Thursday, June 21, 2012

January-June 2012

So here we are halfway through 2012 and I am just barely posting again. For a while there wasn't much going on and our camera was too big to keep handy in my purse so I wasn't taking pictures. Then I got an IPhone and I suddenly got better at documenting our life. I hope my family members don't mind me posting these since they are mostly all of them and their cute families. This has been a somewhat trying year for me but being able to look back at the pictures I've taken makes it all seem better and I feel very blessed to have the family I do. Love you all! June-Backyard Brian has been tilling up our backyard all summer and he has been really busy with work and other things so it's taken a long time for him. Plus we have tons of rocks in our yard. :( We had 2 tree stumps that we had removed this last week by a back hoe and some trenches dug for retaining walls. Wayne and Preston came up to help clean up the mess and smooth out the ground. We want to level it a little more, build retaining walls and hydro-seed. It's looking good and Logan and I watched them for 45 minutes straight out of the window. He was fascinated and didn't move for that long. It was so funny. He even tried to push the screen out and join the boys. :) Memorial Weekend-Golfing Summer got engaged over Memorial Weekend and we went golfing with her fiance, Caleb and it was the first time we've been able to hang out with him. We had a lot of fun and are happy for them. Golfing was fun, we played Frisbee, and board games. Shantel's Graduation She really didn't want me to post pictures but I just picked a couple of the good ones cus we were there...so we need to document it! haha Our Sweet New Wheels! Oh, yeah. We also bought a new car on vacation!!! Woot, woot! It's a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe and I loooooove it! St. George Trip Brian's parents rented the same house as last year and we had a blast! Here are some of the highlights. Brian and Logan playing in the sand. Lots of concentration...:) May-Planting Our First Plants Our yard needed so much TLC and Brian has been working so hard and it looks so wonderful now! We had to bring in top soil and we bought all new bushes and I planted my first flowers. :) We just barely bought new bushes to plant along the side of the stairs but I don't have a picture yet...coming soon. Before... ...After! If you look really close you will notice that Brian's truck is riding low from the heavy load. The sad thing was this wasn't even enough to fill them all. My hot husband workin' hard! March-Brian's Competition Brian won the regional and state competition at Ogden-Weber Tech in machining. He rocked the competition and is headed to nationals in Kansas City the end of June. His instructor told Brian that he has one of the best chances of winning nationals that he has seen in 14 years and it will be really good for the business so it's pretty exciting. March-Easter The kids all got kites for Easter so we were out flying them... ...with a fishing pole. Better distance, of course. January-Cookie Party Brian and I got the XBox with Kinect for Christmas so we had Preston, Jenny and Logan up for chocolate chips cookies and a Kinect party. Poor Jen was close to full term being pregnant and we thought the running and jumping might bring baby Lily a little sooner. :) Logan was right in the middle of it all. :) Other Fun Times This Year