Absent but not gone

Greg was trying to catch the beautiful view coming up our driveway. Warren Graduated from Preschool. This is fast becoming the picture wall in my house.

One of the mom's made this cake for the preschool celebration.

Warren with Sandy and Judy. He misses them so much!

Here is the reason for my absence. Our yard. Nothing like starting from Scratch.


He Rototills, I rake and level and we plant! Thank heavens we only have a little corner left. I never thought having lots of yards would be such a problem! Hee hee. These little lessons in life. But Hey, My arms are getting strong!


My littlest helper!
West side yard just over a month ago.

West yard today! I love grass!

Yes Greg is in the background. I'll just say noisy magpies. You guess the rest.

Warren decided we needed help so he made a water and food stand, complete with signs!

Greg has been busy cutting down the 20 or so trees that are dead on our property. This day he had me pull one over with the truck after he cut into it. Warren got to be the photographer!

Warren the photographer.
My children are learning to fend for themselves. Greg and I get to working in the morning and forget to stop and feed ourselves. I found a recipe for killer chocolate chip muffins. The boys made short work of them!Invaders, Just some of the local nature here. Doesn't everyone want 5 baby racoons in their yard! Where's my shotgun!My latest toy! Yes, I'm claiming the mower. Greg has enough to do this year. And really who wouldn't want to use it, right?

And for all you BSU Fans, it's a Bronco!Now for my favorite thing I've done during the last month, my own space! Now that the swamp cooler is hooked up (thank you Greg and Dad) I can stand the be out in this room. I've wanted a craft room for ever. I've died and gone to heaven!

Home Sweet Country Home

We did it! And here it is. We bought this 4200 sq ft. home on 5.13 acres. Yes I know, that's a big house. It was all about the land Greg wanted and we just happened to get a huge house with it. It's fun having somewhere to put it all away. Plus the view is just breathtaking. You can see from Bogus Basin all the way around to the Owyhee's. So if I feel blue, I just look out my windows. We're loving our ward and especially being in a ward with the Mathieson's. We couldn't be luckier! Now to find a window washer........ The view from the road.
View from the living room into the kitchen and above is the master bedroom.

The solarium on the main floor.

The family room downstairs.The moving day mess! We had soo much help. We are truly blessed. Anyone who shows up and works all day with you is a true friend!

The cat has been exploring the shelf in the living room

The boys hanging out on the stairs. They've already broken a cup playing up here.
We got to make some improvements before we moved in. Here is my new jetted tub in the master bathroom. Really should have had a before picture but it was put it before the house was really ours. The old tub didn't have a pump and would have leaked everywhere. The tub was also cracked.

Warren Started Preschool in January too. He is doing so well and enjoys every minute.