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Air Conditioning!

Turn on the AC summer is finally here! We decided to get Kale's pool out for a fun summer day! We washed the cars (it rained later) and Kale played in the pool with the neighbors dog(someday we will get our own). It was a fun family day!

Kale has a lobster &

a swimmer guy that

he loves to race!

He laughs & laughs

when they swimmer

guys arms go around

& lobsters tail flips!

Back-Hoe?

We have FINALLY started construction on the mother-in-law apartment!! We have been waiting as patiently as we could for it to get going and the backhoe showed up on the 15th to dig the holes for the foundation and the sewer. This was a great day at our house. Not only because they started on the construction, but also because there was a back hoe at our house. Kale LOVES any kind of big machinery. Dump truck, semi trucks, tractors, & most of all back hoes. We had to watch the back hoe being unloaded off of the trailer, we stood in the back yard or on the back patio the whole time the back hoe was digging. When the driver stopped for lunch, he asked Kale if he would like to rid/sit in the back hoe? It was like Christmas. Kale's eye got big and he took off for the "back hoe mom, back hoe, back hoe!!" He got to sit in it for about 20 minutes, and the whole time, he kept laughing and saying, "Driven back hoe mom!" It was a great moment! Kale couldn't have been happier! THANKS backhoe driver!!

HOT!!!

Ok, so I am a Twilight fan!! While I was in California, Shelisa and I watched the "New Moon" trailer more that a few times. We watched it mainly because we couldn't get enough of how HOT Jacob is! I am not ashamed to say this. Yes I am married and I love Devin very much, but come

on, have you SEEN Jacob! So....Shelisa, this one is for you!!

P.S. I am still a dedicated Edward

fan, even if Jacob looks better

with his shirt off!!

New Kitchen!

BEFORE!

One of my stipulation when moving to Leamington was that the kitchen HAD to be remodeled. The kitchen had light oak with a white washed finish for cupboards, and forest green countertops....Yes forest green! I had a couple of bids on the kitchen, and decided that it would be a good time to have the remodel done while Kale & I were in California.

So, I came home to a beautiful new kitchen & new appliances.

AFTER!!!

My beautiful new stainless

appliances!

I once saw a trash can in a drawer

at a model home I was in... I had

to have one. It will keep Kale

& our dog (when we get one)

out of the trash!

New curtains are on the way!

We are also getting a tiled

backsplash put in!

Undermount sink! I love this

thing. You can wipe all of the

crumbs & such right into the sink!

I would love for anyone to come and see it. We are making A LOT of changes to the house, this is only the beginning!

P.S. We got a convection oven. I was told when I bought it that I could bake 3-4 cookie sheets at a time. I tested it on Sunday, and it worked. You can cook a whole batch of cookie (3 sheets with my recipe) at one time!

California!

Kale and I took a trip to California for a week to stay with my sister Janae. The biggest reason we were going was because Shelisa was graduating for High School. We had a lot of fun! Kale loves Kayla & Alyssa, and they love him just as much (I think)! I would be Kale's friend until the girls got home from school (he always took a nap because I am not as much fun), and then it was a great vacation for me. The girls played with him followed him around, and much more (THANKS GIRLS!!)

Ken has an Indian Motorcycle, that Kale thought was great. It is parked in the garage, so everytime Kale would go out the garage, he was say "motorcycle" and then he would have to sit on it. We kept telling him that he could ride it until Ken got home from work. Ken walked in the door from work, and Kale was at his feet, "motorcycle?!" He finally got his ride! I am not quite sure what he thought of it. It is a bit loud, and when he got off, his face was a little scared, but the next day he started to say "motorcycle" again!

Trailer!

We have been looking at buying a travel trailer for a long time. Well we decided that it was time. Dev is going to be doing a lot of hunting this summer and fall, and he wants Kale and I to come. I told him that there was NO WAY I was hunting/camping in a tent. So he came home with a new trailer. It is very nice! It has bunkbeds for Kale, and he thinks that he is pretty hot stuff! The only thing that it is missing is a flat screen TV, which we are going to be getting soon! We took a little camping trip up Nephi canyon a few weekends ago to try it out!

I love you Edward!

http://videoguide.msn.com/play/movies/?pid=mgid:cms:mvideo:mtv.com:10202125&v=mtv&ocid=newmoontrailermtv&gt1=42007

If you are a Twilight person like me, here is the trailer for the new movie New Moon. Very excited...can't wait to see it.

Thomas the Train

Today, we went to Heber to see Thomas the Train. Comcast was a sponsor, so we were able to get free tickets! Kale was very excited to ride the train, and that was about it. When we first got there and he saw the train, he wanted to jump the fence and get on. We told him that he had to wait his turn. We walked around took pictures, went to the petting zoo, but all he wanted to do was get on the train. Thankfully, we didn't have to wait too long before it was time for our ride. We had a fun time, and the weather was very nice.

Ice Cream You Scream!

Kale loves grandpa, and Kale loves ice cream, so what better than to have ice cream with grandpa at the Red Barn. We ordered a baby cone, but I think they forgot and gave him a regular size. When he got it, his eye got big, and he grabbed it from grandpa. He ate all but just a little bit of the cone, which he gave to grandpa and told him "me done"!!

Bike & Helmet

Kale got a new bike and helmet for his birthday. He loves his helmet. He will just wear it around the house. He is so cute in it, but he looks a little bit like a retarded kid, because the helmet is a little to big!

Is it Bella?

