Ready for Spring!

• The other day I took the little swimming pool out of the garage, blew it up and put the bounce house balls in it. As you can see, it was a fun idea. Colton and Jacob really had fun playing among the brightly colored balls, and the balls were contained in the pool.

• I think that I am tired of the cold days of winter and am looking forward to some warmer weather. I think Oliver agrees with me.

Catching up

• We had a fun month in January when we celebrated the birthdays of Robbie and Addison. Three and two already. Growing up so fast.

• Ashley was blessed in February. She didn't have many smiles for grandma, but when grandpa held her the smiles were very big and bright. I think she likes her grandpa.

• On our way to the airport we stopped at the Oakland Temple where it all started 35 years ago.

What Happened in November

November flew by. We celebrated the birthday's of Ethan and Zach on November 15, and on November 16th we welcomed Oliver to the family. He arrived on his big brother's birthday and was a delightful surprise for everyone because he wasn't set to arrive until December 4th.
And, if that little surprise wasn't enough Ashley decided she didn't want to wait until her due date of December 26th and wanted to join her cousins for November birthdays. She came November 30th at 3:05 a.m. Grandbabies are so wonderful. Congratulations to moms and dads and babies. Did I mention I forgot the camera again?

A Fun Halloween party...

We sure had a fun party on October 30th. Everyone came with pumpkins ready to carve. We made some pretty awesome jack-o-lanterns. Didn't take any pictures though of that, but we did get some pictures of the families dressed up. Can you guess their costumes?

A Fishing and a camping and a.....

Well, we went camping last week. It was soooo... very cold that night, that the water froze in our drink container. But we had lots of fun, we caught a couple of trout and went for a really long drive around Vernon, Tooele and up into Lookout Pass and Simpson Springs. We took the dogs, and I think Ace was car sick by the time we got home because if a dog could be green, he was.
Carbon smoked the trout on Saturday while we were watching Conference. We had it Sunday for dinner and it was yummy. I want to go back and catch some more so we can smoke them. The only unfortunate thing that happened was I got sick. I guess it was a mild case of the flu, but I'm feeling much better and looking forward to the birthday celebrations this month. Oh, and as usual, I forgot the camera so no pictures. I guess I'm going to have to put camera on my to do list when we go anywhere.

The Deck Completion Project!

We did it, we finally finished the new deck over the old patio. It took some time, but I really like it. It's going to be so much nicer to have bbq's and get togethers.