James Remington Revo

Wow are we lucky!! First off not only did we make a pretty darn cute baby, but I had a pretty easy labor.

To start off I was supposed to be induced on Monday Feb 7. But at my doctors appointment on Thursday my doctor thought I would go into labor by myself before than. I was doubting him since I was not feeling ANYTHING! I learned my lesson, I will trust my doctor a little bit more.

I had a wonderful day on Friday, I spent the time doing last minute cleaning that I wanted to get done. Jon got home and we went along like any other day. We went to bed at our normal time, around 9. I got up to go to the bathroom (don't worry this is the first of personal details that you really don't want to know :) at 10:30 and on my way back I noticed I was a little wet. That is right my water broke!! I was just really happy it didn't break while in bed. I got Jon up and he slowly pulled things together. See I have a friend who was going to watch her, but I had not pulled any of her things together. Also I had to throw a few more things into our bags. We headed off to the hospital with Jon driving. On the way Jon rubbed his eyes, and his contact fell out. So that means we had to pull over and deal with that. Next child Jon will not drag his feet this much.

We got to the hospital at 11 and they had to check me over before they would keep us. It took an hour for them to figure out I needed to stay. At midnight I was at 1 Cm, I know hardly anything, but my water did break so they had to keep me! At 2:00 they measured me again and I was at a 2. By 3:30 I was starting to hurt and wanted the epidural, and I was at a 5. After that Jon and I got a small nap, which was much needed!! At 5:30 I was at a 10! But wait that was not good enough. I was positive for GBS (not a big deal) but they wanted to make sure I had all the medicine I needed before he made his arrival, meaning I had to wait. The doctor came in at 6:30 to check me, and I had just finished all the medicine. Now they were getting things ready and I was told to hold off as long as I could. About the time I couldn't wait they were ready. 10 minutes later James arrived. Please do not be a hater that for my first child labor/delivery only took 8 1/2 hours total!

James Remington Revo born February 5, 2011 weighing 8.6 Lbs and 20 1/2 inches long. Jon followed James with the camera while the doctor finished with me. He had a great set of lungs and came out perfectly healthy. They wanted to watch us in the hospital for 48 hours to make sure James was not affected by the GBS.

We were able to come home Monday morning and had my parents waiting at the house for us. I am up and moving, my feet did swell a little which is slowing me down. But other than that I feel great. James is eating and sleeping really well. He goes about every 3-4 hours. Which is really nice because at night he only gets up twice.

We are very blessed to have this sweet spirit in our home. We are blessed that everything went well and there were no complications. I am very blessed to have a husband who is willing to change diapers and might I add changed all in the hospital when it was the gross stuff. We are blessed to have the love and support of family and friends. We are excited for this journey in life, and can not be happier!!



Getting cleaned up













Getting my first bath



I love his face, he still does not like baths









He looks just like his daddy







Meeting Grandma and Grandpa



Finally going home

Getting Ready

I thought I would update everyone on what is going on. The latest post have been about the house. I would like to thank my nesting period for that. I ask Jon the other night, why we waited so long to get the house fully organized. We could not come up with an answer, but I am happy that things are finding there place. With that the house is 95% in order, but we are at a happy place for now. This may be to embarrassing for me but, I am not sure if we have ever lived in a place that has been so clean for so long. I am doing so good at keeping it clean. That is the hard part.

With James... we have been walking multiple times a day. Sage really enjoys that! As of today I am 38 weeks and 2 days, so he could come any day. I just would like to help him, so when he is ready he will have no problem. I know there are multiple opinions about this but I will be induce on Monday Feb 7. It is exactly at 39 weeks. In case you are really curious at 36 weeks James was weighing roughly 7.5 lbs. I will be having another ultra sound Thursday to check his weight. The doctor was kind enough to agree with me that I did not want to have a 10 lb baby. But all in all we will see what happens. Also with that it moves my count down from a week and 5 days, to just 5 days. We are getting so excited!!

Now we are just playing the waiting game, and trying to enjoy our final days alone. Since it will never be again in our life. I can't wait!!

I just want to say how grateful I am for Jon and all his help, support and love during this process. I know he is going to be a great dad!! I want to thank all our family for their prayers and support as well. We are so lucky to have so many great people in our lives.

Once James comes I will try and get pictures up as soon as I can. I know everyone will want to see him, and if not I don't care cause I want to show him off :)

So Long 8th Ward...

