End of Summer

We have sure enjoyed our summer!! We have been to California, Idaho and Utah, and had so many visitors I can't even mane them all! We have been on so many afternoon road trips, park days and front yard swimming dates that August just flew by. Below are some highlights :)

This is Michaela, but she calls herself, "Dr. Mc Dream-it." Here she is performing a new surgery that has not ever been done in the states before.....don't worry, I came out of it alright!

Our ward had a service project cleaning up the elementary school, and Michaela and were in charge of the windows. Needless to say, it took us double time because we did them together :)

Michaela and her Great Grammy Ginny

Tongue Rolling!!!

BAD hair day!!!

Love my baby and her size six-12 month swimming suit!

New bike!

My sweet Heidi, and her first day of nursery at Church! I can't believe she is almost two already! She is wonderful, such a nice girl and she is starting to talk so much now! I wish time would slow down!

Happy, Happy Summer

We have had so many visitors this summer! We love having company, and hope that more and more of you come :) Over memorial day, we were graced with the presence of the most Handsome of the Fife Men - AND THEIR DAD! (Sorry, Dustin, but that was too easy :)) Corban and Ethan came to play with us! We did lots of fun things, including a trip to Great Wolf Lodge, but for the first time ever I was playing instead of taking pictures! We had a little scare when Dustin and Ethan fell down and had a quick trip to the ER, but everyone was ok and we had a great time! So glad you came Fife boys and we missed you Amber!

Couldn't you just get lost in these baby blues?

Bounce House Fun! (Don't worry mom, it was indoors)
Corban loves Trains - maybe even more than Michaela!!!
A very brave and patient grandpa taking a nap with his 4 year olds
Movie Time!

Our Fourth of July Party! We hope this will be a tradition, so you are all invited next year! Our yard is perfect for a slip and slide but those 8 foot store bought ones just weren't cutting it......so I made this one! 50 Feet of slippery, slidey, soapy fun! We also have some ice blocks and the racing was super fun!! See you next year family! We had Jordan's parents, Shawnie, my parents, Austin and Tikla, and the sister missionaries.

Aunt Tikla and Heidi
Michaela went down at least 100 times :)
Even my dad couldn't resist! Jon was there helping to keep the slide wet with hose water and plenty of *biodegradeable* dish soap!
Grandma and Michaela
Aunt Shawnie
Our property is PERFECT for firework viewing! We are high enough up that we have about a 40 mile stretch where we saw shows fromabout 9 different cities. Loved every minute of it!

Been Married to this guy for

6 Years!!! I love you babe :) Our anniversary or "Wedding Birthday" as Michaela called it was on June 4th. We went out to dinner and a movie, I got Pneumonia and Jordan threw his back out lifting a fireplace by himself. We slept it off for three days while our kids watched way too much tv and now we are alive and well! Back to wishing summer were here on the west coast!

Our Last Address!

We bought our first house! Jordan always steps in right when I say that to correctly state that we bought our retirement house! We shall see my dear :) We love it, it has exactly everything we had listed on our checklist of things we wanted in a house. The most obvious though is the view! We are up on a hill and while it is a BEAST to mow, we are thrilled to wake up every morning to this view!

House Before: Badly in need of a new roof, landscaping and TLC

A billion dollars and a new roof later - Perfection! We are so excited :)

We all Chipped in a little....

Michaela's Room Before: The only wonderful quality were the french doors - which we kept

Michaela's Room After: New Paint, New carpet, New bed and Waala!

Heidi's Room Before: Brown Carpet with dog Pee on it and the paint speaks for itself....

Heidi's Room After: New paint, carpet and removal of closet doors

PS: Heidi does still have a crib - its not put up yet, but tonight it will be

Master Bedroom Before: Orange Walls, Brown Carpet and wait for it.......

CARPET in the bathroom!!!

Master Bedroom After: Grey Carpet, White walls with Yellow Accent and wait for it......

Skylight and TILE in the bathroom! (Walkin Closet is behind the mirrors to the right)

Guest Bedroom Before: Check out that Paint job!!!

Guest Bedroom After: My Craft room! There is a bed to my left - daybed with trundle so there is Plenty-0-room for all of you!!

There is no before of the man cave but it was purple as well with Pee Carpet :) It's not unpacked at all but if I don't post it now then I never will get around to it! This is where Jordan has his desk, guitars and work out stuff.

Play Room Before: White Carpet with White walls. To the right is the entry way and behind me is where my dining room table is and behind right is the kitchen.

Play Room now: Yes, just now. I do clean this up, but seriously why? It honestly looks like this at the end of each day and so that is what you get a picture of!!(And there is Heidi, wearing three princess Tiaras!)

Entry Before: Playroom to the right, to the left is the living room

Entryway After: Cool bench with a story for another day!

Kitchen Before: PURPLE and Wine Rack Included

Just gotta send home that it was PURPLE.

Kitchen After: Cheerful Yellow and No Wine Rack

And Since some people wanna know..(Hi Michelle!) Through that open door is the laundry and all thr way through that door is the 1/2 bath. To the right of the washer/dryer is the garage door. On the other side of the table is the play room.

Kitchen Blinds to come :)

Living Room Before: Pet Pee stains and White Carpet

Living Room After: New Carpet and paint touch-up