Looking Back

So I was looking through some old pics to find some of the yard before we did anything to it and came across some old pics that I thought were neat. Here are a couple of my favorites.

My first motorcycle trip with Jordan. This was one of the

coolest trips I'd gone on without my family... keep in mind that we

were still dating at this point in time...

Even after I fell on a cactus and Jordan picked out all the needles. I knew at this point I'd

be really lucky if I married this kid.

"Oh no! What happened to the truck!" Jordan made a start on fixing the '55 Chevy that he's always wanted.

Talking to Sister (Amber) Allen at Christmas Time.

Water skiing. Jenny is being the boat babe! woo woo.

WOW!

WARNING: PYROTECHNICS

On the next one the flame went out rather than up and the two guy sitting by the fire were burnt. One had blisters all over his face and no eyebrows. Jordan is the one standing far away taking the picture.

Brynlee and her first sleepover with us!

NEW TIRES! they went on the truck!

On Our Honeymoon in Cabo.

Jordan holding Brynlee.

Jordan on a snow cave scouting activity.

Camping by porcupine reservoir. we even had the styling van!

Ahhh, the styling van! it even came with the rainbow stripes!

Home at last!

Washing the truck, his pride and joy at the time

Who's changed the most?!

Hunting (pheasants, grouse, or turkeys?) obviously i'm not a hunter...

Grandpa at McDonald's!

Our first and possibly last Baby Animal Days...at least until

we forget how crowded it really gets there!

A family get together at Kendall's house
WOW were we young or what...

It's amazing how time flies when you look back at it. I hope you enjoyed see some old pictures... maybe I'll put up some more in a little while.

Boating Fun

A couple weeks ago we had Mark and Mollie Allen and family from California come for the weekend and go boating at Hyrum for a day. We had a ton of fun with great friends! Next time we'll have to go to California and surf the waves and of course hit the mall!

Garrett in his cute frog chair that Grandma Kaylene gave him!

Garrett's got so many cute faces...

and such a happy little boy!

Garrett shared his chair with Kate... she wasnt so sure she wanted to sit there for more than 10 sec and she's a little camera shy! haha

Part of the crew... Kate, Celeste, and Linda(taking photo) were up front. The other half... Nathan, Nick, Chelsea, Megan, and Abby, were in the other boat

Garrett's 1st boat ride.

He really liked it when we were moving but not when we were just sitting in the water.

And his life jacket wasn't that comfortable. He lasted almost

3 hours in the boat before he got too hot and didn't want the jacket on anymore!

Celeste and Kate!

Kate loved riding in the boat and especially the chips!

Thanks for a great day everyone!

Yard Update

So we're still going on the yard. I get really ambitious in my head and think we can really get more done then we can. Things take so long when there's only 2 of you doing manual labor. haha

So we still have got a lot done with working the ground and making the sprinkler plan. Here goes another weekend on the yard... hopefully with 3 full days to get it done and the knowledge we decided not to take a vacation to St. George, we can get it done, and not change or add to the plan again!

The Plan: Dig holes, put in cement blocks, trench sprinkler lines, put sprinklers in, and hopefully get sod in! It's going to be a busy weekend! For anyone who wants to help we will freely take it, and even provide lunch or dinner or both!

Here's some pics of what it looks like before and after:

Before:

I love this one of Jordan hard at work... kind of... it's nice to have the tools to make it a little easier!

Good-bye little tree. You had a good life but we couldn't save you.

After:

Summer Fun 2010

Click here to view this photo book larger

This is just a fun photo book I made, mainly of Garrett, about the stuff we did this summer!

Project Extravaganza

Since Jordan is starting school this coming Tuesday we (I) have decided to make a big push to get most of the projects we have on the list done or at least to the point where I can do them on my own. So hopefully in the next couple of weeks we can get 2 big projects done and make room for some more next spring/summer.

The 2 big ones are the deck, which is coming along great, and the front yard, maybe get grass in this fall.
So the deck stairs were the project last weekend and we got them built, stained and pretty much completed. We just have to put a couple more supports in the top part, finish placing th rest of the boards and we are done in the back until next year.

Here are some before and after pics, just for fun:

The front yard is maybe going to be ready for sod by the end of the weekend, we hope! Till, pick up rocks, sprinklers, pick up rocks, and rake it smooth. Sounds easy enough but it will be a miracle if we actually accomplish all that by Saturday night. I'll be sure to put some pics up of what we did on Sunday.

First ever Sleepover!

So Garrett had his first sleep over with his cousin Kate! Celeste and Erik went to a dental conference and so we were able to get Kate for the night and part of the next day! We had so much fun!

Garrett loves Jack!

This little guy just get worn out with all the fun!

Kate loves the jumper!

And the old toys still are some of the coolest!

mmmm, lunch. She only would eat the green beans!

The other morning I went in to check on Garrett and I found this...

Finished Bathroom!

YEAH! We finished the bathroom! Project 1 of 500 done! and it only took us 5 months to do it. Here are the pics to show the finishing touches. Take a look back in March for the beginning and during remodel pics to compare!