Sneak Peak

I really wanted to wait to show any pictures until the room was completely finished.

But things don't always go exactly as planned,

not that we've had any major set backs,

things just take time.

So I'm going to give you a sneak peak at "The Green Room" and the hallway.

It is amazing the difference a few changes makes!

Part of the hallway.

Exhibit A: The difference casing around a door makes

The Green Room... it isn't green anymore!

Well, except the inside of the windows,

we still need to fix that.

Exhibit B: A little (Lot) of paint, new baseboards, and crown molding

The back wall of the room.

When it is completely finished I'll give you a before and after.

Oh, and please don't mind the mess...

it takes a lot of tools and junk apparently to fix a room.

Family Day #2

This family day was actually a family weekend!

We had a great time!

We got to see a couple of new things that we didn't get to see last year at Family Day.

Last year it was just my father-in-law, my sweet husband, and me.

But this year my mother-in-law and one of my brother-in-laws.

So it was fun for them to see everything too.

B-2

As you can see it was a bit windy and sunny... lol

B-52

After we had some yummy slushies and then some food and hit the road.

We needed to get on the road to get to the lake!

When we got to the lake we set up camp, ate, and went to bed.

The next morning we got up and ready to do some "yard work".

We had GREAT water in the morning!

My brother-in-law wakeboarding,

he got more air, I'm just a little slow in the picture taking.

This is my it-is-so-cold face,

in the morning the water was warmer than the air

Lol, I'm not sure exactly what my sweet husband is doing in this picture,

but he looks good doing it!

My father-in-law was able to get up his very first time!

We were all very excited for him!

My mother-in-law

My brother-in-law decided to try to slalom,

I'm pretty sure he got up on his first or second try!

Saying goodbye to "The Green Room"

My aunt and uncle came last weekend

and my uncle thought we were painting the room green.

I almost died laughing!

Definitely NOT!

This week we've been saying goodbye to the green!

I guess it started a while before because my sweet husband started replacing the drywall.

He finished that on Monday,

then he primed it,

then we painted the ceiling and the walls .

In case you are wondering,

the ceilings are white (Behr Snow Fall) and the walls are a cream color (Behr Castle Stone).

This week our task is to get the crown molding and baseboards up.

We started painting them yesterday.

I just have one thing to say about that,

if you are going to do put up baseboards and/or crown molding,

a paint sprayer will become your best friend!

Stay tuned for the final before and after!

Visiting

We stayed at my grandparent's house for the night on Saturday,

then Sunday morning we drove up to see our nieces, nephew, brother and sister-in-law.

We only got to see them for a few hours,

but we had a great time!

We went to church with them and then visited with them until we had to go to the airport.

We played and ate delicious food and just enjoyed spending time with all of them!

We got to meet our sweet little baby niece!

She is so content and happy all the time.

The kids had fun wrestling their uncle...

and biting him apparently lol!

See.. content!

I think this girl has had her picture taken a time or two.

When I told her to smile,

this is what she did :)

Lol, I love our nephew's smile in this picture!

He has such an adorable smile,

I couldn't get the full one, but this is still super cute!

Sometimes they do get sad though... lol so cute still though!

We're so glad we were able to see them!

I wish we would have had more time and gotten to see everyone,

but we will sooner or later!

Day 4: Hiking Out

I forgot to tell you that on day 3 my uncle that hiked in with us hiked out.

He was headed to Idaho to compete in a triathlon!

His brother, who happens to also be my uncle (they married my mom's sisters),

and his youngest son (obviously my cousin.. lol)

hiked in.

So on to Day 4!

We hiked out on day 4, so we had to pack everything up and head on out.

The hike out was a lot easier than the hike in.

Crazy how that happens.

I think the fact that our packs were significantly lighter helped a lot.. ;).

The gang all packed up and ready to go!

Our leaders

Breathtaking!

Seriously, he should be a hiking model!

Maybe I'm a little biased

Beautiful!

In the zone

Us with Red Castle in the background and the pretty river

The boys at "the first bridge"

aka: our first resting spot

A pretty view!

I love waterfalls!

I enjoyed seeing our long line of hikers.

This isn't all of them either.