We moved into Pasco 8th ward last April. About June rumors started going around that the Stake was going to change the ward boundaries. They were supposed to announce the changes in our Stake Conference in September. Well since the rumors started you could feel a change in the ward. There has been a lack of out reach and trying to befriend. It was starting to seem like the established families stayed together, and all the new move-ins (like us) all banded together.

Well Stake Conference came and went and no change. Than the rumors really started to go around. Last Sunday it was announced that there would be changes and the meeting would take place on 1/30 (today). You would not believe what people started saying, everyone started to speculate what the changes would be.

I decided I did not want to go, being 38 weeks and having to sit uncomfortably for an hour and a half did not seem worth it. I watched the neighbors kids and Jon went to get the goods.

Here is what happened- We moved into the 10th ward. The up side is the building the 10th ward meets in is 5 minutes away, instead of the 15 minute drive we were doing before. The down side is instead of 11:00 church we have moved to 1:00. Hopefully I can do to church next week, I can not wait to see who moves with us and what the new ward has to bring. What is most exciting for me is that the rumors should be over, and most likely we can start feeling like a ward family soon!!

Linen Closet

I finally have a linen closet!! This was our last "big" project before James gets here. And Jon is very happy about that. I might add that Jon is now master closet maker. He is so talented and does an awesome job. I think he secretly likes it, but he wont admit to it. I can't wait to fill the shelves! The awesome thing about this closet is that the shelves are adjustable. So as our needs might change the shelves can too! Jon is so smart!!

James Room

Since we got the closet done, I have been working very hard to get things put away. I am still waiting for the closet to be completely finished, but I think I have things in there place. I also want to hang up a couple pictures, but I am having a hard time deciding. I love going in there and siting in the chair and enjoying it. I look forward to when I get to rock James in the chair, and the joy he will bring into our lives. But until then, we can only dream. (I must add- pour Sage she is in a rude awaking once he comes).




The view from the doorway.



Looking at the wall with the crib and changing table.



A close up of the crib with his name on the wall.



One side of the closet. 98% of the clothes came from my baby shower and friends. In which I am very grateful.



The other side, and yes we are still missing two shelves :). And if you look really close you see the car seat in the hallway filled with blankets and things to take to the hospital when he comes.

Baby Closet

We did it! Or should I say Jon did it! We made our goal, to re-do the baby's closet. It took a little longer than we wanted to spend on it, but it turned out great. I should also confess that we are not 100% done, we need to get one more board and cut it in half to add two more shelves, and we need to get one more closet rod (for the bottom half). Jon did all the hard work, now it is my turn to organize everything, or at least try to. I also did not get a before picture, if you really want to know it was a wired shelf at about 5'10, that ran all the way across. Not very reasonable for storing things.



This is the side that needs two more shelves added to it.



This needs one more closet rod added to the bottom.

Baby Shower

I decided that I wanted a baby shower in Portland, instead of in Pasco. It is almost sad that I have lived here for almost a year, and I still have very few friends. Since I know more people in Portland, I thought it would be more fun, and I was right.

Brooklynn and Rebecca threw me a great shower! We played a few games, had great food, and of course opened presents. I am so lucky to have amazing people in my life. It was really fun to see people that I do not always get to see. Also I will add that James is going to be a snappy dresser. I got so many cute outfits.

After the shower Brooklynn and my mom took time to go shopping with me to Target. Jon and I decided that no tax was a great deal. We had planned to buy everything after the shower of what we needed. Before we left we had few items, or we can say we bought all the "big" things. It took us I think under 2 hours at Target, and I am pretty set now. Well at least with the 'necessities'.

Before we left for Portland



After we unloaded everything



This next weekend we plan on getting the shelves done in James room, that way we can put everything away. Once we do I will take better pictures of the room and post them on here.

So EXCITED!!

Cleaning the yard

A few weeks back Sage destroyed one of her beds. We left it outside in her dog house. Than it snowed for a few weeks. Long story shout, it finally was a nice enough day to clean up all the stuffing. We started out by picking up with our hands, well that was taking to long. So Jon had this brilliant idea... use the shop vac! I think we are the only ones who have vacuumed our backyard. It worked great and did not take to long!

New Pantry!

First off I want to start out saying we do love our house. There is just some upgrades that we will be making. I think you can say I started nesting. One day I opened our pantry and sat and stared at it. Jon came home and I told him we had to build new ones right away! I could not handle them anymore. The picture does not show how bad they really were. They were cheap wired ones. You could not stack very well, and the space was just all wrong..



