Can you believe it?!? A new post and a new car!!!

So Dad is pretty excited!! Last night for FHE we went out and bought him a new car. Well new to us. It is a 2000 323i BMW. He found it online a few weeks ago and after seeing it and then pondering and wondering and crunching the numbers and praying we took the plunge. He is so happy. There is only one key so it really is HIS.



After driving his 16 year old Suzuki to work for years it is so exciting for him to have this. It looks awesome as you can tell. Has been well taken care of.


It is the cleanest used car we have ever seen. It looks brand new inside and out. And we got it for over $3000 less than the Kelly blue book price. I'll see if I can pull the interior pictures of it from the online posting. Copy and paste the address below and you can see all the pictures. I think you'll have to do it fairly soon though as they will probably be removing it since it has been sold.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail/photos/multiPhotoPopup.jsp?paId=249235382&tracktype=usedcc&isuper=true&aff=nac#8


Sure love you all. I will do more posting after our Stake Enrichment is done. I promise!

We LOVED the elves so we did ourselves . . .

We loved John and Mindy's elves so we tried it ourselves. This is the most "movin'" we've done in a while. Love you all. (You just need to click on the title to view it. Sometimes it's a little slow loading.)

Jordan - is that you?!?

This was taken at our Annual Soup and Scoop (Pumpkin Carving Night) At first I thought it was Jeannie. Well it was a Genie but it was Jordan. Don't you think this will be great for a reception slide show? Love you Jordan.

FINALLY!! . . . a new post - Welcome to the world of WEBKINZ!!!

Sorry it has taken so long. Aunt Jayne introduced me to Webkinz which originally I thought were cute but not something we would really get into. WRONG!!!! They are so much fun that after trying out my own I thought every grandchild needed one. . . and I couldn't wait until birthdays or Christmas to give it to them. So everyone got an early birthday present except Lauren who happened to have her birthday at the time and Jordan who is too old(I still have one Jordan if you change your mind).
I have to say I sure have enjoyed these and especially the interactions that I can have with the grandkids. As Marcie said "Now I can speak grandkid". It's awesome. I wish I had pics of everyone with their pets but I only have these. So now part of my daily routine is feeding 'the dog', dressing him and taking him to school, tending the garden as well as the other daily activities. Really - how old am I? Well love you all. Hopefully 'becoming as a little child' applies here. Do you think?

Fun at G&G's

It was so fun to have John and Mindy and the kids with us even if it was only short. It seemed really short because they were gone for 10 days and we were gone for almost a week. Then Honey and Ryan and their kids joined us. It was so fun to have the cousins together. Then Reecy and Eric moved on July 25 and John and Mindy moved on July 27 and Honey and Ryan went home on the 29th. We sure do miss everyone. 'Empty house'!!!! (Terry and Arnon and their kids and grandkids are here this weekend for Kate and Kent's baby blessing so it is full again for the weekend.) The Saturday before the Hunts left Aunt Patti spotted a snake in the yard and Grandpa and Clay caught it - twice! Clay and Kaycee and Rylee were so brave to hold it. It is wrapped around Clay and Rylee's wrist but you can see how long it was when Cassy was holding it. After holding it for quite a while we let it go. They and Fraidy keep the mice out of the yard. Sure do love all of you.

More Pics of the Wall

Here are more pics of the 'Great Wall'. We did a little more work this morning and backfilled the top level. Enjoy the pics. It will look so much better once the levels are grassed and the tops are on the blocks. It will be a few more weeks before that will be done. Love all of you. (We're not dead yet.)

Update on "The Wall"

. . . or as Aunt Arnon calls it - The Great Wall of 'Living-stone'. We have been able to do soooooooooooooo much work and we just really appreciate everyone's help. We have to make special mention of Uncle Ben. He has been a trooper and come over many early mornings. He says "it's like having a free pass to a gym". It's quite the workout. He has lifted the majority of the blocks - twice. Loading them from the driveway and then unloading them at the wall.


Grandpa standing by the wall (not in his work clothes!) This is the end by the swing set. Such a handsome fellow.

Taking off for the start of the 2nd wall.

Grandma setting block on the second wall. When we first started I couldn't budge the blocks and now I can lift them, carry them and set them. I'm getting some definition. Yeah.


Most of the 2nd wall up. We still need to do alot of work on the west end (right hand side) where the fire pit will be.


Would you believe that yesterday we got the top wall done. We still have to back fill it and fill the block. We had a most exhausting 4th of July.(13 hours on the wall in 98 degree weather.) A friend of ours rented a 'Ditch Witch' digger and we split the cost with him so we had to work hard and fast. It really allowed us to move all of the backfill that people had given us as well as pick up another trailer load of fill from some neighbors. Dad and I are nearly dead today. I forgot to take pictures yesterday and it's too late tonight but I will take some tomorrow so you can see the progress. We have a total of 6 walls. I love the way Dad has designed it. Especially the way the walls split off from each other. Well we love you all. If we are dead by the time you read this you'll know why. (We did stop for a BBQ dinner and fireworks. Then when it was too dark and too late to make anymore noise we watched "Independence Day" with everyone in the backyard until 1:00AM-the guys set it up to show on a sheet hanging from the deck. Great finish to a great day.)

Memorial Day and the GREAT WALL

We got the Lasso Golf game(like Jack built for the reunion in Cardston last year). The kids are having a great time. The one that Jack built with pvc pipe and real golf balls though is much better.
Jess, Jordan and Jace are having a great time.
You can see everyone hard at work on the wall. This was definitely a working holiday. We just appreciated everyone's help so much. You can even see Blake ready to drive the tractor. (Reecy doesn't usually dress him in pink but he got his clothes wet in the pool and the wind turned chilly and that was the only extra outfit Grandma had!)
Jeannie and Brent are doing the exacting job of setting the first row. Each block has to been level at 3 measurements and also with the one next to it. It is slow and tedious but absolutely critical. They did an awesome job.
Ben and Dad laid the block and Cassy used the whisk broom to make sure there were no grains of sand or dirt to throw off the level.

Patti and Reecy are filling the blocks.
Cassy and Patti hard at it. I think that is Jordan too. He had to be careful not to get his fingers dirty because he split his fingers right between 2 of them in the webbed part. It is nasty and of course he couldn't wear gloves. He had a staple in it to hold it together and then they were buddy taped.
Actually that looks more like Ethan. If anyone know please post it. Grandma must be getting old.
Here is the first course finished. Grandpa finished laying the last blocks last night. Doesn't it look great?
Where the rock pile/'snake' pile is will be a fire pit so the wall only goes 3 high so it can be used for seating.
The other end of the wall by the swing set will also be used for seating. You can almost push the kids while sitting on the wall.
This is the section that Jeannie came over and helped with yesterday. She and I set the block for this short wall part. And Patti filled all the blocks of the main wall with sand and tamped it with the broom stick. It was a hot day. Jeannie and I had to dig through large rock and chunks of asphalt to get it level. I can't believe how strong Jeannie is to carry those 67# blocks and lay them. Ben had come over on Wed. late afternoon/evening and he and I were able to pull down alot of the hill and backfill with gravel. He brought down the block for Jeannie and I to use the next day. After we finished yesterday I did a bunch more clawing of the hill and bringing down gravel from the trailer and back filling the top layers. (I'm counting on some definition from all the shovelling, chopping and clawing.) I absolutely love to work out there. Today I have to do laundry, dusting and vacuuming and it's all I can do to stay inside and not go out and do more digging. It's addicting! And Dad is so appreciative of everyone's help. It is great. It will be so fun to see it all come together. Love you all.