The New House

A bit of background on our non-hunting house hunt. When we moved to Fruit Heights, and built the ginormous barn, we thought we'd stay forever. No plans to move, no active looking, nada. But of course I had to be looking online, just browsing around the neighborhood and surrounding areas when I found a smokin' deal. Jed came home from work that Thursday night and I showed him the pics (I did hesitate to show him as I did not want to move). We called the realtor and found out that they were only accepting offers until the next morning at 10am, so we headed over to look at the house. We debated all night, then put in an offer just before 10, and heard back a couple of hours later that ours was accepted. My thoughts... "Oh no, what have we done?"

Then the madness began....

(Kate insists her picture be taken whenever the camera is out)

It's a nice house, the previous owners just had let's say eclectic taste. Some odd tileing, materials, and paint, but beautiful crown moldings, arched windows, and an awesome view. 

The railing above had loose horizontal cables. First thing Kate did when we came to look at the house was try to climb it like a ladder, so first thing we did when we moved was tear it out and get a new railing (plus real wood stair treads, my dream!!!!). I still need to stain and paint the railing, but what a difference it made to the house.

St. Anthony and the Big Move

It's been a crazy crazy month for us. Being 6+ months pregnant, we decided to move (pics of the new house to follow)! We moved a week ago and then decided to take off for St. Anthony for the 4th. Fun weekend and it was nice to get away and relax.

Kate did a lot of riding and driving of the Razor. She thought she was pretty hot stuff driving all be herself. We also did some playing in the lake, made a castle, roasted a couple of mallows, and set up a pool in camp (thanks Magga and Pagga). She also played with her best pal Cooper (although she's not his best pal - he tries to mostly avoid her).

Little Saharah

It seems as if we can never make it to the sand dunes before dark - even when we're loaded the night before, and leave in the afternoon. This trip was no exception, except that we did arrive just after dark, instead of at midnight or so. To throw a little interest into the weekend, we got stuck in the sand. No joke. A lot of digging, a crowd, and two trucks later - we got out, with no damage! It made the night pretty interesting.

On the way down we had been talking about how we need to find some more friends to come with us. The only ones that came this weekend with us to camp were Marshall and Rondi, and my parents came down for the day on Saturday. The people camped next to where we got stuck were really nice and helped us dig out. Jed stated that this wasn't what he had in mind in how to get new friends :)

We still had a great time and laughed about it all weekend. Saturday was a pretty nice day, until the wind kicked up to a nice gust of about 50 mph. Everyone at the camp was scrambling to pull the awnings in, hold down tents and shade canopies, and just keep from blowing away. It was actually pretty nice because it started to rain, and all the day campers took off. The storm blew through and it was a great day after that.

Kate loved riding with Jed on the 4-wheeler. It's one of her favorite things. She cried about her helmet, but completely forgot about it as soon as they started riding.

One of our favorite things to do at the dunes - fly a kite.

The Zoo w/ Zoie

Zoie invited us to the zoo for her birthday and these two had so much fun. We saw most of the animals, hit the carousel as well as the train. Such a fun day, thanks for inviting us Zoie and Happy Birthday!

Ruffled Leggings

I saw these darling leggings a while back. She has a simple tutorial, and so I found some fabric on Etsy and Ebay.  The fabric from the website is a bit pricey, but you use very little. Can't wait to make some for baby Paige. Kate was really excited they were done, and put on her pink sparkle shoes to finish off the outfit.

California 2011

We went to California last week with Jed's family for the Dewsnup Reunion. Two days for Disneyland and California Adventure, and a day at the beach.

Kate probably would have stayed all day with Jessie if she could have. She was so excited to see her. By the way, Jessie did not look this scary in person :)

Nic thinks he's one of the kids.

One of Kate's favorite rides - the teacups! She wanted to spin it all by herself.

Seriously, we waited in line to see Tinkerbell for 45 minutes. Guess we won't do that again.

Jed taught Kate how to blow water through the noodle.

Kate drove the Autotopia car by (I did the gas). She loved that ride and laughed everytime she hit the guide rail.

The beach was a blast, although Jed and I got fried. Kate loved playing in the sand and even liked jumping the waves, until she got in a little too deep.

First Stitches

Kate's first stitches at 2 1/2 years old. She was running around and slipped and went head first into the railing which left a nasty cut. She was really brave as the Dr.'s looked at her and didn't cry much until they gave her the numbing shot. Two stitches and an enormous bandaid later we were headed home.