Progress On The New House & Dr. Reid From Criminal Minds

Well the house is coming along and should be completely framed by the end of the week. We also ran into the guy who play's Dr. Reid on Criminal Minds at the Pastry Pub in Cedar City.

Pool Party

We had a "pool party" at the neighbors yesterday...


Ate Popcicles






Got a little sticky,


and thirsty






and wet!

Happy 98th Birthday Granny J!

On Saturday we went to Chester, Utah for Jake's Great Grandma's Birthday Party. She is such a sweet lady and it was so great to be with family.

The great-great grandkids


Mmmmm, cake!


The woman of the hour, Grandma Jessie


The fam


Going to catch Frogs!


Cousin Josie, one of the brave girls who would actually hold the frog.

Daddy's Hunting Partner

Jake needed a hunting buddy, Hallie was beyond excited to be that "buddy".
Bought the camo, sinched up the pants with a turquoise sparkley belt.
Five hours of Daddy-daughter time. One happy 5 year old!

Building a House & Kanarraville Falls

Well for the last few months we have made a couple offers on existing houses, but things never worked out. We found a lot that we liked and our friend is a contractor here in Cedar City, so we were able to work things out to build a house that we get to design. It's hopefully going to be done by the end of November so we are excited to watch the progress. Here is what has been done so far. We went on a hike a couple weekends ago to Kanarraville Falls that was a lot of fun.

Catching up

I'm such a slacker these days. We've had a lot going on lately so here's my attempt to blog about it.
Hallie played T-ball this year. At first she was really nervous about it all. The first game was pretty overwhelming for her. She's never played before, they didn't have any practices, they don't keep score, it's just suppose to be fun. The first game she was up to bat, hit the ball and then just stood there not knowing what to do. I kept yelling, "Run Hallie run!" So then she started running toward me. I tried to tell her to run the bases. The blank look on her face was classic. I felt so bad for not showing her how to run the bases. It just seemed like such a basic thing, but how would she know she's never really done it before! Anyway, we practiced at home and then she was hitting and running the bases like a pro and having fun! It was really fun to watch all these cute little girls play.





We also went on our annual trip to Lake Powell with my family. I didn't take very many pictures. I guess I was too busy keeping track of kids and making sure they weren't too hot, that they were drinking enough and not getting sunburned. We had a great trip and the girls loved the water and never wanted to get out!

Sadie with Aunt Amy


Hallie went to her friends the other day to sell lemonade and ever since she wanted to have a little sale of her own. So we made cookies and lemonade and she had a little bake sale. She was very excited to make a whoppin' $4.50! It brought me back to my own bake sale days. Good times.



My brother, Aaron and his family came out to visit from Georgia. It had been so long since we had everyone together. It was so great to have them here. Hallie and Sadie loved playing with their cousins, Gareth and Elliot. It was sad to see them go.

Hallie's haircut

We've been thinking about cutting Hallie's hair for awhile. It's just so much work. So we finally did it. She was so excited. I have to admit I was a little sentimental about it all. She really did have pretty hair, but I'm loving the low maintenance of it all and it looks so cute on her. It is just hair, it soon will grow!

Before the big whack



I talked to her about how you can donate your hair to help children who are sick and lose their hair and she really wanted to.



The First Cut



Ta-da!



The Finished look



Already to send in the mail, Feeling sassy now!


On second thought maybe we'll keep it so Jake can have the mullet that he's always dreamed of! Ha Ha!