Grand Child # 5

Saturdays child work's hard for it's living.

That is part of the often spoken rhyme when a child is born.

Monday's child is fair of face,

Tuesday's child is full of grace;

Wednesday's child is full of woe,

Thursday's child has far to go;

Friday's child is loving and giving,

Saturday's child works hard for its living;

But the child that is born on the Sabbath day

Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Well, last Saturday at 4.39pm British time, 9.39am USA time my Fifth grandchild was born to my third daughter, Laurie and her hubby, Liam.

His name is Aled John and he weighed 7lbs 15oz, 22.4" long and a head of dark hair :)

And he is adorably scrumptious :0)

Only one problem is that they live in Wales and I live in Utah, USA :( boohoo...but the wonders of internet and skype we get to see each other plenty.

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One Republic Private Concert

My hubby works at Vivint and boy do they like to treat their workers to some awesome perks!  

This past weekend they had their Vivintcon.

One of those perks was a private concert by One Republic! Held at the Vivint Arena on Oct 15th. 

They had two opening acts. 

The first band were called Luxxe and they were from

 Phoenix, AZ. 

We got there and they had already begun their set but the three songs I heard, I liked. Listen to one of their songs HERE

The Second opening act were called

Smallpools

Their music was good 

You can listen to one of their songs HERE

Then it was time for

ONE REPUBLIC

This Picture was taken by someone in the front row! Not me though lol I wish I was that close.

Now we didn't have front row seats - boohoo! So my pictures are fuzzy and shaky (esp the video I shot) as I had to zoom all the way in but hey I was there and it was awesome! 

They sounded so good live and Ryan Tedder hit some pretty dang  high notes! I love the sound of his voice too.

OPENING SONG -- LOVE RUNS OUT

SECOND SONG -- SECRETS

THIRD SONG - WHEREVER I GO

FOURTH SONG - STOP AND STARE

FIFTH SONG -- APOLOGIZE

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

SIXTH SONG  -- A.I

SEVENTH SONG -- COUNTING STARS

GOOD LIFE

PART 2

I LIVED.

KIDS

                                                                        I LOSE MYSELF

PART 1

PART 2

All's I can say it was a fab evening out and I'd recommend anyone to see 

ONE REPUBLIC in concert.

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Sunrise.

Today my day started as usual. Waking up earlier than I wanted but hey I had to wake Seren and Carys up for school. 

Once that was accomplished (grudgingly by the girls I might add) I headed down to assemble breakfast and school lunch for Seren when I spotted through my kitchen windows...a most soul inspiring, word provoking sight.

SUNRISE.

I was quick enough to capture this beautiful sight over the Wasatch mountains as the minutes passed

You can see the subtle changes in color in each picture.

And it warms my heart and soul to be able to witness this, most mornings.

But today with the storm clouds gathering,

gave the sunrise an added exquisiteness that one can't deny that somehow each day brings a new hope.

And to know that there is NEVER one sunrise or sunset that are the same. 

Truly amazing!

I think these would look awesome printed out on a canvas for all to see.

Not to mention my amazing photography skill :)

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Our New Home

Well after the craziness of packing, moving, daughters wedding and other daughter being here from Wales for her sisters wedding, start of new school year and the unpacking and settling in, I finally got round to snapping pictures of our home.

There is still walls to have the accent paint painted and pieces of furniture to buy for our home as there's more space to fill but that will take time and money lol

But for now here's how it looks.

Front entry and living room that one day will hold a floor to ceiling book shelf and mudroom.

Family room.

All is missing is to mount the tv on the wall, hang drapes, window casings and crown molding - in time.

View from family room into kitchen/dining room, that we're still waiting for our table and chairs to be delivered.

Loving my huge kitchen! 

Girls Bedroom

I made a flag banner and the heart wall hanging. 

Added a few paper lanterns.

We're still waiting on the girls beds!

I made some heart canvas art work to match the heart wall hanging

Will post how I made that and the canvas art too.

You might notice the pink bench by the window. It now holds the girls dress up clothes

 Click  HERE to see how I made it.

In the playroom I used my art abilities, been a long time since I did this.

I used the extra flag banners I made, then painted a tree and two little girls

opposite side of the chalk board that I made when we lived in Madison, WI

Master Bedroom

I think this wall would look good with reclaimed wood feature wall too and drapes.

Master Bath

Still needs tile work and painting the naval color.

Spare room - waiting on the wrought iron queen bed.

Downstairs loo. 

This still needs a feature wall..maybe reclaimed wood, tile or paint

Watch this space.

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