Swimming lessons!

There is a really awesome lady in our former neighborhood that does swim lessons at her house. The kids always look forward to the two weeks after schooll gets out. This was Gage's first year. I thought he might not like the water but he took to it like a fish!Gage swimming


Cute little red head boy


The Bubs
Khloe got put in a class with older girls this year. I was a little worried that she would be left behing because she got put with older kids last year and didn't do very well. But she was with her best friend this year and tore it up! There pictures are from the beginning of lessons and I wish I would have brought my camera at the end because she was SWIMMING! I was so glad she was with the older girls because it pushed her a little more. Good job BUBS!

Doing back rockets

I can't wait for next year because Jett will be in lessons too!

Kindergarten Graduation!

Yep, I'm a slacker mom. Khloe graduated from kindergarten on June 4th. I could say she went to school in Washington because they just got out. But no, I'm a slacker mom.

Khloe and Miss Wilkes.

She was a first year teacher and did a great job, Khloe learned so much. She learned German and is reading really well. We will just need to practice over the summer so she doesn't forget anything.

Singing at the graduation

They sang in German too!

Khloe got a speaking part in the little skit they did.
We are so PROUD of her!

I can't believe I am going to have a 1st grader and a preschool next year, where does the time go?

Before and After

We decided to have a BBQ on Memorial Day this year. This first family and friends gathering outside at our house this year. Brett and I wanted to spruce up the back patio a little. So I took out the dinky little firepit that was horribly put together by the previous owners. I also wanted to get rid of the BBQ. You can see it behind Brett in this picture. Its the only picture I have. I kick myself when we do big project like this for not taking before and after pictures. It really started on Wednesday when the local scouts came a pulled ivy for us as a service project. They did such a great job. Something that would have taken me weeks, they did in a hour. So I took out the BBQ because the wood was completly rotted. The wood was the easy part. Getting the rock in concrete off was another thing. Luckily, we have a sledgehammer and I'm not afraid to use it! So that was saturday after Brett helped me clean up my mess. This morning we power washed everything. We noticed when the BBQ use to be there was names written in the concrete. I always knew there was some kind of waterfall type thing with the rocks behind. Upon further investigation we saw what looked like a border where they took the rocks away. But after finding the names we fingured out they FILLED IN THE POND! So we busted out the concrete and shoveled out about 2 feet deep of dirt. Its about 7-8 feet across. It really didn't take us long. We did find a drain but it was also filled with concrete but thats ok, because we fixed it. We bought a pump, cleaned out the pond a little more and BAM! We have another pond! YEAH WE ARE AWESOME!!Before (its behind Brett)
After!

Its not this dirty anymore, and its painted a light blue also that's coming off so it looks a little weird. It's funny that Brett and I do they projects that just happen to come up. I LOVE IT!!

Super busy weekend getting stuff done

We moved the boys into their room after we got done painting on saturday night. We are going to put dino stickers to go with the footprintsExcuse the mess haven't had time to clean yet
Khloe's finally got her own room and a nice big bed

Because she got our bed! We bought a king size bed. Now I don't have to worry about the kids getting in bed, its too high! I have to take a running start to get in bed.

And the pond. Thanks to my AWESOME Uncle Bruce and Aunt Karen we have a pump so we are not wasting water. Before it just ran from the secondary water and out to the street but we fixed it now. We also powerwashed it and discovered someone had painted two fish. If you look closely at the left of the pond under the big rock is the blue fish. It is so peaceful. We were hoping we could hear it from our bedroom window but the roof is in the way.

I also found out there is an extension in salt lake for the school I need to go to to finish my BS in Horticulture so that might be a possibility in the fall

Master Done!

Now we just need to get some lights and move our stuff upstairs. Not looking forward to that but I want to hurry and get it done!!

Master Painted!

Brett got the painting done last night.....well all but the trim that we will be finishing up tonight before the Jazz game (GO JAZZ!) I don't think the pictures give the colors justice but maybe its just my eyes are getting old. Carpet comes tomorrow so there will be another post after thats done. I'm so excited to be getting stuff done around the house. While Brett was painting the ceiling yesterday I decided to work outside and clean out the pond. Yes, we will be covering the pond this fall. It wasn't as bad as I thought but it was still pretty dirty and wet. I didn't take any pictures because it was gross. Once I get it all cleaned up and flowers put in (maybe this year) I will take some pics. We have been slacking on yard work to get the bedroom done.

The hole will eventually have a door and it will be storage

Stairwell leading down

I am so grateful for my husband who knows how to paint well and uses that knowledge to make our house so freakin awesome! He works so hard and I love him for it!

Gettin' stuff done!

Brett finally got all the sheetrock up with the help of Jon and Speny. We were looking for someone to do the taping and mudding (cause it SUCKS) Weirdly enough our old neighbors the brother does sheetrock so he gave us a killer deal. Hopefully we will be able to paint this weekend and get the carpet in next week.....then move upstairs. But the kids will still have to share a room while we finish painting the boys rooms and then Khloe's room. But its coming along nicely!

can you see how the tape lines go diagonally down? That's where the ceiling use to be and the big rectangle in front is where a little furnace use to be that we took out. These are after pictures

Before, the ceiling was so low but we took it out! Now its huge!

rectangle where the furnace use to be. The silver thing is the vent for the gas of said furnace. the scary thing is there was no top at the very top so for how ever many years rain and snow have been getting into the vent and mini furnace. Glad we decided to take it out! Because we are working on the inside of the house the outside is getting a rest for the moment. We did take the pine tree stump out of the front bed. I had only planned on weeding so Khloe could plant some flowers but then about 4 inches down I noticed weed barrier. I eventally want to plant some shrubs there and thats not enough room so Brett came and ripped it all out and we took out the stump as well. There is only a slight bump where the stump is. And Khloe got to plant her seeds. I'll take pictures when they bloom.