Birthday weekend...

This year we went to Idaho for my Birthday, It was so much fun spending it with my silly sisters! (it has been since our mom died; that we have gotten to spend a birthday with all 3 of us)

Here we are Bri's B-day was on Thurs, and mine was on Sat.All the girls went to lunch and then shopping,

while the boys enjoyed a movie :)

Here is everyone that was there to party!

Actually after the girls went shopping, and the boys movie.

My wonderful sisters took my kids so Trav and I could go to dinner.

It was a GREAT DAY!!

Thank you sisters and Bro in law

LIBERTY"S BIG DAY!!!

This weekend Liberty was also dedicated!!

We found Tyler and Liberty matching dresses. (on our shopping trip)
They are both so precious!!!
I just love these girls!

What a Beautiful baby!!!

The house this week.....

The progress made this week was good!!!

We got our hole dug...

Since the sewer ended up being only 5 1/2 ft deep. We

(after MUCH thought and research) decided to NOT put in a pump and to still go with the 9 ft basement walls.

Here is to hopin' it all works out :)

Our beautiful footings...

The foundation with the frames still on
The kids playing in the basement after the frames had been stripped off
This is facing south.

Tomorrow they will damp proof it and put the window wells on.

Halloween 2009

This year Tyler was a cave girl and Brayden was a ZOMBIE....

Grandma Ina Mae and her "little loves"
The kids meet up with old friends
to do a little trick or treating in the old neighborhood!

Here are the pumpkins the kids made all by themselves.

I can tell my kids are growing up... this year Brayden had a hard time deciding if he was even going to dress up! (I guess he is getting to that age) When I saw what he finally decided to be I had my doubts ,but when he meet up with all of his "buddies" they all looked the same :)

He is getting to be so social it is kind of fun to watch ,but also very sad.

Tyler on the other hand; still likes her mom and dad to go with her... HOORAY for a few more years!!!

We have decided to go with the 9 ft basement!! They are putting the foundation walls up today and pouring them tomorrow :)

Problem #1

15 Minutes into digging our hole we ran into our first problem!!! (Gotta love building)The sewer is only 5 ½ feet deep, what does this mean you ask???… Well it means that our foundation will be sticking out of the ground about 4 ½ feet if we go with the 9 ft basement that we had planed!!! So, what do you think; should we still go with the 9 ft basement or change it to 8 ft???? We have until tomorrow night to decide… hmmmm what to do, what to do??

Some of you have been wondering just what it is we do up here! Thankfully we have settled into a nice schedule. (I love having a schedule!!!) And it goes something like this:
Monday... Is my cleaning day! The only day of the week that I really clean, Trav usually has a lunch meeting, so I stay stinky and smelly until all of my house work is done! It also happens to be early out day for the kids; they get out at 2:30, then I pick them up and we go straight to the library! We LOVE the library up here, it is soooo great! After at least an hour, we head home to make dinner and get ready for FHE :)
Tuesday... Tues mornings I help out at Brayden’s School, then it is lunch with my honey, pick the kids up from school and we head down to Utah County for Tyler's clogging and to check on Grandma Ina Mae. This is our late night; we usually don't get home until 9 or so.
Wednesday... I do the fluoride treatments at Tyler’s school in the morning, again lunch with Trav, Piano lessons (both kids) right after school, and then it is Young men’s for Brayden ;)
Thursday... Back to Braydens school for a few hours, meet up with Trav for lunch, and this is my shopping day (food, cleaning stuff whatever we need) then every other week is achievement days for the little miss, this is the night of the week we just get to hang out... ahhhhhhhhhhh
Friday... This is the day I get to have adult conversation :) Some weeks I work at the bank from 9-1 and others I work 1-6 depending on which one; depends on if Trav gets to get off work early when the kids get home! Either way let the weekend began!!!!!
On the weekends we just hang out and enjoy each other’s company, and the company of family and friends.
So that is what we do, It is not too much different than what we did before, except I get to have lunch with Trav almost every day(Which I LOVE!!!!!!) and he gets home MUCH earlier.

Tyler's big day!

Doesn't she look BEAUTIFUL!!!

I can't believe this day has already come and gone! She is such a good girl and we are SO VERY lucky to have her in our family!! Thank you Tyler for all you have taught me!

I pray you will continue to be so strong willed, (for good of course) and always remember who you are and what you stand for!

We love you!!!