House

shingles done

windows in

house wrap on

sliding glass door in (that was fun)

this will be jayden's room

this will be the new office

this will be jayden's closet

and this wall will be gone tonight

Three Years Old

So yesterday Jayden turned three...unfortunately he has been quite sick for the last three days. So we postponed the party for a day when he is feeling better. He woke up from a nap after dinner just starving and looking for food and acting like himself...we thought we'd take advantage of the moment and give him his birthday present. It took everything out of him...as you will see.
Above is how he looked all day long

i told him to smile big

chris told him to close his eyes when he brought in his present

ohhh...he likes it!

five minutes later, you couldn't get him to even fake a smile....poor kid. I thought he'd be better today, but no such luck!

here's holding out for tomorrow!

Chris' Birthday!

Chris turned the big 3-0 on Saturday. It was a busy day that he spent mostly working on the house...although he did go shooting for about an hour! He really wanted an cake that looked like his e-revo (rc truck) He came in for cake before I finished, but this is what it looked like.

this is the truck it was supposed to look like

here's chris with 30 candles in his cake (of course I insisted!)

Anyway...he got quite a bit done on the house that I'll have to post later.

Happy Birthday, Chris...I'm sure glad you were born :)

ps thirty looks good on you

Update on the Addition

the first wall all framed

the dump truck

the dirt is all gone
jayden wanted to help

chris the overseer

he hit his thumb...again

nailing in the joist hangers...they are AWFUL to nail

working as hard as ever

all the anderson guys setting the trusses

rod making sure chris is doing it right

rodeo chris

this will be a sliding glass door

this is the north side...the big window in the kitchen is going to go here

standing by the wall that will be taken out and looking at the back yard

the back wall...it will also have an arched widow above the big window

this is the wall that will be taken out in a few weeks

the shingles ALMOST match....if you're blind!

Payton's First Birthday!

Last night we celebrated Payton's FIRST birthday! I can't believe it's been a year! We were reminiscing over where we were a year ago last night...at the time of cake and ice cream, we were at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden talking with the neonatologists and trying to figure out the logistics of what would be our life for the next 2 months! Payton's birthday cake (above)

Payton and two of his grandmas

looking at grandma alice

he LOVED these balloons from sarah and dirk (we missed you, dirk)

eating his third piece of cake!

We had a lot of fun and so appreciated everyone celebrating with us. What a special boy he is, but we knew that would be the case LONG before he even was born.

The Sub-Floor and Backfill

this was NOT fun

no matter how hard I hit them, I just could not get these nails to go in

the completed sub-floor

starting the backfill

the kids enjoying breakfast with a "show"

subfloor and backfill completed