When Devin & I lived in Holladay, we had a black lab named Bella. We loved her so much, but when it came time to get our new house in Herriman, with NO yard, we decided to give her away. Since we have moved to Leamington, we have made friends with the neighbor dog, that looks just like Bella. Her name is Rosey.

Happy 2nd Birthday Kale!

We had a birthday party for Kale on Saturday. We had a BBQ and cupcakes. Kale was very spolied, and got a lot of great presents. Please noice the fantastic cupcake tree. I love it! It make the cupcakes look very cute!

Cinco de Mayo

We decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, because we love Mexican food, and Devin sometimes thinks that he is Mexican. Dev pick up a pound of our favorite Mexi-Meat from the stinky Mexican store in Midvale, and brought it home to grill up. We had fajitas with our meat, and we decided to try and copy a salsa that we had in Mexico, that we loved. We grilled 3 tomatoes, added garlic, juice for 1 lime, onions, and salt. I just added stuff, until I thought that it tasted good. I would have added a jalapeno, but I didn't have any. We have decided that it is all about the grilled tomatoes. It just give the salsa some extra yumminess. Give it a try, I think you will like it!

Concert!

My sister Janae & I are U2 "groupies!" I flew to San Francisco in November of 2005 to see u2 with her and my niece Shelisa. We had been awaiting the release of the new album "No Line on the Horizon" because we new this meant a concert would soon follow. We had plans for Janae to come to Utah and see them, but they aren't coming here YET. So we decided that we would meet in Las Vegas and see them there. We are dragging Devin & Ken with us. We got 11th row side seats, because we both belong to the U2 club on U2.com, we were able to get presale tickets.

STOP asking us!

So Devin & I went to Mexico on the 18th of April and were there for a week. Friday (4/24/09) the day before we left to come home, the news at the Resort started to talk about the Swine Flu, and how there were 1000 people in Mexico City who had the flu. When we got to the states the next day, and saw the news, all it could talk about was the Swine flu, and because some of our friends and family knew we had been in Mexico, they automatically assumed that we were infected with it.
I don't know how many of you know, but there are over 18 million people living in Mexico City. To put this into prospective , there are currently approximately 2,736,424 living in the STATE of Utah.
Devin & I stayed at a resort in Puerto Vallarta with my sister Janae and her husband Ken. None of us have the Swine Flu! If I have one more person ask me about it, I will start to tell people that yes, I have been felling a little under the weather, and I think that it must be that, because of course, it jsut couldn't be something like the common cold or allergies.

Big Boy Bed!

We decided that Kale was big enough to sleep in a bed. We thought that with the move, that it would be a good time to get rid of the crib. He has been great! We haven't had any problems with him getting up at night. Good Job Kale, you are getting to be such a big boy! Next comes the potty!!

Good-bye Duncan Meadow, Hello Juniper Heights

Our back yard Our back porch

We finally got moved. It was a quick move, which was kind of nice, because we didn't have to wait around and live in a house that is half packed. It was we really hard to say goodbye to our house and the neighborhood. It was our first house, and we worked so hard to get into it. It was the house that we brought Kale home to, and he will probably not even remember it. I had made some great friends, that I won't get to see as much. My best of friends Sharma summed it up best for me; It wasn't really goodbye, but it sure felt like it.

We got everything move down to Leamington on Wednesday the 15th. Almost all of our stuff is still in boxes and being stored for now. We have big plans for the house.

I don't know if most of you know but we bought Nancy's (Devin's moms) house. We are building on a mother in law apartment for her to live in that is going to be about 960 sq. ft. For now, we are all living under the same roof. I don't really think it is that bad. There are 2 bedrooms and a large living room in the basement, that we have made into our space.

We have a long list of things that we want to do, but first thing first. We are waiting on the permits, and the the contractor we hired can get started on the addition. As for the inside, we are knocking down a wall, to open up the stairs going to the basement. The Kitchen is going to get a over haul. The cupboards are getting refinished with a distressed antique white. We are getting new counter tops (green laminate just doesn't do it for me), we are moving around some of the cupboards, and finally we are getting all stainless appliances.

This is just the start. I plan on painting all the rooms and putting up new molding. We are putting dark laminate wood floors in the formal living room & hall way, new carpet in the nursery and master bedroom, revamping the 1/2 bath, and list goes on and on and on.

We are really excited about all the projects ahead of us. Everyone is invited to come anytime, I just won't promise what kind of shape the house will be in.

Update!

We SOLD our house (hopefully)!!! The buyers want to close on the 14th of this month, so we have 2 weeks to move out. I won't be doing much blogging for a while, because I have to pack my house up, and then Dev & I leave for Mexico on the 18th! I will catch up when things settle down.

P.S. We are moving to Leamington. Dev will be commuting to Comcast, and I will be staying home to be a mommy. I gave my two weeks at Beehive on Wednesday, my last day will be the 15th (YEA)!!

Gabba Gabba

There is this show on whatever 121 is at my house (I think it is Nick Kids) that is called Yo Gabba Gabba. The Characters are a little different and the show is kind of weird, but Kale LOVES it! When I turn on the "movie" (or TV as the rest of us would call it) he say "Gabba Gabba, Mom. Gabba, Gabba!" This show is only on once a day at 2:30 and Kale is napping at that time of day, so I have started to DVR it for him. I figure why not. Dev and I have countless shows that we DVR, Kale should have at least one!!

I think that Yo Gabba Gabba is an Australian made show, because all the little kids that are on the show have a Aussie accent. I figure even if it is weird, at least there is some kind of lesson to learn and there is LOTS of singing and dancing which is Kale's favorite!