House Days 6 & 7

 Some of the treasures of fall.  The boys found this snake in our yard on Saturday

 Samantha and Tally showing off two of the four pumpkins from the garden

 House Building Day 6  putting up the forms for the foundation.

 Day 7 - today 9/23 - they poured concrete. This is all the boring stuff. 

House Building Days 1 & 2

  We took the kids over to the lot on Tuesday to do an official ground breaking

 We broke ground on Wednesday for the new house. The excavator arrived at 9 am and dug the foot print for the house.

 We love this lot nestled in the middle of horse pasture.  To the east of us is a dairy farm.

 Day 2 (Thursday) was footings.  Tally running in the dirt barefoot.

Foundation will be Monday/Tuesday.  More pictures to come!

Some More Goodies

Here are more pictures of our life.  There seems to be lots of orange-wearing in these pictures.
happy Fall 2013

Cardboard boat races.

Home school.

Just could smooch this girl every minute

Our one and only camping trip this summer.  I froze.  We went in September.

Next day hiking

Our destination - this cave....where bats live.  We saw them ourselves.

Impromptu Family Band

Our A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E kittens.  We accidentally ran over and killed the one above. It broke my heart!

Trey and his kitten " Paws"

Pumpkin picking out

General Conference at our house.  Lots of bingo playing and prizes

After conference walk

Ask and you shall receive.  A week ago Trey was telling me at breakfast he would like to break his arm or leg.  Later that night at Flag Football practice:  He fractured his wrist.  A dream come true for Trey, to have a cast.

In the background you can see our remodel completed.  Ain't it gorgeous?

So Much to Say

UPDATED:  I added some captions to pictures below.  Now I'm just going to add some new pictures. There is so much to tell you.  I still have not wrapped this blog up and printed it in book form but I'm mighty close.  Here are several pictures of our happenings over the past while. It is so fun to see these pictures.  It's late so I'll put captions on these pictures soon.  But I'm ready for bed. I had a wonderful day with my children in Salt Lake and with my family at my sisters home in Highland, UT.  Such a lovely day...and it even rained!  -check back soon-

Our darling 5th baby.  She's 15 months and a joy.

Samantha with duet partner after a piano recital

Do these glasses fit?

Tom coached the boys baseball team.  they made it to the championship then lost.  Not bad going into the tournament 6th seed.

Drove a motor home to Montana in May.  It was an experience to say the least.  I think I prefer our Suburban.

Kids did the mile run in June

Tom three-peated in the 3on3 b-ball tournament.

Tally turned 1.  Can you see her inhaling the cupcake?

I think this is the 5th annual trip to Cherry Hill - a water slide park.  We almost forgot to get a picture.  We were getting ready to leave.

Samantha turned 9 in July

My mom taking Samantha out for her birthday.  I got to tag along we went to dinner and a Pioneer Celebration concert in the conference center.

While we were at the concert the boys went to a Bees game

Family History - we are doing it~

House remodel.  It's so nice.  Tom is amazing

Completed my 3rd half marathon - Top of Utah half. So fun - when it's over!!

2nd annual Bear Lake cabin trip. 

Kids bowling with dad.

Home school - Day 1.  This is a secret - WE LOVE IT!!