Man I am lucky that Jon is such a handy man. I drew up plans for the pantry and he built them perfectly! It did take us 2 days to build them, but they turned out great. We decided to paint inside the closet, which I think added to the awesomeness. Jon's favorite thing is there is now a space for the vacuum, it is no longer a wandering thing. The next goal will be new shelves in the baby's closet, hall closet and than the front room. Eventually we will get them in our bedroom, but we are alright for now.

Family Pictures 2010

Well our Friend Ashley got us our pictures today. Here are a few that she took. It is cool to think that these are our first family pictures, Jon, me, James and even Sage!!

Hope you enjoy

Cookies!

It is really now feeling like the holidays. Christmas tree is up, some presents are under it, decorations are up. And lastly the baking of Christmas Cookies have started!! Now I will confess that technically it started a few days ago. See I thought I could get a way with making sugar cookies out of a Betty Crocker bag, but no they just did not taste right.

I promised Jon I would take the time and make them from scratch. I did that today, and they taste so good!! Now I need to make sure I do not eat them all, by the time Jon comes home :)

Oh Christmas Tree

Christmas would happen to be my favorite holiday and season! I love getting and decorating the tree, I love the fresh smell they bring into the house. When I have more money and possibly bigger house, my wish would be to have a decorated tree in all rooms of the house :)



(Sorry the picture is not doing the tree justice)

P.S if you look closely at the top of the tree, in the background you can kind of see the difference in paint.

Preview

I have a friend who is starting a photography business and needed people to photograph to build her portfolio. So I had the idea, it would be fun to get some winter pictures of us, and possibly use them for a Christmas card. Right now she has only one done and sent it to us. When I get more I will post them. I am really excited. I am pretty sure Jon and I are not the easiest to photograph, but I think she got some good ones :)



Oh and don't worry we did get some of Sage, but she had her moments of cooperation.

More Paint

I have the most wonderful husband ever!! He has started working Friday's and Saturday's, which makes for a really long week. Well today he was lucky to get off. So what did we do...we painted our living room! I had to use some of my birthday money, cause painting the living room was not a high priority on Jons list, but he did it with a smile on his face. I would post a picture but I can not get one that turns out great. It is a kind of tan/ rosy color. We both love it. I did have to promise not to push him to paint the hallway yet, but hopefully it will be done before James gets here. Needless to say I love him!!

Also he made my day even more by taking me to go cut down a Christmas Tree. There is only 1 'U-Cut' place I found in our area. We didn't have very much time, but we got one. I will post a picture once we get it decorated.

After all the hard work Jon did for us today, I let him have the evening off!!

Turkey Day

We decided to go to my parents house for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun, but really different. Garrett was the only one home with us. Surprisingly there was not a lot of focus on the food. The focus was moved to a game: Settlers of Catan Cities and Knight expansion. We must have played that game at least 5 times!

Mom and I cook dinner in between turns, and since the table was taken up by the game we set up a card table in the front room and ate real quick so that we could start another round.

The funny thing for me is that for the last few weeks I have been wanting to play more games. It is just so hard with just Jon and I. It was awesome that my family played so many times, no one got up in the middle of the game and left. There was a lot of laughing and learning.

There was also a first for my mother. I got her up at 4:30 AM to go shopping. I was surprised that she agreed to get up with us. BUT we all got our shop-vac. Mom and I both had nightmares the night before that we would not get one. We shopped until about 8:30, and the Subaru was packed!! Even if we wanted to we could not go anywhere else. Jon and I dropped mom off at the house, and unloaded the car, and took of to one other place.

When we were not playing the game, Jon and Dad were off hunting. Yes I know shocker!! Jon bought a 3 day duck hunting license. They took all opportunities they could, and got NOTHING. They both agreed that they need to do some target practice to get the ducks!

Overall I guess this Thanksgiving I was really Thankful for family, and soon to be our future family.

Home Stretch

I am now starting my third trimester!! I seriously did not think it would come this fast. For me, my pregnancy started out so slow, but now I do not think I am ready.

Last week at my appointment everything is normal. He has a great heartbeat, and we are normal for all measurements. I now have the joy of going to see the doctor every 2 weeks!

