3/28/11

LOVE 4 LAURIE CARNIVAL


Some of you may know Laurie Moss Johnson. She is my sister Colette's age, and is the little sister of one of my best friends, Jenny Moss Larsen. She is fighting cancer right now. She is so strong and a great example of staying in good spirits when the world seems to be crashing down on you.


Lauries family is throwing a fundraiser to help her out. Laurie's husband is going to school full time right now so their funds are limited. If you can go to the carnival and play a game or two to help out it would be MUCH appreciated.


3/7/11

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE!!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the LOVE of my life. I am SO very blessed to be your wife. I love you more than anything in the world. I look forward to growing old together with you. Thanks for being a GREAT Dad and Hubby. Thanks for all that you do for Carlee and I. You're amazing! I LOVE YOU!!!























3/4/11

Trip to DC

Carson has the whole week after Christmas off. We didn't want to just sit around and do nothing so we took a short trip to DC and realized we need to go back when we have more time. The main reason we went was to go and see the lights on and temple grounds of the Washington DC Temple. I dare say they beat SLC Temple Square lights. They are amazing! Here are a few pics:








We also went to the "Mall" and saw a few landmarks, but can't wait to go back and have the time to really see it all. I can't believe it is only 3 hrs from our home. (Less soon!) It's amazing!


Carlee saw people doing photos like this one (except I am sure their hand were a little more lined up to make it look like they were holding the monument. LOL!) This girl doesn't miss a beat...










3/3/11

Monster Trucks - Go MAX D!

Our good friend, and previous neighbor, Kreg Christensen drives Maximum Destruction the BEST Monster Truck out there! You can read more about Kreg here. We LOVE the Christensen family!

Anyhow, we heard he was flying into Norfolk, VA to head to Elizabeth, NC to pick up his truck to start the Monster Truck series. We jumped on the chance to drive him to NC. It was awesome to catch up, although it did make me a little homesick for my good friends in Willard. We got to the Grave Digger garages and realized quickly that ALL of the Monster Trucks were parked and ready to go. We visited with a couple other drivers and some of the mechanics. Carlee was climbing up in the trucks, posing for tons of photos, playing with parts sitting ready to assemble, etc. I kept thinking to myself, "WOW what some little boys (and girls and men and women) would give to be where we are at doing what we were doing!" It was AWESOME!!!

Carlee pretending like she works with her Daddy. Like I said she was playing with and touching anything she could get her hands on.


The local favorite, Grave Digger. BOO! Go Max D!!!


Carlee had to get a picture in front of this truck. It's her boyfriends favorite. LOL!

This is Max D's guts. This is what it looks like before they put the shell/cover on it.
Nice and shiny and new.

Kreg giving Max D some love. Really he is looking/fixing/adjusting something, but it sounded cooler to say he was lovin' on Max D. HAHA!

Carlee up in one of the trucks. She is in the drivers seat. Lucky little fart!

So happy and so proud.

More trucks!

Thanks Kreg for the fun night (and for dinner). We miss you and your family, but think of you all often. Keep kicking behind in the Max D!!!

We're buying a home!

If all goes well we will be closing on our home on March 22nd. So far, so good...

Here is the beauty (I can't wait to live in one home and not in a townhouse AND a storage unit. I will be doing some SERIOUS decluttering and donating to Goodwill though).

The home has PLENTY of room for company (HINT, HINT). It has TWO master bedrooms, 4 rooms total and 3 full bathrooms. The yard needs a little work and we would like to convert the single car garage that has been back converted into a family room back into a garage and put a shed in the backyard, but the inside is totally redone. Keep your fingers crossed for us.



Front of house (notice the HUGE shrubs. That will be the first thing to go)

Back of the house



Dining Room



Front Entrance


Hallway


Main Bath


Living Room


Kitchen


More Kitchen


Bathroom Shower

2nd Master Bathroom


Master Bedroom


Master Bathroom


Main Bath