More of summer......

I found more pictures from the 4th. These ones have more of the cousins!

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Also some pictures from our Kennecott Copper Mine trip 

(We had free tickets... took advantage of that)

I felt like I was on a school Field Trip.

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I threw in some pictures of the yard so you can see our lawn progress.

It seems really slow to me. Only because I NEED lawn!

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And last, but not least, our Pioneer Day festivities!

I made foil dinners to honor the pioneers...most of them didn't have that nice of meals though.

We also sat in the front yard with the fire pit to watch the neighborhood fireworks

 and roast Chocolate/Vanilla swirl marshmallows. 

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I'm sure I'll have more pictures later...or find more, somewhere.

Enjoy!!

Summer 2011...So far!

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Life is good......

The kids made it through 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade

and we are enjoying summer!

Justin started in a new shop at work this week

(it's been a long time coming....I think he interviewed for it in August of last year).

And I just finished my audit, on my second round as Treasurer for the PTA.

What more could a person ask for?

When the world seems to be in shambles and a little crazy

 (sometimes a lot crazy) I get to come home to my little preview of Heaven.

All I can do is thank my Heavenly Father for my many blessings.

 And for giving me five people who will always be there for me, no matter what

 (although that might change when the kids become teenagers).

We have sprinklers...not that we need them with all this RAIN!

Remember when I was griping about my yucky embarrassing yard...

It has now been upgraded to almost normal.

Over the last two or three weekends we where able to move the wood chips, till the backyard, trench, and put sprinklers in. 

Can I tell you how crazy the dirt at my house makes me? 

When it's wet....you are caked with it!  And it can be VERY slippery. 

When it's dry.....it's like adobe bricks! 

 I don't think there's a nice happy medium....

Hey, maybe there is......grass!!

My next endeavor!

Here's a few before and afters:

(You've seen a few of these before)

Out the back door, looking to the left a little

Out the back door, looking to the right.

Out the back door, looking to the far left.

The back yard after we took out wood chips and tilled.

Looking at the yard from the opposite side.

This is where we put some of the wood chips.
(Not where I thought they should go...I thought they would look better at the dump)

And the rest of the wood chips

Spray paint lines and flags after Blue Stakes came.

We have one of those huge electrical/everything boxes in our front yard
 so MORE lines and flags

Our main line trench and new box

The front yard with trenches

One of the back yard trenches
(We didn't have lawn to worry about and it was sooo much easier)

Justin's handy work...the new valve box.  There was also one that was already installed in the back yard.

Proof that they really do work.  Justin was adjusting and checking for leaks.

I'm glad the hard physical work is done. 
The next step will be the hard mental work of waiting for the grass to grow....I'm so impatient!

Silk Anniversary!

On April 8th Justin and I celebrated 12 years of marriage.  What an accomplishment!  It's been soo great that I think I can handle a dozen more Silk Anniversaries (that's 144 years) plus Eternity!

I feel bad that it's taken this long to post something but life has been crazy!

This is for my Teenage Dream: