Vacation Time

The monsoons are supposed to be over so we decided to leave town. Well, that is not why we left, actually Dave's aunt and uncle are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary so we took that occasion to come East to visit his family and hope to see many of the extended family at the anniversary party. This is going to be a very productive vacation. My mother-in-law, sister-in-law, myself and several other women gathered today to sew and quilt bags/purses. They took a bit longer than we had been told but we all managed to finish ours in one day. Next week we are participating in a scrapbooking "crop" night when I might even get a small memory album put together. Hopefully we will get some pictures of the leaves which are starting to turn here and give the readers of this blog a change from the desert scenery! So stay tuned!!

These are the very latest fashion statements for the fall season, at least in the Layton family! 

Three very tired ladies with our completed bags: all in a hard days' work. 

Repairs Ongoing

We finally got the library put back together. All painted, inside and out, although the outside will need another coat of paint. Then we had a hard rain out of the East and three more windows leaked. We had to pull (it is really a cutting process) the stucco off the outside of those but we have not opened up any interior walls. We think they are now sealed, we had rain yesterday and no leaks that we could find. The chicken wire and foam layer has been put back on and the stucco should come soon. Maybe I'll get some new photos up. The drainage all seems to work fine so we are happy about that. Everyone on the street has about gotten their landscape repairs finished and the weathermen are all saying that the monsoons should be over by Monday.