Great Ward Party!

We had our ward party in someones backyard! Can you believe this YARD!!! It is called Steadman's Ranch. It was only 20 min from our house. They had two LONG slides, a candy cannon, trampoline, sandbox, 500 foot zip line(scary), water fall, skeet shooting, and they will even let you camp there. They let any large groups and they only ask for a donation to keep it up. I was so impressed! WE had a blast as you can see. Lance, Bettie, and Calista joined us.

Me on the zip line. It was very nerve racking!

Lance pushing off the zip line

We wanted to see how many people we could get down at once. It was painful but funny!

KINDERGARTEN Here Kaden Comes!

I can't believe he is old enough for school. I was one proud mom dropping off my little boy for his first day and I didn't even cry (almost, but not quite) He is such a great kid and I know he is going to do great.
Kaden loves riding the bus home.

Mesa, Mesa Mesa... equals messes messes and more messes!

The kids attempting to help daddy put together his new grill.

Mesa and her Grandma Moore. I think this is such a beautiful picture. I had to share it.

Mesa loves her Docter Pepper! (don't worry, I didn't let her drink it all)

We bought our FIRST HOME!

We closed on our house on July 20th. Then we had a few weeks worth of work to make it what we wanted. We tore off wallpaper, ripped all the old carpet out, put new hardwood in and new carpet, painted everything! We had lots of wood paneling in the basement. We primered and painted all. It was actually a lot of fun to do. I never thought I would enjoy fixing up a house but I loved it.

Here are some pictures of our work.

Danny, Dale, and Chris hauling the carpet out. These three worked their bums off. The took all the carpet out of the basement and off the walls. (yes, I said carpet off walls!!) Ugly!

Bettie working on tedious wallpaper

Before and Afters

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After... We has so much help finishing our home. I think at one time or another we had every single family member on both sides come to help. Thanks Family!