FIRE!

Before I forget take our poll to the right.

We've been doing lots of spring projects lately. It seems like we have one lined up for every weekend for the next little bit. Here's our first project we did last weekend.

So I've wanted a fire pit in my back yard for as long as I can remember. I think I even made Neil and I register for one for our wedding, which we obviously didn't end up getting. We had planned for it in our last house, but luckily never put one in there, and finally we did it!


Check out our new fire pit! Of course it's only been warm enough like once since we put it in but I'm still way excitied. We'll have a lot of fun with it this year. Infact, Neil and I don't even have the need to go camping anymore. We have the lakes 30 min. away, the fire in our backyard, and our nice bed upstairs. Who needs to sleep in a tent? Hehehe.... j.k!

Then this weekend we went over to my brother's house to help him cut down one of his trees. My brothers are really into rock climbing which amazingly comes in handy more than just for climbing rocks. They harnessed Neil up and sent him up the tree to start cutting. Can you see him? I wouldn't have let him do this if he wasn't harnessed up and if I didn't trust my brothers so much. It was a lot of hard work but I think they all had some fun with it.

Here's the aftermath.

And it really is amazing that I do trust my brothers especially when they pull stunts like this. Really one day I'm going to learn to NOT leave Cole unsupervised with my brother Matt. He even got the poor kid to somewhat smile for this picture.

Our next spring project is still in the making but I'm really excited about it. You won't be too excited, but I am. I'll post about it soon.

Vote For Carlie!

My little niece Carlie really wants a playset for the yard. Friday was her Birthday. A local radio staion is having a contest and the winner gets a backyard playset. Please help her win it by following this link and voting for her!! http://www.971zht.com/pages/kiddieokee/vote-5-7.html She is CONTESTANT #32. (See above video) It only takes like 2 sec. to vote. Only one vote per computer ip address (1 vote per computer) and email will be allowed. So please pass this along so more and more people can vote. Send it to everyone you know and ask them to send it to everyone they know and so on and so on until everyone on earth with a computer has voted. The contest ends on April 2nd at noon so please do it now. She's the cutest, sweetest little girl and she really deserves to win this!! THANKS!!

Sunday Ramblings

Before Church

Last Sunday Neil told Cole it was time to go to church. Cole knew right what to do. He went and picked up my scriptures and headed downstairs. Little future missionary right here. It was too cute.

After ChurchAfter church he was done with all the seriousness and ready to play. He found these old safety glasses that he thought were the funniest thing in the world. They definitely made me laugh. What a little nerd.

Now this video is a little scary. You may remember a video I posted about a yr ago where Cole stuck his hands in my heels and clomped around in them. Well I hate to say it but he's improved his skills. I don't know where his obsession with shoes comes from. Luckily he loves his dad's shoes as much as mine. That makes me feel a little better. And me being the smart person I am (especially now that I'm pregnant) took this video sideways. So just tilt your head. :)

Me and The Gang

I also went to a baby shower for a friend this past weekend and was able to see so many of my high school friends. It was so fun! It's hard to see this picture and a few of us are still missing but for those of you that were there I thought this would be fun for you to see. Don't ask me why I look like I'm hiding behind Emily.

And The Answer Is????

We're going on VACATION!! Wahoo! Gotcha didn't I? I guess everyone seems to think it's time for us to have another one. We definitely got the hint. :) Anyway, every year Neil's boss takes us on vacation for our Christmas present and this year we get to take 3 days and 2 nights and go white water rafting down Cataract Canyon. We start in Moab and end up in Lake Powell. And this isn't just any white water trip. Our guides will prepare all our food for us, set up camp, and just basically pamper us! We won't have to do a thing except enjoy every minute of it. And then we get to fly back on a private plane to Moab. I've always wanted to go white water rafting and if I know Neil's boss this trip is going to be awesome!!!!

But... there is one catch. I can't go. Cuz you all guessed it. (Well almost all of you) We're expecting!! And that really is what we're the most excited about, but if you had voted for the trip that would have been right too. So I'm 2.5 months along and due end of Sept. Wahoo!!! And Neil's Dad has graciously accepted to take my place on the river rafting trip. Thanks Ron.