A unique UEA...

Historically, we like to get out of Dodge on UEA weekend and have some hiking fun

but we have big doings coming up so we're pinching pennies. 

That meant hotels were out. 

Instead, we did homework...

(Thanks Melody for the encouragement and insights into Frankenstein!)

...and picked apples...

...and raked leaves and pulled out and tidied the garden.

I LOVE freshly turned dirt!!   :)

We worked on repairing the deck too.

Sheila came for a little visit and is always up for fun so we grabbed the twigs friends 

and played some racquetball - my favorite thing!  :)

We also headed up the mountain for a evening hike to watch the sunset. 

By the time we got there it was a "night hike" but it was so much fun!!! 

Okay, the part where the teenagers ran ahead and hid in the bushes

then leapt out roaring like mountain lions 

so they could make the mom scream wasn't my favorite, 

but the teenagers totally loved it.   ;)

We visited Grandma...

...and the next morning the twigs went with the youth in the Stake 

to clean up flower beds and have a pizza party at temple square.

(Thanks for the cute pic, Leaders!)

Our unique UEA weekend was pretty great after all.   :)