn’t put any pressure on her and she wasn’t on a time crunch...done! I mean with the quarantine she can thank me for giving her a project to work on am I right? J/K! We got together this weekend and she gave it to me. I LOVE it. I can’t wait to see this beautiful quilt made by my beautiful sister every day. She really is the best.