OK we're back!!!

Seems like we've been so tied up trying to get everything taken care of with the house that I've not done a good job of keeping this blog up to date. So much has happened in the last couple months that I won't even attempt to catch you up, except to say that we have finally agreed on a house plan and are now waiting on an engineers stamp so we can take the plans to the county for a permit. We anticipate a groundbreaking party in three weeks or so(leslie says six, but it's just a game she plays with her brain. She does this to avoid any dissapointment.) Then the fun begins. Leslie already has a fridge, stove, and even some of the doors bought that are stored in the shed behind the house. I thought for a while that at the rate we were going we'd have everything for the inside of the house purchased before we started building. In the meantime we are all still getting along and nobody has killed anyone while we try to live on top of each other. Thanks goodness we change from 9 o'clock meeting time on Sunday to the 11 o'clock time.

Kaitlin finished up with her basketball season and took 3rd in their season ending tournament and I gained an appreciation for girls high school basketball. Cooper lettered in swimming and from what we hear did a pretty good job of keeping everyone on the team in stitches(the funny kind) including the coaches. He has quite the sense of humor. Wyatt and Bronson have had their birthdays this year and I told all the kids that this year I would be buying what 'I' want for their birthdays. Bronson was first and he was not happy when we going to get my present. He couldn't believe I was making him go. I decided that we're all getting new bikes for our birthdays this year so his attitude changed a bit when we got to he bike shop and I told him to pick one out. He and Wyatt have been waiting for the spring weather to get here so they can go ride. the last couple weeks have been really nice and they've had friends ride to the house and off they go. Wyatt of course turned 12 this year and was ordained a deacon. It's been really fun to watch him pass the sacrament, along with 8 other brand new deacons. He and I went together on his first winter camp out and had a blast, except for the sleeping part, or lack thereof. It was really, really cold. Had a blast Saturday sledding down the mountains. Addison is loving school and asks everyday when she gets home from school if she can go ride her horse. She loves it and is going to be quite the little cowgirl.

We just recently made a new addition to the herd. Kaitlin has grown out of the pony sized horses that Leslie moves in and out of here so we've been looking for a bigger horse that she and I can use. ( when I ride the pony sized horses my feet almost drag the ground) We found this guy online and had Leslie's sister go try him out for us because he was up in Idaho. Here he is. He is a great, great, grandson of Secretariat. He hasn't made it down from Idaho yet so we are still looking forward to trying him out.

We look forward to updating the blog more regularly with progress of the house. Stay tuned......