Master Bath

Before, just a toilet and sink.The master bedroom used to be a family/bonus room.

Before

One little snag along the way. We removed the old sink, Tobasco went in through the drain pipe hole. He didn't fit so well on the way back out, twisting and turning till he was upside down.

After

Main Bathroom Before & After

This is the water damage on the floor. We had to replace some of the subfloor.
Before

After

Kitchen Before & After

Here's the kitchen Sally. In case you didn't know, the second picture is the after.

I Am An ENFJ

The Giver

You strive to maintain harmony in relationships, and usually succeed.
Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections.
Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down.
You find the most energy and comfort in social situations ... where you shine.

In love, you are very protective and supporting.
However, you do need to "feel special" - and it's quite easy for you to get jealous.

At work, you are a natural leader. You can help people discover their greatest potential.
You would make a good writer, human resources director, or psychologist.

How you see yourself: Trusting, idealistic, and expressive

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Bossy, inappropriate, and loud http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourpersonalitytypequiz/

More Gas? Yes Please!

What do leg hair and gasoline have in common? Oh, they both burn. Just ask James. He decided to put a LOT of gas on some branches and boxes to start the fire faster. When he squatted down to light it with a lighter, he was engulfed in a huge ball of flames. Luckily he didn't catch fire and he jumped over the fence into the horse trough full of water. James' right arm and leg look fabulous without hair. Forget the Veet. As if it wan't enough to burn himself, James then started burning trails of gunpowder on the ground. Oh yeah, he really did.



Left leg, hair
Right leg, not so much

Bonfire

We decided to have a bonfire tonight. We just needed a little something to get it started.


Ahhhh warm and toasty.

It's About Dirt

James in the skid steer loader.

We got about 65 yards of dirt to finish backfilling around our house. James had a hay day moving it all around and sloping it off.

Now we just need a sprinkler system installed and hydro-seeded before winter. I was hoping this would get done before too much rain or snow. No such luck, it

rained a lot today. Boys love mud.

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Ok Joel, your turn!

Who could I be now?

YippeKaiYay

We had a great time at Lagoon on Sunday.

Lagoon has a Skycoaster that is approximately 143 feet above the ground with the flight cables taut and the flight is ready to begin. Upon being given the signal, the flyers pull the rip cord, releasing them from the launch cable, and they begin to rapidly swing towards the ground at speeds reaching up to 80 mph.

All 4 of us went on this. It was awesome! I loved it. You freefall for about 3 seconds, then you swing! I'ts so fun! Everyone needs to do it!

WICKED!

Wicked is just that, "Wicked". I loved it, it's now my fave ride. SkyCoaster is a close second though.

Somehow we managed to be at Lagoon on the one and only "Gay Day" this season. I noticed that a lot were wearing red tshirts. Damion was also wearing red. When I looked it up online later, I found out that red tshirts were planned. Just as I suspected, but I didn't tell Damion until we were home the next day. He wasn't very happy to hear this news.

Bekah in Boots

We went camping in Montana over the weekend. We bought some cool boots for Bekah, to protect her feet. As much as I would like to think that dog boots are a great idea, alas, they are not.

Reunited, and it Feels So Good!

So happy are my days now that I have Joel and Paul back in my life. I never knew how much I truly missed them until they left Idaho to go home. This is my favorite picture from my camera. The Core Four. I love you guys! You too Nan! Paul what do you really look like? You never have a straight face.

