DRUMROLL PLEASE-------

For those who keep bugging me for pictures of
this
HOUSE THAT HAS TAKEN FOREVER!!

... here we go.
Front of the house
(dur)
My house faces west. I get to look at the sunrise from my
kitchen, and the
sunset from my front porch.
I love it.

As you enter the front door, the stairway is right there, along with the
hall to the main part of the house.

To the right of the front door, is our formal front room
(which right now still houses the rest of my banister!)

To the left of the front door is the music room.
yeah!

From the front, things open up to the family room-

(opposite end of the room)

(different angle)

a hallway bathroom-

(and I really REALLY love my sink in here!)

(view facing back from the family room towards the front door)

this view is standing in the central
part of the upstairs. The office
(ok, MY office)
is just to the right, and
our bedroom is just to the left.

heading on over to the kitchen -

(still messy from today's canning project)

This is the bathroom in the mud room.
I LOVE this about my house.
Kids come in through the
garage, and can hit the potty, wash hands,
shower, and drop dirty clothes,
ALL BEFORE COMING IN MY HOUSE!!!

OK, ANOTHER FAVORITE ROOM!!
My private sanctuary.
Gotta love my bathroom.
*big joyful sigh*

(my closet is way bigger than I ever dreamed it would be!)

Pictures just don't do this room justice.
Too bad.
It's really cool.

This is my bedroom.
Yes.
It's Brown.
I like it.

All the kids rooms are downstairs.
Good planning, huh?
Each of the kids picked the color of their rooms.
Brin's is PINK. Go figure.
And yes, Brinlee has a real bed.
Back in Ephraim.

Girls bathroom-
it's in between the girls rooms.
No one has to look at the mess that way.
(smart planning dad!)

The Teen's room.
All the way in the corner of the basement.
Polka Dots and all......

Complete with crap on the wall already-

and the pile of clothes.
*another big sigh.
not so joyful this time*

Stock's room.

Tay's room.....

And they have their very
own bathroom - with laundry facilities.
(very big grin)

Very cool downstairs family room
that we can all hang out it.

So, that's my house.
You've all seen it.
Someday, we might get all our
junk moved in,
and I might even decorate.


But not today.

Add SEVEN more reasons WHY we've been busy

That's right.
Count 'em up.
7 of these little suckers.

(notice the towel underneath to
protect my NEW carpet?)

They're not normally inside.
But I just had to take pictures while they are still little.
(and obnoxious)

When I can't find Brin,
I go looking
in the garage,
and 90% of the time,
she's right in the middle of this mess.

But look how they make my baby smile.

I can deal with a few puppies for awhile,
if it makes my daughter
laugh like this.


(BY THE WAY, ANYONE WANT A FREE PUPPY??!)

Today....

was yummy.
;)

School

there go my babies

THIS...

is why I built my house where I did.

I love watching my son hang out with his friend.

Just for you baby sister

Someone (ahem) has been texting me all
morning, bugging me to put up Randa's cheer pictures.
OK OK!!
Here's my "Pootie" on her first football
game ever, being a cheerleader. ( I still say GAG!)
But I have to admit, she was pretty cute,
and she did a good job.
sigh.

Randa wasn't the only one performing Friday night....
Taylor is playing in the pep band. Nothing like having your son, surrounded
with a bunch of girls. Hmmm...
not a good sign.
But like the little stud that he is,
he played his heart out, and smiled away.

Some of our friends.... Lisa (rock on mama!) and sweet Amy.
Gotta love the sax players!

... and ANYTIME I can take a photo of Baylee - it's MY lucky day!
xoxo love you B!

So, I came home at half time, Brin and Stock
had enough of football at that point,
and I drove in and saw this ...

I thought to myself,
"NOT a bad view at all from my backyard!"

I think I'm going to like having this as my backyard. I really enjoy my view.

LOVE being able to check out my horses.

Maybe we will survive Wyoming??

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO MY DAUGHTER.......
I've never seen so much purple in my life.
GO CATS!!
(first game tonight. more pictures to come later, after I gag!)
;-)

Ok, so I still haven't REALLY posted on our summer...
I will, I will. I just need to get this house finished! Ugh!

So, a couple more phone photos so that it doesn't look like I've fallen off the face of the earth again!

first day of school, (Bryan's phone, I had the real
camera, I just need to upload!? Grr!)

This was taken about a mile
from our house. Keesa & Trevor came up
with Trevor's family this first part of August.
All the boys, (and Trev's sister!) went
fishing by our house. Taylor and
Trev were the only one's who caught anything.
Nice fish, huh?
Yeeehaw Taylor!!

Ok, behind our house is a HUGE
mountain of dirt, courtesy of the basement.
Living in a 5th wheel all summer, the
kids kinda got bored, (can't understand
why though?) One day, one of the
projects happened to be digging a tunnel
through the whole mound. I'm SO glad I
wasn't there for this one.Thanks so much Bryan
for letting our kids have fun.
THEY COULD HAVE DIED!
I guess that's why dad's are
cooler than mom's.They did have a good time.
I was away on a photo job, and got
this picture text right in the middle.
To say that I freaked out is an understatement.