The baby is moving a lot now. It is really funny cause Jon doesn't see/feel him half the time he moves. But the other night we were laying in bed and I cuddled up with Jon, than the baby did a big kick in Jon's back. But he felt it!! It was really funny.

Get your fortune..

On Saturday night, Jon was gone hunting. But I got invited to go out to dinner with some ladies from the ward. I only knew 1 of the 4, but I figured I wanted more friends, and the way to do that I needed to get out.

We went out to eat at P.F Changs (not my favorite, but I was out voted). After dinner they give you fortune cookies, and usually they are random things that never ring true. BUT I hope my comes true, this is what it said...

" Remember three months from this date! Your lucky star is shining."

Hopefully that means that James will join us on February 6. Only 8 days before his due date. How awesome would that be!!

Another Hunt

I know you are probably getting tired of all these hunting stories and pictures. But the season is almost done. Plus I remind Jon that not all years are going to be like this. Next year he will have a son around, and he wont be able to leave us so much. Needless to say Jon has been soaking up as much as he can.

Dad had one elk tag left that was only good the last week of October. So of course he invited Jon to come along. Now it was a Hare tag - which means they could shoot a cow, bull or spike.

Sage and I missed this experience and went to Portland instead.

The funny thing is that this hunt lasted about an hour and a half!! I know right. Dad and Jon left camp heard some elk, followed them, sat and waited. Now I can not give this story justice for 2 reason: 1) I was not there, so it is all second hand 2) It is just something that you have to see for yourself.

As Dad and Jon were sitting there, they kept seeing elk coming out of the trees into an open clearing. This is not just like 10 elk, a lot more kept coming out. So Dad and Jon were showing patience waiting for the one they wanted. (they decided that they would shoot a bull). Enough had come out that they thought there window was closing. Just as they thought this, they heard a load noise and some of the elk scattered. It was a big bull that was crashing his antlers against the trees. And guess what happened...more elk came out! So they took a shot at one that was a really good size (or at least they thought) and it went down. A few elk scattered, but not enough.

Now Dad and Jon did not want to spook the elk since the local rancher and friend were hunting the next day. So they just sat there. They sat for like an hour watching all these elk around them. Just behind them 40 yards were 2 cows laying down. Now Dad guesses that there was around 100 elk!! That is just amazing.

After waiting they finally got to go check on their kill. I would say it was a nice 6-point kill, if I do say so myself.





So what do you do the rest of the trip when you have completed the hunt the first day?? Come home early!! They were home by Friday, which mom and I were not quite ready, but it was nice. Than we spent Saturday cutting up meat. It was nice to end the season filling all tags. I do not know the last time Dad did that. And we are fully aware that it will probably never happen again.

Duck Hunt

Sage got her first duck!!!

Jon has been out a few times, but never got something. So Tuesday morning before he left for his big game hunt, he decided to go duck hunting. All they got was one duck, but that is OK (we don't really need more). Sage actually went out and retrieved the duck. I think she had fun!!

Baby's Room

Jon finally let me paint a room in the house!! So we started with the baby's room. The colors are amazing and the picture really does not do it justice. On the top is a kind of pale green, than a creme strip and ending with a milk chocolate.

We chose these colors cause they match the bedding. If you really want to see what adorable bedding we got go here: http://www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=532530&SearchedProduct=t

We will be getting the crib shortly, and slowly start adding things to the room. When we get more "stuff" I will post anyother picture.



One thing I want to add is that I love that this is done. It is really starting to feel like we are having a baby, and the room is really bringing a spirit into this house, making it more like a home. LOVE IT.

Fall Fun

My dad always goes hunting the first weekend in October. Since we live so close he invited Jon to go. And we all know that he would not say no. After that I got wrangled into going, with a role of "camp cook" (appealing I know).

For that weekend we had 3 tags, 1 mule deer and 2 cow elk. We did not have to fill all three out this trip. One did end that weekend, but they could shoot all 3.

Dad and Jon hunt in the mornings and than evenings. Which was nice that I was not alone all day.

The first morning hunt they came back and had shot a 4 point buck. That is a decent size, but good/big for the area. The funny thing was the pursuit of the weekend was the elk, and if they happen to see deer than that would be great. The fact that they got the deer first was kind of a laugh. But hey on a positive note we could have left that day, because we had gotten something.



