Fun summer!

Matt and I went camping with our three nephews. We made them walking sticks from the tree that fell in our yard. They really love them.

The weekend of July 4 Matt and I along with my sister Sharon and her family went to Amish country. We went on a buggy ride, and had a lot fun.

We were able to go to Palmyra New York this summer.
My nephew Colton was blessed at the top of Hill Cumorah. We also went to the Joseph Smith farm.




I was able to go to Aruba with the family I nanny for. I had a great time, but
Sure did miss Matt.



This picture was taken the night Matt and I got home from a fun day at Ocean city.
I guess I'm not too good with the spray on sunscreen!!

Matt and I sure had a fun summer. We wish it didn't go so fast. We hope everyone
had a fun filled summer too.

SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010!!!

We're snowed in right now, by state order. We're not allowed to be on the road unless we have an official reason, or legitimate emergency. Over the weekend we got a little more than 2 feet of snow, which kept Melissa in Texas for a few extra days due to her flight being canceled. She got a new flight yesterday, and it literally got in a few hours before the next storm. So far we have gotten a bit over a foot of new snow, and we're just hitting the biggest part of the storm. I've been out and cleared the driveway one time with the expectation of doing it again.

This is the drift next to the driveway. It's almost as tall as us. Maybe by the end of the storm it'll be taller than us.




This is the walkway from the front door that I dug out. It's pretty much a canyon of snow. I guess it doesn't matter too much, we're not getting mail today, or maybe even tomorrow.



This is the view of the house. There is a ton of snow here. If you notice there is a big chunk of snow falling off the roof. I believe the only reason why it hasn't fallen is that it has frozen itself around the gutter which is bending down and will most likely need some repair when the snow melts around July.

We're hunkering down and waiting for the snow to end. So far we still have power(obviously) and we're hoping it stays that way. The satellite is still working, much to my surprise, and we've got everything we need to survive, as long as we don't go crazy.

Catching up

So it's been a while...



This is Thanksgiving. I was put in charge of carving the turkey. It was kind of a bittersweet day, being so close to the anniversary of my dad's death, I couldn't help but think of him doing the carving like he normally did. It was still a fun day, filled with family, and food.



A few days later we put up the tree that we cut the week before. It is always a fun time to decorate the house.



Kyleigh thought that she could help with the ribbon that was for wrapping the tree.


A few days before Christmas we were hit with a huge snowstorm. This is the second round of snowblowing. We ended up getting around two feet of snow, or as you can see enough for Melissa to sink to her knees.


Christmas was a fun day, we spent time with family and mostly just relaxed during that week because Melissa was lucky enough to have the whole week off.



On Dec 30 Melissa and I had our three year anniversary. These are the roses that she got for that special day. She liked the roses, but she really loved the vase that they came in.




On New Year's Eve, it was about 7:00 and we thought that we needed something to do for the next few hours, we put this puzzle together along with my Mom, all in one night, again Kyleigh thought that she could be a good helper, but mostly just tried to put the pieces on the floor.

It's been a good few months. The good days have outnumbered the bad days, and that makes life much better.