Scout Campout

This last weekend Cody and leaders took the scouts to their annual Crystal Hot Springs trip up in Honeyville. This is a trip that so many scouts and their dads go to every year. They camp in the snow and then swim the next day in the natural hot springs that they have turned into somewhat of a water slide. It got pretty cold during the night...10 degrees. Just looking at the pictures makes me cold. They had fun and got home safe. Here are some pictures of my handsome hubby having fun with the boys...

7th Anniversary

This is a little late, but on Sunday Feb. 8th Cody and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been 7 years! It's gone by so fast and now 2 kids later, we love our little family. We are so blessed and can't wait to see what the next seven years will bring.

Handyman Jake

Jacob got a tool set from Santa this year...I don't think Santa knew how much Jacob would be into fixing things around the house for us. Plus it helps that his dad's tool are orange, so he pretty much is constantly following Cody around with at least two tools in his hands. (he is his father's son). Below are some shots of the handyman-in-training at work on his latest projects.

Rocking horses always need some tweeking now and then (in the head of course, where else?)

Sunday after church Cody caught the little guy under the flap of the couch "fixing" who knows what under there.

And where would the fix-it man be without his safety glasses? I'm not sure what he was working on, but it must have been a difficult job if the glasses were turned upside down.

Cody has had to nail, caulk, cover, and tape little openings around the house (mostly in the corners of the carpet) because Jacob will "fix" them with his drill (that really moves by the way). So these holes Jake finds eventually get bigger and bigger because he keeps sticking his tools in them!

I guess he thought the tile needed some maintenance; one more hole to fix later...

What's amazing is he really knows what tools are used for what things. He'll stick his screwdriver where the screws are, he'll hammer nails, and the drill that really moves never leaves his side. That just fixes everything and I mean EVERYTHING - my bathroom towels, Anna's shoes, the door, the dvd's, the fireplace, all of his trucks, and of course the new cabinets in our kitchen. Yeah, um, he's almost two. Are they supposed to know those things this young?

Anyone got any sidejobs that need fixing?

Our Christmas

We had a great Christmas and we hope everyone else did too. Here are the kids on Christmas Eve in their new pj's.

This is Christmas Day...Jake loved his tractors. I love this shot of him and his daddy.

And the kids playing with their toys...

New Cabinets

Since we bought this house, we have slowing been remodeling one part or another. Last year we started the kitchen by installing recessed lighting and texturing/painting the ceiling. (by "we" I mean "cody"), so this year we decided to take down our existing (ugly and disgusting I might add) cabinets to sand and repaint them. Cody and his brother Chad did such an awesome job. They had to take the cabinets off as one piece because they were built that way back in the 60's when this house was built. We got new hardware and knobs for them. After painting them, I sanded down all the edges to "antique" them. I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. I'm so happy Cody can do all this!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

We got the top cabinets done...the bottom is next.