Jon and the Buck



Skinning the Buck (notice Sage and how bad she wanted to help)

The rest of Friday and Saturday were uneventful. It was hot during the day, so we knew our time was quickly coming to an end for we needed to get the Buck home. Jon and dad did some clear cutting. They were cleaning pine trees that had been infected with mistletoe. It is a nasty flowering plant that lives in/on the pine it has sticky seeds that it shoots out. Jon was fascinated with the seeds. And by the end of the day Jon and Dad were covered with them.

We did spend some time at the pond. Sage just loves swimming! And dad had a project to start on.



Sage taking a break from swimming. She has this thing where if she is out of the water long enough she needs to roll in the dirt.



Jon waste deep in the yucky pond ( I do not think anyone else has voluntarily gone that deep in the pond). And of coarse Sage is right there to help him.



Here are our onlookers. The cows stayed in the shade, but had to check out what this little animal was and why it kept jumping in the pond. They would not take their eyes off of her.

Sunday morning our last morning there, the last shot to get the elk. And lo they were successful with 2!! I wish I could relate the whole story. It was an amazing sight apparently. Dad and Jon were sitting by the fence watching for some elk. They ended up seeing about 70 of them. And a bull came walking by them, about 40 yards away! Jon said when they shot the first elk, some ran away, others ran towards them. Some did not even move. With the elk running towards them it made for an easier shot for the second one.



Dad and an elk



Jon and an elk

It was a pain getting the elk back to the truck. Dad and Jon both drove an ATV and I drove the truck in as close as I could. Than we had to use the ATV's to bring out the elk. But we did it

I will have to say I think Sunday was the quickest camp had been broken and everyone packed and ready to go.

Jon and I felt a little bad that we were sending dad with all this meat to cut up, but you know when someone is that good, you just gotta let them do it.

It has been an amazing year that my father has been able to fill all his tags that he has so far this year. And my family is set with meat for a long time, this will for sure help out the grocery bill.

Yummy Rolls

My Grandmother has an amazing cinnamon roll recipe, the tricky thing is it is not very easy. I have made her rolls a couple times before. Once with my aunt and once with my mother, but never on my own.

I think it is the pregnancy thing, but I was really really craving them. So I decided to be brave and try them out. I will admit I had a first attempt Sunday before, but they did not turn out. I talked with my mother and got it figured out.

From the picture you can see that they were a success!! A little bigger than they are supposed to be (or at least I am used to). BUT they tasted really good!!! Jon was even happy, he was tired of cereal in the morning for breakfast.

I still have a long way to go to have them as good as my Grandmother, but I would say I am off to a good start!

Its a Boy!!!!

His legs are spread apart, so we know for a fact that he will be a he!!!



We are really excited. Honestly all we wanted was a healthy baby, but it is really fun to know that it will be a He, and we can stop referring to him as an "it".

We do not have any names picked out. We were waiting til we knew what he was going to be.

Sundays

Today first started off with Jon dressing up Sage...



And than after church I loose my spot on the couch for our Sunday afternoon naps...

Labor Day

We went camping/hunting with my family to their property (which is right by Rittter, Oregon 40 miles north of John Day). Parker had a bull tag to fill and a cow tag. My father had a bear, coyote, and cougar tag (later this year he will also have bull and cow tags). So we know what we had a to get. Now there were 2 areas they were hunting. One was for the bear and the other was for the elk. Both areas have trail cameras, so we knew they were coming through. Paker's bull tag was an archery tag, everything else was rifle. But the boys wanted to try first with the bows, and than have the guns for back ups.

The first day out scouting and sitting in the tree blinds, Jon got a coyote with his bow at 40 yards away. You can see from the picture that it is not very big. Sage is bigger than the coyote. But non the less we got one, and with his bow.



The next morning Steve and Parker went to the elk stand to try and get something while Jon went and sat in the blind that was set up in the general area of the bear. They got there about 5:20 (still a little dark). After Jon got settled he heard some huffing. Yes 30 yards away is a black bear walking around. All he had was his bow, and it was just a little to dark to see through the peep sight to get a good shot at it. So he let it got. When the boys met up again, Steve got really excited that the bear was still coming around. See he really wanted to get this bear. So that night Steve and Jon decided they were going to sleep out in the blind, in case that bear came back. And wouldn't you know that morning just as the sun is coming I heard a gun shot at camp. Well than 40 minutes later they came back to camp empty handed. They saw where it went down, but than it ran away. They could not find tracks or a blood trail ( and since Jon is red/ green color "confused" he was no good at finding blood in the grass). So we all ate breakfast Sunday morning and ran over there. After about 2 hours walking around Megan found some blood. We followed it in the wrong direction for about an hour and a half. It lead back to where it was shot. So Steve called a local rancher who is our friend, Kelly, he has about 30 dogs who hunt with him.(since Sage is just running around not knowing what to look for). He came out with 2 dogs and with in 20 minutes they found the bear under some bushes. All in all it took 4 hours to find that bear, but we did. He was a black bear about 6 feet. Once we got back to camp Steve and the boys skinned it. We tried the back strap for dinner, it was actually really good, you could not tell it was bear.



