Tyson and soccer

Tyson's playing soccer

After the first game a few weeks ago, I really wondered if Tyson was going to enjoy playing soccer.  He didn't want to play or even be on the field in the first game.  I think there was a misunderstanding on how the game was played.
Jay and I went to watch him on Tuesday and what a difference we saw!  Tyson is aggressive and a great player!  If you click on the pics you can see how he is so intent on kicking the ball.  I love his lil' tongue sticking out every time he is after the ball!  I don't think any score is kept at this level (4 year olds) but I would have to say that Tyson's team pretty much dominated the game.  In fact, the other team started kicking the ball into our team's goal instead of traveling down to their goal.  Fun to watch!  Jason is the coach and he is doing a great job with the kids!

She moved!

I was so excited to take this picture but when I finally looked at the camera I found that it was blurry!  Will have to try again another time.  Annaly at 1 month.  

Bountiful Harvest

Spent the last hour in the garden picking some yummy vegetables!  On the bottom of the basket are tons of beans.  We had a very good crop this year of them.  Peas haven't fared as well.  I read somewhere that you can let them dry on the vine and then store them so I think I will do that.  Zucchini is starting to grow nicely.  I have 4 plants and so we will have more than enough for us to eat.  Potatoes did not get huge as in past years but they are still good for soups and stews.  In fact, we ate roasted potatoes from the garden last night.  I am very excited to see some red tomatoes on the vines!  In years past I could grow green tomatoes but they hardly ever turned red.  I read in a book that if you quit watering them, they will turn red so I think I will cut down on watering them and see what happens.  I have 6 tomato plants and they are full of green tomatoes!  These red ones I found underneath and at the bottom of the plants.  Onions are good.  I planted way too many and I think they were planted too close to each other since these onions aren't as big as last years but they are still good to eat and a good size.  I didn't cut any of the kale today that is still growing nor did I pull any carrots.  Still to come are the pumpkins....which should be plentiful.  I already have several that are bigger than a head!  Not sure the corn will make it.  The weather has turned cold and even though I have an ear on each corn stalk, I'm not sure they will develop into good eating corn.  This year has been tough on the garden.  In June we had cold, snow and rain so the veggies didn't get a good start.  Hopefully next year will be better! I'm already making plans!

Seeing Jessica

On Saturday August 24, 2011, we dropped Joel off in Provo for another year at BYU.  We then headed north to Montana then on to Minot, Nebraska to see the operations going on in that area for Redi.  On our way, we stopped to visit with Jessica.  I was hoping we would get to Idaho Falls earlier and be able to surprise her at work but it didn't happen so we had a late dinner with her.  

Fire!

While at the Parade of Homes in SLC on Saturday, a brush fire started up above the houses in the neighborhood. Of course we had to go see how close it was to the houses in the area. Several homeowners were asked to start getting their valubles out of their home in case the fire got closer. I found it "funny" that one home was taking out their safe. Aren't safes suppose to be fireproof? Thank goodness none of the houses burned and the fires were put out. It made for an interesting afternoon though! And yes...you can see dad right up close to all the action!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salt Lake City Parade of Homes

With the economy like it is, this year's Parade of Homes was just average types houses. Prices were mostly in the 300's and 400's. They just didn't have the "wow" factor that you get when you see a home that is priced at a million dollars. I took a few pics to use as ideas and thought I would put them up here. It was interesting to see the colored tile on the bathtubs. That was a new look but would probably date the house pretty quickly. Alot of the fire pits were gas and had the glass rocks in them. Very pretty.

The house to see was the Up house. It was designed after the Disney movie, Up. Loved the teal colored appliances in the house! I thought the house was very small and narrow though.

Out of 27 Parade of Home houses and about 15 builder houses, we were able to see 10 of them. It was a fun day.

Can I say this was a fantastic idea?!!! They put the stoves in a back room from the kitchen. What a great area to use as a baking station! I think it would be great to have a window in here though to keep it cooler. I would love to use this idea in our next home we build...if that ever happens. :)

 

 

 

Nice idea for those old pictures we have of our ancestors.

 

Play area off of shed.

 

Where do you find this pull out system for your under the cabinet trash area?

 

The UP house!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ribbon, flowers and thumb tacks to make a cute wall design!

 

I want my fountains to be this big!

 

Love the lighted cabinets with the glass in the kitchen.

 

Not sure what those are, but if they help your feet feel better, I am all for them being in my shower!

 

Cute wall decor.

 

Love the glass windows above all the closets.

 

Darling tub....but would it get old too fast?