SSSLLLOOOWWWLLLYYY PROGRESSING...

They have slowly been making progress on our house. These first few pictures are of the back.

Sorry about a few of them being blurry. They have all of the back side framed in and sheeted on the outside and all of the inside walls framed in.

The last two pictures are of the front side of the house. This is where we are extending our dining room and family room. They just started putting the floor on yesterday.

I am hoping to go home today and see much more than this.

LITTLE PUMKIN'S CONT......

O.k. I feel a need to post this because I don't want everyone thinking that I am posting pictures of puking kittens. So "THE REST OF THE STORY" is....Oakleigh LOVES the kittens. She LOVES watching them and gets excited when ever they come around her. So we thought it would be cute to get a piture of her with the kitten. BUT.... the little bugger, the kitten, didn't want to sit still long enough for a picture. So the kids thought that they could get it to sit long enough if they gave it some pumkin. The kitten is just EATING the pumkin. I didn't notice this in the picture until it was pointed out. But it did work, the kitten sat there for the picture!!! :)

LITTLE PUMPKIN'S

After church yesterday, we went to my mom and dad's for dinner. The kids have been wanting to carve pumpkins and so I picked some up at the grocery store on Saturday.

And this is what they came up with!! Madi did hers all by her self. Bryan drew an outline on Wyatt's and then he cut it out.

They had a lot of fun. I am glad we did it ouside on the patio cuz they made a huge mess! :)

TAGGED!!

TAGGED BY MY S-I-L ALI :)

ABC TAG
A-Attached or Single? Attached to my hubby!!
B-Best Friend? Bryan
C-Cake or Pie? Pie, Pear and Chocolate! YUM!!!!
D-Day of Choice? Saturday, I get to sleep in!!
E-Essential Item? Toothbrush
F-Favorite Color? Black
G-Gummy Bears or Worms? Worms
H-Hometown? Menan, ID
I-Indulgences? Red Lobster
J-January or July? Both! I love the snow and I love being outside in the sun with my kids!
K-Kids? 7...YEP!! And LOVIN' it! Bryanalee, Kaylee, Paden, Madisen, Morgan, Wyatt, and Oakleigh!!!!
L-Life Is Incomplete Without? My husband, my kids, and Forever!
M-Marriage Date? December 4, 2004
N-Number of Siblings? 1 Brother and 2 Sisters
O-Oranges or Apples? Oranges
P-Phobias or Fears? FEARS!!! Of being alone, of leaving my family before I get to see them grow....and many, many more. Just ask my husband.
Q-Quotes? "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it."
R-Reason to Smile? My Fam!
S-Season? Fall
T-Tag 5 People? Kristen, Stephanie, Lindsey, Lacey, and Heidi
U-Unknown Fact? Don't know. Ask me anything and I will tell you!
V-Very Favorite Store? MAURICES!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!
W-Worst Habit? Driving too fast!! SHHHH, don't tell Dad!
X-X-Ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound
Y-Your Favorite Food? Crab legs and Chinese
Z-Zodiac? Sagittarius

PARK CITY

I am a little late on this post but that's o.k., things have been a little crazy around our house lately. A couple of weeks ago we went to Park City and spent a few days with my parents, who have a condo there. We had a lot of fun! We left Tuesday afternoon and got down there around 8:00. The kids couldn't wait. The condo has a big swimming pool and 7 hot tubs. We have gone the last 4 years and that is thier favorite part of the whole trip. So after we got our luggage to the room we changed and made a quick trip down to the pool.
Wednsday morning Bryan and I and my mom and dad had the opportunity to go to the Salt Lake Temple. I have never been there. It was a neat experience. After we got back the girls went to the outlets shopping and the guys went and did a guy thing!! I am not even sure what that guy thing was!!! That night more hot tubbing!
Thursday we made our annual trip to Cabella's. My dad, Bryan, and Wyatt LOVE that store. Actually, we spend all day in there. That night....yes, more hot tubbing!! The kids would spend all their time in there if we let them :)
Friday we checked out of the condo and drove to Layton to have breakfast at the Cracker Barrell and stopped at the mall.
We had so much fun. It was a much needed vacation and we can't wait to go again next year!

TAGGED

I have been tagged by my friend Stephanie. You are supposed to post the sixth picture from your sixth file.

Isn't he soooo little in this picture? It seems like forever ago.

I tag Ali, Lindsy, Heidi, and Lacey.

WHAT'S SO FUNNY?????

We have never been able to get Oakleigh to really laugh. Wyatt can get a few giggles out of her once in a while but that is about it. Last Tuesday we were getting ready to leave for Park City. Bryan was outside loading the Yukon and I was in the other room packing. Oakleigh was in our bedroom sitting on the bed playing with Wyatt and all of a sudden this is what I hear.....

THIS PAST WEEK.......

They came last Monday and stripped the footings. On Tuesday and Wednesday they formed the walls and poured.



As soon as they come and back fill they will be ready to start framing. So Saturday we had a couple of projects that needed to be done so they could start the framing. We had a little cover over our front door and side walk that needed to come off so Bryan and my brother in law Aaron took that down. (Thanks Aaron and Ali for all of your help!! And the YUMMY dinner!! :)


We also had to take the siding off. We are planning to wrip all of the siding off and re-side the whole house, but for right now we just took the stuff off where they are going to be framing. It was interesting to see what was under it. This house has been added on to a couple of times so there was 3 different layers. Do you like the brick? Actually it's not brick, it's a brick siding!

NEW ADDITION

For those of you who don't know, cuz I am not sure that I have mentioned it on our blog before, but we are adding on to our house. YEAH!!!!




These first 4 pictures are of what things looked like before. In order to add in the directions that we wanted, there were some trees that needed to come out. And they were some BIG trees!!!








It took forever, or at least it seemed like forever, to get the tree people out there. As soon as the trees were done Shane was out there digging. We had our wholes dug and our footings poured in 2 days. We will be adding 3 bedrooms and a bathroom off the back and a family room and a dining room off the front.
We are SOOOOOOOO excited!!