(Steve and the Bear)



(Group photo)



(Cutting up the bear at camp. You just have to love Jackson's face)

Now that excitement was over it was time to focus on what we really came to shoot, some elk. The boys went out Sunday night and Monday morning, no luck. Monday afternoon Parker and Jon decided they would walk a different area to see if they would have any luck. They left camp, Steve decided he would go sit in the tree stand. Well I did not want him there by himself so I told him I would go with him. We were getting a few things together from camp, got in the truck, drove like 70 yards away. All of a sudden Parker comes running after the truck. They had heard elk bugling above camp. The boys are running off trying to find them. See our property is very hilly so sometimes the echos can throw you off. 2 hours later at camp we hear a gun shot, and than another, and one more. That makes 3. We were getting very nervous. We had a 20 minute rule at camp, that if you heard a gun shot you would get things ready and drive over there and be there in 20 minutes. So we start getting the kids ready and Parker comes running up. They got a bull, and hit a cow but were trying to find her. We drive over. Parker had hit the bull with his bow, and Steve hit the cow, but the cow did not go down. So the next 3 shots were trying to get her down. Steve and Jon could not find her, so we got the elk back to camp and took care of what needed to be done. The next morning Parker, Jon and I went out to try and find the cow, but we just could not. We think he gut shot her, which means she could have run for a long time. We could not find any blood or any trail.



(The 6 point buck)



( I am sorry I did not get a picture before they cut it up. Or a picture with Parker and the elk)

So by noon on Tuesday we were all packed up and ready to go. Parker and his family went to my parents house, because my dad cuts up all his meat. Lucky them they get to spend today cutting up a 1100 pound bull. Jon and I had fun and were very glad that we had some success. Lucky Jon and Steve have 2 trips planned to go back in October, when Steve gets his elk tags.

Mt. Adams

Jon and I heard that Mount Adams is always (in season) covered with Huckleberries. Being new to the area we had a lot of research to do, on where to go, camping and any regulations. At first we thought it would be a good day trip, but later found out it is like 4 hours to Mount Adams. We than decided that we could do an over night trip.

With all this panning going on, we also decided that it would be fun to invite some friends. Our neighbors Britton and Jessica and their kids came along with us. We left on Friday, and got there just in time to set up camp and make dinner. We camped by a stream. On Saturday we went and played for a little before we went picking. We had a couple maps, but were still not quite sure where to go pick. As we were driving we saw a lot of cars just pulled off the side of the road. We found a side road and pulled off. Now we found out after talking to rangers that usually the mountain is full of huckleberries, but for some reason this year they were a little bit more sparse. We picked for about 4 hours, and all we have to show for it is 2 quarts. Now I will say Sage did not make it easy, any bush with berries her height, were gone by the time we got there!

After we picked we stopped in this small town where we saw a group getting ready to raft a river. We stopped and talked to them. The river seems really fun. We did find out that some rapids on there were class 4 - 5. If we get the chance to go down them, we would have to go on a guided trip at first.

All in all it was a fun trip. Some times the short trips are the hardest. There is so much to plan and prepare for that it seems you only get a few minutes to enjoy it. We plan on going back next year, but maybe giving it a few more days or a couple trips.

About Time...

( Sorry that the picture is a little off, it is the best I could do)

Improvements

This week has been very busy, but really good. We finally got shelves in the garage. Now all we have to do is get them painted and than organize the garage and fill up the shelves. Jon and his dad did a really good job, and they look amazing!!



We also were able to do a little work on the front yard. I was excite to get something done, so than our house does not look like every other house on the block. I can't wait to see when my plants bloom, but it still looks good. Also we decided to put bricks around the tree. I must give credit to Jon who picked out the stone and the design. Now all we have to do is get some flowers to put around it. I just love getting these projects done!!