Rockin' Party!

Yesterday was our Family and Friends BBQ at our house!! I started planning it forever ago and I was super excited that the day finally came. I was very happy that so many people could make it and we had a GREAT turn out. Here are some pictures from the fun day --

Ella, Kylee, and Atti on the bounce house slide (what a stinkin' cute picture!)

Charlotte and Nick became fast friends (thank you for pointing it out to me Kate!) I kept hearing them say things like "let's go here" or "lets go do this" I love it!

So glad that Keith and Allison were here from Vegas and could come to the party too!

Rachelle, Owen and Dave

Didn't this picture turn out great?

Victoria is such a doll, I have about a million pictures of her!

Here is Neve enjoying some red vines

I am super excited about this picture. These are some of my best friends and we have recently re-connected. So glad they could all come to the party!!

Ohhh, the proud hosts of the party. This picture was Mike's idea - I couldn't believe it!

Hannah and Nick spent the night and here they are waking Mike up - they are excellent alarm clocks

And really what would a summer party be without some water? This hose was a favorite among the kids and as usual Caden completely cracks me up! He kept saying "spray me!"

Thank you so much to everyone for coming and making it such a great party!

Oh my gosh . . . OH MY GOSH!!!

I have been in Wyoming the past couple days for work (I know you are jealous) and you know how coming home is the best part? LOOK WHAT I CAME HOME TO!!!!


Here is the front shot - grass is in, rocks to the side of the 3rd car and hello? Did you see the fence? YEAH!


We now have a backyard! I can not believe it is actually and finally done! They did a great job and I couldn't be happier with the results.



Remi LOVES these stairs. Mike said he has been running up and down them like crazy. Lets take a vote - does he think they are fun, or is he hoping to escape? Once the sod is a little more settled we can start to plan our party - can't wait for you all to be here!

More Vegas Fun

Here are some more pictures from my awesome time in Vegas. If it looks like we did a lot of crafts . . . . .We did! I thought it would be a good way to entertain the kids if Allison was busy with Jack. I went to Michaels with April and WOW! Who knew that they had so much cool stuff? (Not me) There aren't pictures of all the crafts we did because we couldn't even get to them all! We made bouncy balls, chocolate molds, hot pads, air planes, sun catchers, draw your own puzzle and didn't have time for sand projects (jars and jewelry), black paper drawing (scratch the color) and create your own frame. I had a blast and can't wait to go back!

When we were painting our "sun catchers" Nick grabbed one that looked like a dog and said "I want to paint Remi" then Hannah wanted to paint "Remi" too. Good thing there was another dog huh? Here is their fabulous work.

And here is an adorable video of Nick - So cute!

Also, I didn't post it earlier (because it was a surprise) but here are some pictures of the quilt I made for baby Jack. I was really excited about how it turned out and hope he loves it too!

I always have a such a great time in Vegas and am so grateful to Keith and Allie for always saying yes when I want to visit (again!) See you soon!

Meeting Jack!

This last weekend I went to Vegas to meet Jack! Man O Man he is so cute! Super tiny and adorable - I had a really good time playing, helping (hopefully) and getting to be a temporary member of this cute family.

I will do another post showing all the fun stuff we did, but I wanted you all to see my newest nephew!

What a Day!

My Memorial Day weekend goal was to get A LOT of projects done around the house. My list is long, but day one turned out incredible!
Task One - Make room in the garage for the boat (and organize!)
Our garage needed some TLC and some things were still just where we left them from move in day. Plus Mike really needs his boat to live at home with us.
Here are the final results

Also, we have been parking the truck on an angle, since the boat isn't there, and figured we should find its "correct spot." Here is how the truck has to be parked in order for the garage door to close.
YIKES
at least we can park it inside -- right?

Task two - Remove the awful, ugly, hideous old farmers fence in the backyard .
Our fence posts are being placed June 4th, this task was at the top of my list. Plus I didn't know what I was going to find once I started to dig. People at work had me worried about 5-8 foot holes and concrete bottoms.
This picture gives you a little idea of what we were working with. There was also A LOT of barbed wire between each post.
**BTW look at the bottom of the stairs -- they finally poured our pad! Nice to see our backyard starting to come together**
My war wounds from the barbed wire (I look kinda tuff though huh?!?!?!)

Well thank goodness for amazing neighbors. It just so happened that our neighbor was removing THE SAME fence from his own backyard! Luckily I have no problem talking to people (oops we haven't met them yet.) I walked up and asked what I was in for.
Our super nice, amazing, GIVING neighbor (Chris BTW) had a tractor and said "I'll come pull them out for you" WOW - how nice is that? He saved my weekend!

I love this picture of Mike.
This is probably the hardest work we will do ourselves in the backyard and because of Chris it went really fast and wasn't too bad! YEAH!

I now have way more time this weekend and am really excited to have 2 tasks crossed off my list!
I am also really excited that now when you pull up our blog, my puffy face is not the first thing that you see . . . . . . yikes, those pictures were scary.

Actually . . . Not so fun

A lot of people have asked me to update them regarding my surgery, so I figured this was the place to do it! The surgery itself was not so bad. Typical mouth stuff, you can't feel most of it, but holding your mouth open for 2 hours sucks. Honestly? The worst part was when the doctor and the assistant started talking pop culture! Here is how one of their conversations went -
"Do you know who Ryan Reynolds is?"
"No, what has he been in?"
"Um, I can't think of anything"
I was sitting in the chair wanting to scream I KNOW WHO HE IS I can name tons of his movies! Then they talked about Star Trek and Wolverine and I really thought I was going to lose my mind! Oh well, at least it kept me entertained.
The doctor was really nice and did a great job, but the surgery is painful and that is that. I am healing well, but this is what I looked like when I woke up this morning.
Ouch!
I know the picture is hideous, but it shows exactly how I am feeling.

Here is a picture of all my medicine. I knew that people (like my mom) would be very interested in what they gave me. Here it is - Lortab, Mobic, Decadron, and Peridex.

So bottom line? Day 2 has been pretty hard, but I am getting through it. I am hoping the swelling and pain is better tomorrow -- cross your fingers for me!!

oh yeah - my brother Keith requested a picture of the inside of my mouth - I will spare you all because it is incredibly gross.

One of my stitches came out last night and Mike had to check for bleeding. Too bad I don't have a picture of his face! He can't stand blood so I think it was pretty awful for him - what a trooper!

3 cheers for completed projects!

I am proud to say that we had a VERY productive weekend!

#1 - New Bed for Remi. I know you were thinking 4 beds is just not enough! Here we have Remi snuggled up in bed #5. I wanted to see what he thought of this style, and . . . . . he loves it!

PLUS it keeps him from sleeping like this -

#2 - Update my old dresser for the extra bedroom. This is the only "before" picture I have, so my family will have to remember what the old one looked like.

Sanded, painted, and new handles -- Complete!

#3 - Hang some pictures! We finally hung the pictures on the way up to Mike's office. We also hung the shelf and paver.

#4 - Finish the Quilt I have been working on FOREVER! I started this a long long time ago and except for the outside border, I am done! I love how it turned out and can't wait to start my next one!

Close up shot of the fabric (love it!)

What a great weekend! A few more like that and we can start planning our house warming party - how long do we have before we waited too long????

Also, speaking of "complete" this is our 100th blog post!!