Working on yard

When we bought our house, only the front and side yards were in. We started to work on the back yard two weeks ago. Chad put in the rock walls you see. He has done most all of the work. We are getting sod this week. With all the loose dirt flying around our house has been getting really dusty and needs to be dusted every day. There is a thin layer of dirt on everything inside. Our yard should look great soon.

The right side of the picture is what our yard looked like a few weeks ago. A slope of weeds and dirt. As you can tell from some of the first pictures, we now have two rock walls up.

Wilton Cake Decorating Class

One thing I have always wante to do is take a cake decorating class. I finally signed up. I just completed course 1 of three and next week I start the second course. Each course is Saturdays from 10-12 for a month at the Hobby Lobby just 3 min. from my house. Here are some examples of what we worked on during class. I love doing this!!!!

This was the final of the class. Yes, I have learned how to do roses, but still need a ton of practice.

My Sister. Stephanie and her 40th, Yikes.

The family had a surprise 40th Birthday for my sister Stephanie at our house. It really was not a surprise, but we all tried, she figured it out. I guess we can't pull one off on her. Welcome to the 4o's.

Hawaii Trip

Over Easter break Chad and I went with Chad's parents out to Hawaii to visit Mike and Autumn. My niece Chelsea watched the kids and they had a blast with her and other cousins while we were gone. Here are some pictures of our trip.

The Hawaii Temple
My nephew Noah
Logan and Porter

Cool beach, can't remember which one.

Hanauma Bay. We went snorkling and saw a varity of fish and stuff. We suprisingly did not get terribly sunburn.

Tired old man. Chad's Dad enjoying the sun.

Can they finish it???

Mike and Autumn

Us

Grandma and Grandpa, Chads parents

Who are these wierdo's

My new home

What happens in Hawaii stays in Hawaii, unless it is a tattoo, then it goes everywhere you go.

Got Muscles?

Our house in Herriman, Utah

My freind asked me to post some pictures of our house here in Herriman. So, here they are. I did not take any pictures of the basement, because it is a big empty space of nothing right now. Just about a thousand square feet of cement with storage, nothing great to look at.

Piano room and entry of the house

This the the window that looks out over the valley from our stairway.Kids bathroomStairwayOur bathroomOur bedroomJordans bedroom, the only room we have painted so farEthan's bedroomAlex's roomFront of houseFamily RoomKitchenFamily room

Kitchen

Arches National Park

After our house hunting trip, getting the kids registered for school and staying with my Dad for two weeks, the kids and I traveled back to Texas to see Chad and visit friends one last time. Yes, I drove with three kids all by myself from Utah to Texas, I spilt it into two days of course. Chad had been in Texas finishing work there and overseeing the selling of our house. After our house was packed and empty, we headed back to Utah, stopping at Arches National Park.