Our Yard

We decided it was time to till up our yard, put in a sprinkler system and plant grass. Well, we got all that done and now the sprinkler system isn't working. The company continues to send us new parts but we have yet to find the ones that are causing the problem. So, now we have dead grass and weeds and it looks like we just might have to replant the seed again! But, I did take some pictures of before and during and as soon as we have grass again, hopefully I'll remember to take pictures and post those too!

BEFORE

The pile of stuff we pulled out of our backyard!

DURING

Major Update in the Making

I realize I'm way behind on this whole blogging thing. So behind, in fact, that blogger changed everything and I feel like I'm relearning how to post!

Tanner is sick today so I figured while Montana is at church with Mason and Peyton, I will attempt to update the blog. I have so many pictures to post so it's gonna be lots of pictures and a few words! And if I'm feeling ambitious, then some pictures will get their own post. Just FYI, I will backdate the pictures with their own posts...and there are a lot of new posts!

Back in January (yes, I'm that far behind) Montana and I celebrated our 8th Anniversary. My mom came down to our house to watch the kids so we could take off for the day. We headed up to Midway to go sledding. It was a lot of fun!

Then we hit up a little diner type place in Heber for lunch. We ended with a trip to the movies to see Jack and Jill. It was just so nice to get away for a little bit and to celebrate!

My mom helped the kids make a cookie bouquet for us while we were gone. It was delicious!

We finally got a little bit of snow in January so the kids had to make a snowman.

I caught Mason reading on the counter one afternoon....

Tanner is just cute!

Tanner playing the piano with Uncle Eric on his last day of living with us.

On St. Patrick's Day, we headed to my parent's home for family birthdays. Trent was also in his school's play, Alice in Wonderland. We went to the play and then stopped at the Veteran's Memorial Monument. The have a monument for those that served in the Korean War. My Grandpa Thayne served and it was fun to find his name.

Montana Turned 30

Montana had a birthday and he turned the ripe old age of 30! He had to work on his birthday so we celebrated as a family on the 18th. We did the traditional lunch at Tucanos and then he opened his presents. He got a bevel set thing (I think that's what it is called) and an outdoor fire ring. We had pecan pie instead of cake and blew out candles. It was so very low key since we were planning an awesome 80's bash for the next weekend!

On Montana's actual birthday, we took him Red Robin for dinner! And the day after his birthday, he flew to Phoenix for a reception. When he came back in town, we started shopping for his big birthday bash. On the 28th, we invited lots of friends over, dressed like we stepped out of the 80's, had wonderful 80's music playing, ate delicious, not good for you, food, and played a donut game. It was so much fun. The kids thoroughly enjoyed running around outside and jumping on the trampoline. And as people started to leave, Montana pulled out his new fire ring and built a fire for those that wanted to stick around a little longer. We had so much fun and we were so excited that everybody came dressed in their best 80's garb. Montana thought it was awesome and I got kuddos for pulling it off!

Mason's gift for Montana.

Peyton's gift for Montana.

Jerry and Kemarie Whiting

Jon and Kassie Voigt

Casey and Lindsey Green

Mike and Devrie Gren

Scott and Melody Twichel