Transformation

Our back yard has always been the talk of the neighborhood, and not in a good way. A few years ago when it was just Trent and some roommates living there, the city code enforcement officer came by to let us know the lawn was not within code. Basically, it was an eyesore. Several years ago, seed was planted to grow the lawn and the front yard took pretty well. The backyard...not so much. It was filled with more weeds than grass. And a forest of aspen trees soon followed. Well, it's all about to change. This time, sod is getting laid in the backyard and we're creating some flower beds to line the yard with. We also have plans down the road to put in a water feature, a shed, and possibly a firepit. Here is the yard as of yesterday after ripping up the grass/weeds. We'll show you the progress as time(and money) allows.

Baseball game

Thanks to Suzanne's mom, we had the chance to go see the Salt Lake Bees in action last night. Best part of the deal, it was in a company suite. So we got a great view of the game without having to deal with drunk people all game. We also ran into our neighbors who happened to be just a couple of suites down. The start of the game was filled with multiple home runs(by the wrong team) so we decided to go get some of our favorite baseball game munchies. This included nachos, churros, pizza, and kettle corn popcorn. After all that, we couldn't even touch the free food in the suite. Don't worry though, we spread the food out over several innings.
There were quite a few great plays that kept the game close until the 6th inning. The Bees were down by 3 and it started getting pretty chilly, so we went home during the 7th inning stretch. Bad idea. The Bees scored 5 more runs after we left and won the game. Go Bees! We also decided we need to go to more of these games(sans suite), so if anybody is up for it, we're down.

Until next time...

I hate April!

Why do I hate April?!? Because April is nothing but a tease! A mean, horrible tease! Like when you're parents said, "If you clean your room, I'll give you $1." And when you go to claim your reward, they tell you they need the trash taken out too before you get that dollar. Then the laundry. Well we woke up this morning to snow. Snow in April isn't bad in itself, it is Utah after all. But, it's a roller coaster of weather. For example, yesterday, it was snowing and as the picture illustrates, it will be 72-degrees in a couple days. It's been back and forth beautiful, sunny weather followed by snow! It's just not fair to tease us with spring that way.

Until Next Time...

Easter

Easter was one of the best and worst days to date. We had a great Easter dinner with the family and enjoyed a great Easter egg hunt.

Here is Jaxson and Alexander looking for more eggs.

Aiden in filling is basket up real quick running from room to room to get all the eggs he can!

All the kids in the living room hunting for more eggs.

Jaxson opening his eggs to find what he got. He made out with about $23 dollars!

Aiden and Nanna opening his eggs. He got about $14 dollars.

Taylor found a spot under the piano where no one could reach her to open her eggs in the middle of the hunt and eat all the candy she could!

Alexander counting his eggs. Not sure how much money he ended up with.

Kids playing around!

At the end of the evening I received a phone call from my mother informing me that Copper had torn out a nail. She was having a hard time stopping the bleeding so they were going to take him to the vet. Once we were to the vet the bleeding had stopped but unfortunately due to Coppers battle with bone cancer it was his time to move on. Copper was my puppy and the BEST dog in the world! He will be greatly missed. We all knew this day was coming but it was the second worst day of my life.

Until Next Time...