Pajama party

Katie's first birthday

Sweaters

Cute new sweaters. And the girls are pretty cute too!

That Fateful Day

My 28th birthday, most miserable week of my life. We all came down with some terrible virus which caused all sorts of bodily malfunctions. Worst of all, I still cannot eat pot roast or the delicious Costco chocolate cake without feeling tinges of illness.

Girls Camp Director

Stephanie was in charge of our ward's Girls Camp, they got to break in a brand new campground.

Laura's had better days. She just needed some alone time in a crowded house, and the top of her closet was the only available space.

Laura's first day of kindergarten.

Carpet Rolls

Who knew that empty carpet rolls could be so much fun?

Laura's Birthday

A fun time at the park in our new neighborhood.

Demolitions

The new covered deck being built. But really the fun part here is seeing the whole Wasatch mountain range from our back yard, and seeing how many rocks "grew up" on our property. One reason it took so long to build the new house was the blasting. Our quarter acre just happened to be nestled into solid rock, so they got a demolitions crew up here to help excavate. Most of the rocks they blew out of the ground stayed around as retaining walls.

Fantastic Builders

Future engineers and architects.

After a long hiatus, we're back. The past year has seen us finish the basement to our old house, prep and sell that house, and then build and move into our new place (a whole mile away, I know, how adventurous). The new house got its basement done as an apartment where the Ellefsons now live. It has been a busy year and a half, and it finally seems to be calming down a little, so we'll start getting pictures up regularly. Pictured here, the kids check out the unfinished basement in the new house.