Brett's new toy (aka Forrest Gump)

I will have to admit that Brett is the best at finding deals. He goes to KSL.com and searches their classifieds for stuff that we might need. He found crown and baseboard for the house. The swing set and climbing dome and this little number. Since we have a HUGE backyard I thought it was onlt fair that he could get a riding mower. Since I have NEVER mowed a lawn in my life I don't know what it would be like to have to mow such a massive lawn. But I might start so I can use the mower.

We also rented a chipper and chipped up all the branches. Now the yard looks even bigger and MORE overwhelming. But we have more grass then we thought, so we just need some turf builder and a couple of years and we will have a great lawn.Brett aka Forrest Gump
Yeah I know he's a babe!

The backyard now

Totally tearing it up!

Khloe's Birthday Party

This year Khloe wanted a princess theme for her birthday party and she wanted to invite her little friends from school. So there were 9 little princesses. I think this is going to be the last big party for awhile. It wasn't as crazy as I thought it was going to be but very tiring.

We first made necklaces. That wasn't too bad except the stretchy string I bought wouldn't stayed tied so the beads kept falling off and the necklaces apart. Then we moved on to pin the kiss on the frog. It was hilarious! The girls wouldn't put their arms out to see where the wall was so they kept bumping in to it. Then we went out side for the pinata. We tried to use the pull strings but I packed it to tight so nothing fell out. So we let the girls at it with a stick. Some of those girls are pretty tough. Then we sang Happy birthday and had cupcakes. I think they all had a great time! Khloe blowing out her candle
9 little princesses scrounging for candy

waiting in line for the pinata

waiting for pin the kiss on the frog (I put their names on the crowns so I wouldn't forget names)

making necklaces

Easter!

Easter was a great day! We dyed eggs the night before (for some reason we forgot to pull out the camera) and luckily mom and dad found the plastic eggs so the Easter Bunny could fill them and hide them. I really hate to give my kids a ton of candy and stupid little toys that break the next day so this year we did coloring books and soccer balls and a big tub of sidewalk chalk. They had a great time and then I made dinner while Brett and Jon worked on the upstairs. Gage
Khloe and Jett

Jett finding his coloring book

Khloe with her stuff

Is it my imagination or my kids super ragamuffins in the morning?

New stuff in the house

Our room upstairs with a new subfloor!Bedroom
same room


Trim for the cans so the lights are not dangling from the ceiling

front room

kitchen

The last couple of days we have been working on the house. Subfloor upstairs is finished, now just need to sheetrock some stuff, paint and have the carpet installed which we bought monday!

The house looks different with the lights in the ceiling instead of hanging! Brett did alot of hard work! Thanks Jon for helping!

Spring fun without mom

I have been taking 3.5 mile walks at night and since its been warm (a little windy though) Brett has been taking the kids outside to play after dinner while I am on my walk. Last weekend we drove up to Logan to get the climbing dome. And a couple of weekends before that we went to Orem to pick up the tractor tires. We have 4 more just haven't set them up yet. All the branck piles are from the trees we cut down and have yet to chip (waiting for our tax return). I am so incredible grateful that we have a house with a huge yard for the kids to play in. Even though we have taken 3 trailers of yard stuff to the dump we really haven't even put a dent in what we have to do. There is ivy everywhere that has to come out, there is a BBQ that once was very nice but due to neglect will probably be destroyed and behind that is a rock waterfall but its so full of dirt and spruce needles that is will probably only have flowers now. I would take the whole thing out but the base rocks are concreted together. I'm not even going to mention the pond. Its going to take a lot to clean up this spring because we didn't cover it last fall. But we don't have to worry about anymore walnuts falling in there. We took off the last live limb. We also limbed up the other trees so the kids could play. Brett rigged the tire swings so they are like the ones at schools, luckily he put a swivel hook so they can't spin until they puke (like I use to do). While I was on my walk last night Brett was pushing them on the swings and Khloe and Gage collided and Gage went flying. Not too injured though. The kids love to play outside and I'm grateful for that!Jett and Khloe on the climbing dome

Having outside fun without mom

Gage on the tire swing

Belle

Gage and Khloe on the climbing dome

Spring Time!.....almost

I'm so HAPPY that its been warmer lately so we can go outside and enjoy the sunshine! My daffodils are blooming, the kids are getting dirty and Belle is running around. This is by far the best time of the year......well except for the surprise rain and snow storms we get this time of year. We have been working hard in the yard and have made some progress but we have a LONG way to go. Give us about 3 years and we will have the best yard in the neighborhood.

I LOVE SPRING

Scary Faces

'nuff said