My brother and my cousins at "the second bridge"

After I took the previous picture,

I had to take this picture.

I thought it was so cute!

My sister

My other sister

My dad and my uncle coming into the resting spot

My mom and dad at the first bridge

Our second to last resting spot!

My dad, mom, and brother making it to the trail head!

My sister showing off her back...

we all had plenty of this same problem going on, lol

Here we are after we finished.

So worn out!

The gang after we all finished!

Lol, we look so tired!

And hungry,

we drove back to Evanston and stopped at Wendy's.

I feel so bad for all the people there,

we smelled SO bad.. lol.

But we scarfed that food!

Even though we were all SO tired by the end,

we all had a GREAT time!

I know my sisters weren't so sure about the idea of hiking eleven miles

and fishing for two days straight but even they had a great time!

I love being with family and enjoying the beauty that Heavenly Father has created for us!

Thanks Mom and Dad for a great trip!

Day 3: Fishing part 2

Day 3 started out with fishing.

I think my dad was the only one to catch any fish this round.

After a while we all got tired of not catching anything and we were hungry so we went back to camp for breakfast.

After breakfast my dad, my mom, my sisters, and my sweet husband

went on a little hike to the waterfalls near our camp.

The rest of us stayed back and played Phase 10.

When they all got back my sweet husband gave me this little bouquet of flowers!

He's so sweet!

My youngest sister in front, my mom behind her, and my other sister next her

After a while we decided to go fishing again.

On my very first cast I caught a fish,

but the stinking thing broke my line and stole my spinner!

So I counted that one as another half.. :)

A great catch!

The fish isn't so bad either ;)

I love this view!

My cousin watching my sweet husband and my youngest brother fishing

Lol, so this fish has quite the story.

My brother was fishing on the other side of the glacier,

he caught this big fish,

but then realized he didn't have his pliers to get the hook out.

So he trekked around the glacier, over the huge rocks

(with the fish),

and down to us to get some pliers.

By this point the fish is gasping for breath

He got the hook out and dropped the fish in the water.

It sat there for a long time with its belly up.

BUT then about 10-15 minutes later

he swam away!

Lol, I love how the fish looks in the picture all bent funny... makes me laugh every time I see it

The monster,

my third and final catch

Trying yet again to get the fish off..

as you can see his was very wiggly,

and I wasn't successful this time either.. lol

My husband fishing,

but it is also a picture of the glacier.

Remember how I said it would crack,

you can see that part of it has cracked in this picture

and is falling into the lake.

I'm not sure if it was raining in the picture above or not,

but it rained and hailed on us that day.

We were just going to wait out the storm

but then lightning hit and the thunder was SO loud.

We decided we were done for the time being,

so we headed back to camp.

Of course the rain stopped about half way down the hill,

but we went back anyways because rain was still threatening.

After the rain stopped for a while,

the men went fishing again.

The younger boys and the girls stayed at camp.

We played card games and had a great time.

The men did as well!

They all caught the most on that trip!

My sisters,

My sister (the one with her arms up) got a lot of mosquito bites,

she was very faithful at putting the anti-itch stuff on them,

not so faithful with the sunscreen.

Well, it turns out the anti-itch stuff has sunscreen in it

so she had this big circles where she wasn't as sunburned...

it looked pretty funny! Lol!

My mom playing solitaire,

which reminds me of a joke.

Why should you have a deck of cards with you if you get lost?

Because if you start playing solitaire,

it won't be long before someone comes up behind you

and says, "You can put that black nine on the red ten."

Lol, my dear husband told us that joke when my mom was playing.

Red Castle from our campsite

Me and my sister

A pretty view through the trees looking at the lake that we camped by

Our campsite

Sitting around the campfire trying to keep the bugs away

Check out this beast!

My dear husband with his big fish!

So big in fact that it bent his spinner!

Apparently this fish tried to eat my brother's spinner

and since it was the last one

he was determined to get it back!

My brother with his monster

By the end I think the final score was:

Dad-24

My dear husband-14

My younger brother-7 or so

My youngest brother-4 or 5?

Me- 3 and 2 halves

It was some great fishing!

I wish I would have gone the last time,

but there is always next time I guess.