Mission Impossible

Last Sunday we left our home at noon, ready for a fun filled day at Lagoon. Everything was fine until about Tremonton. Our car started losing power. So we limped along in the emergency lane hoping to make it to Brigham City. But the car died. So James tried starting it and it worked just fine! So we kept going, hoping to get somewhere with a rental car. The car kept losing power about every 20 mins. We made it to Ogden, but the rental car places closed 30 minutes before. So we limped on to Salt Lake airport. Once there we checked for cars and the only thing available was an suv, which is twice the price. Whatever, we agreed to the $57 for one day, then there was tax...grand total...$75. So much for saving money by driving our car, Ok fine! So we find a Ford dealer and head that way to drop off the car. That particular dealer has moved to another location! Fine! So we find our hotel, check in, find another dealer. Ok, we leave the car. It's now 7pm! Lagoon closes at 10pm and we still had to go to Huntsman Cancer institute to pick some things for James' testing on Monday. No Lagoon! And it's Sunday, so everything is pretty much closed by 7pm.ARGHHHH! Luckily the hotel had a pool open until 11pm.
The next day James goes in at 7:30 am for testing, gets back at 9 am. We check on the car, they MIGHT get it in after noon. So we eat breakfast and James has an appointment at 11am to meet with his doctor about the test results. We head up the the institute and wait. Almost 2 hours later we see the doctor. Finally! He doesn't have any info. So he and James talk about fishing for 15 minutes, then we leave. Nothing accomplished! So we go mess around at Cabella's. We call the Ford dealer after lunch and they can't find anything wrong after hooking it up to some diagnostic thing!?! Fine! Try harder! They say they will find someone to drive it around and duplicate the problem. Great! Whatever, we head to the dealer back in SLC. It's now 4pm. I just want my car!!! This trip was so horrible, I just want to limp back home! At about 5pm we finally get the keys back to our car and return the rental, which is 20 minutes late. Of course now we are in rush hour traffic with a little construction thrown in for fun. After all that, our car runs just fine! No problems all the way home! What the?!@$!*!

Teenage Driver

Today was Damion's last day of Drivers Education. He now has 4 months of supervised driving with a licensed driver i.e. Me or James. Yikes! So I let him drive home today from class and he did pretty well. He does like to hug the side of the road a little close. He also stops Way behind the stop sign, but that's what the teacher taught him. Time to teach him real world driving.

More Animals?

Dillon found a baby robin Sunday. He is almost old enough to fly, so until then, Dillon has decided to be it's mother. Dillon has spent a lot of time digging up worms to feed him. Robin's really cute when he hops out of the box and comes over wanting food. Robin really likes people .

Little Rock, Arkansas

I returned home from Little Rock, AR last night. I have now seen 26 states. My goal is to visit all 50. Arkansas is nice and green, but not a lot to do. I did my best to avoid the Bill Clinton Library and anything else that had to do with him. I discovered that it does no good to ask locals for directions, nobody knows where anything is! Nobody had any suggestions for fun things to do either. So we ended up driving to Memphis, 2 hours away. Now that's a fun city! We arrived too late to go into Graceland, but I did leave my message on the rock wall and picked up a few souvenirs.

I was only there for 24 hours, but that was plenty of time!

Next state will be.....

Sir Loin

Sir Loin was born May 15th to Lola. He weighs about 30 lbs and is 18 inches tall. He's so dang cute!

He does Not like being held.

Tribute

He are a few of my precious photos of Joel and Paul. Here's to you guys!
Too bad these photos don't scan very well. I have included the comments from the back of each photo.


"On Top of ol' Pokey!"
('nuf said)

Help! Help I'm being repressed! Paul is killing me w/ my own medicine.

(Huh?)

Me and a kid. I don't know who, but he was awful kind to let us take his pic.

Put These Together however you want to.

Notice: Me! I'm Dead!

Joel Tackling Paper Boy
"You're Late! You Stupid Kid! I like my news fresh!" Notice Newspaper that he refused to give me after treating him.





Paul and Gordon showing off on the goal posts of #1 Orem High.



Who's real and whose the poster? Am I Schwarzenegger? Is he me? Am I in the poster?



Dead.

Dancing With The Stars

Does anyone else watch this show?
I know I'm kind of a Dork for doing this, but here goes.
Vote for Apolo and Julianne. She is James' cousin and deserves to win!

We all did a bit of modeling back in the day...
We were so good...




Nan knows how much we worshiped her!

I'm not sure if we were trying to look scared or needed to use the restroom.

My Friend Michele

She is kind to little animals.

























She was always there when I needed help.



She has great fashion sense.


















She always pointed out
what was important in life.










And she always thought I was #1