Washington

This last summer my sister and I went on a road trip to Washington to spend some time with my brother and his family. We were asked to judge a clogging competition, went swimming at the lake, and went to Ensign Ranch while we were there. I had such a great time with them. I only wish we lived closer so I could see them more often.
Katelin makes me laugh. She is such a sweet girl but is also a total tomboy. I love her outfit in this picture especially her socks that are rolled down.

Savannah is there youngest. She is total opposite of her big sister. She is a girly girl through and through. She can be so sassy and sweet at the same time. I just love it.

Weston was so little when I moved from Washington. I still can't believe this is him and that he is growing up so fast. He bore his testimony at church while we were there and it totally blew me away. He has such a strong spirit and is such a good kid.

And then there's Cody. He is SO much like his dad it kills me. I think my mom has about 20 pictures of Kyle doing this exact same pose. Cody is such a hard worker and is so good with his animals it amazes me. He even made us breakfast one day while we were there all by himself. When we went up to ensign he was the first to go and get the wood. After dinner he would always stay and help me clean everything up till it was all done.

As you can tell from the pictures when we went to the lake the boys decided it would be so fun to get in a sand fight with me. I spent the next week scrubbing the sand out of my hair. the boys however decided that they weren't dirty enough so they made sure to cover there entire bodies with sand before we left.

Washington trip part 2

While I was staying up in Washington we decided to go stay up at Ensign Ranch. This is the same camp that I use to go to every year for girls camp. It brought back al ot of memories and I had a blast up there. We stayed in a rough built a-frame cabin. There are some spots in the roof and flooring where you can see outside. When we first got there we found a squirel in our cabin. Sorry I couldn't get the picture to turn but this is my nephew Cody standing in the middle of all our intertubes. I forgot how beautiful it is up there. this is a little river on the ranch. One day Weston and Cody got to ride on the top of the suburban after swimming and put on a pretty funny show for us. They had this HUGE slip and slide hill and you use the intertubes to ride down on. It was really fun.

You can see from this picture how the inside of the cabin looks. check out the ceiling.

Ever since last February when my sister had her twins, we have been spending a lot more time with her and her kids. I think they think this is their vacation/ get away spot. But we love having them come.they were just out here a few weeks ago and these are some of the pictures we took while they were here.
Mack on our way to Washington this last summer, had a powdered doughnut and this is what we found after he had finished it.

This is Addie. She is such a sweet little baby and LOVES baby dolls. Her little cry melts uncle Mikes heart!

this is Lydia. She is such a funny baby. She definitely has a Big personality. She gets into everything and is always doing something silly.

Well that's it for now. We have alot of birthdays and fun things coming up so I am sure we will be posting more. make sure to check back!

Montana

As some of you know Mike is in Montana this week for training at alltel. He got there today at about 5:00 p.m. And this is the picture he sent me from out of his hotel room window. It seems really pretty there and I'm a little jealous but I'm also glad he got to go and have fun!

Happy 2nd Anniversary!

Today is our 2nd Anniversary. I have to say that I really believe that I have the best husband in the world! He always makes me laugh and knows how to cheer me up when I am feeling down. He is never to proud to help me when I need it and I swear he does the laundry more then I do! Mike I just want you to know how much a love you and appreciate all that you do for us! I'm so glad that your trip was delayed so that we could be together today. I am going to miss you like crazy while you're gone this next week and I hope you have fun in Montana. I love you Mike!

Its been a while since we have made a post and a lot has happened!! With the big downturn in the economy and the huge drop in housing. New construction also took a big hit. Well the unfortunate happened my company slowed almost to a stop and I was let go. The last few weeks have been a little stressfull looking for work and making ends meet. We have come to rely a lot on good friends and especially family to help us through these times. I know that all things happen for a reason and as hard as it may be to understand why, If we put our faith in Christ, he will and does provide for us. I am happy to say that i found a new great job. I am now a wireless consultant for alltel wireless. We are really happy and trully blessed.

