Halloween

Alex really, really wanted me to carve a pumpkin and so I did. I was impressed that it didn't cave in. I even won an award at our ward party. (There were only six pumpkins and our family brought 2. see next picture)

Alex was SO proud of himself. He carved this pumpkin all by himself. He called him one-eye. He also won an award at our ward party. 4-$1 coupons to Wendy's (Alex's favorite for chicken nuggets). He said on the way home from the party, "Mom I was so happy I almost cried!" I wasn't sure whether to laugh because that was funny or cry because it was so sweet. He also said next year he was going to carve on called "No-eye", just mouths. Funny, cute kid.

We had black spiderman, a bumblebee and a blue spiderman (Alex, Natalie, and Zachary) for Halloween. We went mostly just trunk-or-treating. The kids got so much candy. We should start handing our fruit or stickers or something.

Zachary with his loot.

Alex with his pile which he organized into types and things he liked best.

Fun at Hogle Zoo

We wanted to go to the SLC area for a wedding reception so we made a day of it and took the kids to Hogle Zoo. It was a fun day. After walking all over the zoo and seeing just about everything we headed for the last stop, THE TOYS. The kids could have spent another hour here, but Mom and Dad were tired. Alex and Zachary had fun on this slide.

The tiger was cool, we even got to see in go swimming. I thought cats didn't like the water.

Alex got all wet spinning this big ball at the entrance of the zoo. Unfortunately Zachary usually does what Alex does so they both had wet tummies for the rest of out drive that day.

Natalie was hilarious. She loved the zoo the most out of the three of them. She was so fascinated and excited about all the animals she saw. She was terrified by some of the animals if they were close but she couldn't stop looking.

Everyone loved the elephants. You don't get to see those everyday.

Rebecca and Natalie looking at the monkeys. The monkeys were making all kinds of sounds and Natalie was trying to sound like them. She loved it and I just kept laughing.

Rhino-riding Alex!

More construction

I am trying to match colors and tile and carpet and all that. This is after we primed the floor with 3 coats of primer. This is part of the living room and entry way.

This is the tile that we put in the entry way. We learned so much. Guess what? We don't want to do it again.

This is our deck with all the construction mess.

Here is Tiera and me in the living room. You can see all the stains that the previous owners generously left us. They had animals, a lot of animals. We put tile over this entire entry way.

Joe and My Dad did a lot of the hard tearing up jobs. They are buff!

Sean's family came on the 2nd day of tearing things up. Brittany, Tiera and Mom Z. are taking off wall paper. It is not a fun job. Thanks!

Here is the old carpet that was in the basement. It was smelly too. They did leave the pool table and that lovely pool light which has found its way to DI.

Finally Moving In

Here is the back of our house with the deck and that ugly tree.

This is our backyard in April and you can see part of the covered deck.

This is the living room and if you look by the front door you can see a little of the tile that we put in.

Here is the living room going into the dining room. This is the carpet we put in which is better than the nasty brown.

This is the laminate flooring we put in. I really like it other than it is really light and you can see dirt easily.

Most of our stuff stayed in our garage during the renovation. Try finding stuff!

Remodel Project

This is the living room going into the dining room and you can see the stairs going down next to the dining room.

House Remodel

We have been busy this summer fixing up a house we bought when we moved to Twin Falls. It was a major project and took lots of hours and sweat to get as far as we have. This the torn up kitchen.