Kindergarten!

Aiden started kindergaerden this past wednesday. For over a week before school started he was asking if it was his first day yet. I hope that the excitement lasts all year ;)

More Camping!!!

When we went to Yellowstone last month we bought the pass that you can go to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park. We decided to take an overnight camping trip to Teton yesterday.

It was Gorgeous ! I could not believe how green it was or how huge the mountains were! This doesn't show the mountains that well but it really shows the green. We were on a four wheel trail for this pic...

We went to Jackson Lake the first day just to let the kids swim. It was really hot out but I do not know who those kids played in the water. The water was COLD!

On tuesday we went to Jenny Lake to see the Hidden waterfalls. The hike to the falls was 2.5 miles one way. We decided that taking the ferry across the lake would be worth it to save us about 4 miles. The kids thought it was pretty cool, and it was A LOT less whining! The Falls were awesome but there were way too many people!

New Projects

So I forgot to take before pictures but at least I took after pics! These are two projects that I have needed to do for the last year but since they were in Colorado I really couldn't get to them.

The first is a dresser that I got from my mom. It was in the worst shape. I think it was made in the 1920s or 1930s and needed a ton of repairs. The drawers were warped and water damaged and the bottom drawer was missing some pieces. We decided that we would keep the outer shell of the dresser and the drawer fronts and replace the actual drawers and back. We also decided to turn the top drawer into a shelf for baskets. I haven't decided what to do with it for sure. I think I will use it as a changing table/dresser for the new baby but I am not sure on the color. I think it will stay in its primer form until we are settled to where ever the next place we go!

The second was a black 80s looking chair we got from our friends. I just stripped and sanded the paint of and applied primer. I think it will be used in the new baby's room too so I haven't decided what color to paint it yet either!

Summer 2010

This summer has been busy. We enrolled Aiden in T-ball which he liked. We also went camping in Yellowstone National Park.

T-Ball: Aiden liked this much better than playing soccer. You don't have to be as aggressive ;)

Aiden playing the field

Hitting the Ball

Camping-- Yellowstone is the coolest place to camp. We spent two nights in the North loop of the park. The first day that we were there the high was 40 degrees and it snowed that night. This was good though because it brought all the animals out. Overall, we saw three black bears, a momma grizzly and her cubs, and uncountable elk, deer and buffalo.

I had a furry little friend that came and stayed by us in the evenings. I liked him but Aiden wasn't so sure about him when he laid down about 20 feet from our tent

Our family--Ignore the random people in the background

The tent :)

New Baby!

So two weeks ago we had an ultrasound to see how the baby was and if it was a boy or girl. We we lucky to see that it was a girl but measuring small so we really could not see anything else. We went in again today to get the complete ultrasound done. Everything looks great! Its a girl! She is measuring small but they decided to keep the same due date of October 24th.

The only thing that they did say is that she looks like she has clubfoot, on both feet. They couldn't really see it too well but even before the ultrasound tech said anything Christopher and I both thought that she looked like she had clubfoot. Thank goodness it is an easy fix and well, we have done it before!

PS After I scan so pictures I will add them!

Bunk Beds!

Our children have been bugging us for bunk beds since the beginning of the year. I saw a plans for bunk beds on a website called knock off wood( knockoffwood.blogspot.com) and I thought that it would be cool to make some. Thus began our 3 month journey with our bunks beds.

We did make them from scratch and they turned out really nice. I still see a ton of flaws and the color isn't exactly what I was thinking. But I do really like them! And I think they are the sturdiest bunk beds I have ever been on :)