Baby Paige

More to come...

1st Day of Preschool

First day of preschool! She woke up early and promptly told me she needed to change out of her jammies and into her tutu to go to preschool. She had a blast playing with the toys and then watercolored with paints and made a fruit loop necklace.

Kate's 1st Soccer Game

 Learning how to throw the ball in.

 Kate and Coach Dad.

 Still working on teaching her "no hands".

Kate's first soccer game. They're only 3, but they understood what to do pretty well. Jed and I are the coaches (ok Jed is, I just signed us up thinking I could do that 9 months pregnant - duh). Kate's BFF Zoie is also on the team and they had a blast.

During the third quarter (quarters are a whopping 6 min long) Kate sat out and said "I'm soooo tired mom. I need a granola bar."

Splash Pad

One of our favorite places to go - the Splash Pad.

Almost 3

Pineview

We hit the lake on Saturday to do some 'floating'. Our routine is usually launch - head to the wakeless area - float and swim for an hour - eat some snacks - swim again - head back to the ramp. I know, we're kinda boring!

Kate is a little fish and didn't want to get out of the water at all. She would swim all day and has absolutely no fear of the water or the deep. One of her favorite things to do is swim out a ways from the boat, dragging the handle of the rope with her, and then hold on while someone pulls her in.

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.