Friday the 23?

Yesterday might as well have been Friday the 13 instead of the 23. It all started as soon as Mike woke up. He went outside to go start his truck and he hadn't realized that it had rained the night before leaving everything with a thick layer of ice. He stepped off of our porch onto the sidewalk, slipped and fell right to the ground (just like in Home Alone). He landed on his right elbow leaving it swollen and painful for the day.

I called him around lunch to see how he was feeling and to see if he was ready (we eat lunch together everyday). On Mike's way to pick me up, my brother called and wanted to meet up for lunch. As I got into the truck I told Mike we were going to lunch with my family. I might as well have told him I had gotten fired. He was SO mad. Nothing against my family. It was very clear that he didn't want to go to lunch with anyone that day. I made him suck it up and we went anyway. By the way I had a great time!

After lunch we headed back to work. I had only been working for about an hour when Mike called. He had sliced his finger open on some duct work while he was drilling a hole next to it, and needed stitches. He asked if I would go with him. He doesn't handle pain, blood, or needles very well. We got to the hospital and there was a huge line in E.R.. Come to find out there had been several accidents that day. and not to mention 3 other people ahead of us in the waiting room. The lady at registration told us to have a seat, it's going to be a while. We waited for an hour, then they finally called him back to Triage, looked at his wound and I filled out all the paper work. After Triage we went to another waiting room to wait for another hour. They finally took us back to the E.R. room. From there it was another hour and half. He ended up needing 3 stitches, it was right across his knuckle and went clear down to the bone. The doctor was concerned about the stitches ripping open so the wrapped his finger up to point that he can't move it. Mike also wanted me to mention that the shots hurt like H-E-double hockey sticks.

Thankfully the rest of the night was drama free. We spent the rest of the night at home watching movies. We even had pizza delivered. We decided making dinner would be too much of a risk.

What the fox hat????

The other night about 11:00 we were laying in bed and my phone rings I am thinking who in the world is calling this late. It was my neighbor and the conversation went as follows:

Mike: hello?
Austin: hey whats going on?
Mike: nothing much just getting ready to go to sleeep.
Austin: did you get a dog?
Mike: What? no
Austin: there is a dog in the back of your truck!
Mike: uhh you think you're funny. did you get me a dog for the back of my truck?

(at this time i get out of bed to look and sure enough there is a small animal staring out the back of my truck)

Austin: We just got home and saw it, it scared the crap out of us. It almost looks like a coyote or something.
Mike: well i don't know what the heck it is. is it alive?
Austin: it looks like it is to me!
Mike: come outside with me and we'll find out what it is.

I hurried and threw on some clothes and headed out the door. I see austin has got a broom. In my state of fear, and it being so late I thought it was a good idea and grabbed my broom too. We got a closer look and sure enough it was a FOX. we whistled at it and tapped the truck like a bunch of wussies to see if it was alive. NO MOVEMENT. Austin got up the nerve and poked it. rock solid. It was frozen. Well the fear was gone and my neighbor and I were left holding our broomsticks like a bunch of morons. Someone pulled off a hell of a prank.

I started thinking who would have left a dead animal carcass in my truck? We had gone to the neighbors house across the street the watch Utah play in the sugar bowl. Walking home brad (my little brother) was parked out front of our house. I assumed he had come over to talk about the game.

Well just as i thought. It was brad. I called my parents house, my dad answered the phone (fully knowing brad had left a dead fox in my truck) I asked for brad and he told me he was in the shower. so i told him what had happened. He started laughing so hard he would have had to of fallen off his bed. He told me some guys had come down to the shop (one of whom is austins bro in law. coincidence) and told brad they left him a present in his truck. brad thought it was so funny he decided to share it with me and my neighborhood.

All in all we had a great laugh. the next morning i decided to take a picture of what had caused the upset the night before.