A day at the Farm

So it has been a long time since I have updated my blog. During the fun at the farm my camera battery died and I keep forgetting to charge it. Last night I remembered so here we go. Needless to say since my battery died I did not get a whole lot of pictures either. My sister have more picture on their blogs.

A few Saturdays we took the Grandkids to Jensen's Historical Farm. Little A was so excited because he got to ride on a train. Right now trains are really bog to him. I think that was the best part of the day for him. His second was jumping in the hay he thought that he was just as big as the rest of the kids and so he wanted to try everything they were. After the camera died we went on a big slide, thought a hay bale and corn maze, saw the animals, made dolls out of corn husks, watched how to bend hot metal, and Little A rode the train a few more time.

The top picture is all the kids in a little train pulled by a lawn mower, below is the real train and the hay jump.

The other day Little A cuddled with his Daddy on the couch like this for about 10 minutes and for him and is a long time. Lucky Daddy.

Hosue Update 10-10-09

Sorry another house update but this is the way I am documenting it for myself. All the trim work was finished up at the first of the week so the house was turned over to my crazy father who will not rest until his job is done. Painting and masking a house is not little task. He sprayed the primer on the wall Wednesday night and masked and painted trim Thursday, and masked again on Friday (I will be in trouble if I do not mention that both of my brother came and helped that last night) and this morning he had my hubby and brother-in-law there at 6:00 am to paint the walls. In the mean time my hubby and his dad and brother have been working on getting the outside of the house finished.

Here is a sample of some of the things that will be in our home. Carpet which will be in the living room, bonus room, bedrooms, and hallway. Hardwood flooring will be in the entry, kitchen and under the desk in the living room. There will be tile in the bathrooms and laundry room but I do not have a picture of it yet. The bottom two are the colors thought out the house inside and out. The first is the wall color and trim color that is the ceiling in the master bedroom. (Lighter color is the trim). The second in the outside color. It is a green color and I love it. The bottom will have rock on it but it is not delivered yet so we are still waiting to put it up.
If things go as planned we are hoping to close at the first of November. So if you are ever board call us and we will put you to work!!!
Once again a big THANKS to everyone who has helped at the house or with Little A.

UEA 2009

We had a great UEA this year. It was fun to do somethings that I have never done before. We started off on Friday and headed to Fossil Bute. The kids loved it. My sister wanted us to go because her daughter has been learning about fossils in school. I was not too excited but in the end I loved it. We started out at the visitor center and looked around at all the awesome fossils and the history of Fossil Bute (by the way it is located on HWY 30 just before Kemmer WY). 50 million years ago Wy or at least that area was a tropic marsh land a lot like parts of Fl. what happened was all I could say to that. Mountain below is one of the mountains that they have been getting the fossils from.

We then decided to take the Fossil Lake. There is no lake there now but it was still way pretty. We had a little lunch on the bridge starting the trail the kids and grandpa were have a great time eating lunchable and enjoying the sun. While on the hike the boys got a kick out of the snow ans getting to have a snow ball fight. My niece was with us and she had to carry snow the whole time. I thought it was so cute.
Cousin R and Grandpa and Grandma taking a rest on one of the benches.
Little A and his little cousin on my hubby's side were troopers they walked most of the mile and a half. They were only carried on the steep part coming down. Below is the map of the trail that we hiked and a pic of grandpa reading more about the history of the trail. I love Little A in his green hat and he is so cute.

While on the hike we took a rest and my dad had to teach us about all the information he had read about the trail. So you may be wondering why the picture of the sheep. On our way back to the ranch from Fossil Bute we were greeted by these sheep on the road. They were herding them and there were at lease 500 of them. My sister and I sure got a kick out of it.

I really wanted Little A to ride the horse while we were at the ranch but he would only pet them. Maybe in a few years when he is older and bigger.

On the way home we had the pleasure of driving in the snow. The roads were covered but we all made it home safe.

Johah

As I am writing I am having to hold back the tears from coming. Many of you do not know this sweet little Guy but this is my nephew. It is my husband's sister little guy. He is 8 months old and this coming Thursday he will be having his second open heart surgery (in California). He is such a fun loving baby and a blessing to all of us. Please if you would remember him and his family in your prayers this week as it is going to be a very stressful time.

Mom where are my TOES?

Today at the store Little A picked out his new fall/winter PJs. Since it is suppose to get below freezing tonight is our great valley I decided to out them on him. He was so funny because he thought his toes were gone since his summer PJs did not have feet covers. He just keep pulling at his PJs trying to find his toes.

Also if you have not read the next post and tell me what you think we should do?

House Update 9-19

We are getting way excited because the house is starting to take shape and look like a house. The Sheetrock is done and most of the exterior is based. We have been working on the finish work and it is fun but a lot of work. Here are some of the things that we are doing to add character to our house. My hubby put these columns in with out asking me and a first I was a little worried but I really like what he has done with them. In little A room we have created a wains coating that goes 2/3 of the way up his wall with a shelf on 2 of the walls in his bedroom. In the other room we did a shadow boxing on 1 wall. We think we are going to add a little shelf on the top.

We are running a chair rail with a board look in the living room. We have them cut but not hung yet. The bottom picture is to show a window but it did not work very well. It also shows our crown molding in our tray ceiling.
I love our doors. We wanted to go with something that fit our home style and was not seen in every house. I think that my hubby has framed them awesome to add the right touch. I has to put my hard working hubby and his little helper in one of the pictures.

Baseboard not to exciting but I wanted to document it. Now is the big question... On the exterior we are debating what to do with the top part that looks like boxes so I want all of your opinions. Here are the 2 ideas. The first is to do it all one color that is lighter than the wall color. The second on is to run the wall color in the back and just do the trim or the part the stick up a lighter color. (the horizontal and vertical lines). Please let me know what you think.

Big First Hair Cut

Today Little A got his first hair cut. Thank You Aunt H for doing it for us. This morning I took one last wild hair picture. The next is the first cut, then making it all look good. At one time he had a killer Mullet but we decided that business in the front and party in the back was not a good look for him. We keep giving him drinks from the pray bottle to keep in entertained during the hair cut. The last picture is the finished hair cut. I love the look on his face like he is now big enough to rule the world. I have to agree I think it makes him look a whole lot older.