Fun with Cousins

This last Tuesday we had the opportunity of having my sister over for dinner. She is in town with all 5 of her kids. Aspen was up at girls camp so she wasn't here but the others were. After dinner we made cupcakes and the kids had fun decorating..... especially Marina and Kayslee.

The Past Month

Well it's been a month since my last post. I have been very busy having fun with my brother Jim and his family who have been living in China for the past two years. Now since things are a little calmer I decided to post tonight (almost midnight) and having to be up at 6 am to get ready to go to work but for some reason I am not tired so here I am in the computer room getting ready to blog a long post. Well the month started out with Jimmy, Kayslee, Maddee and Jessica spending a lot of time together.

Here they are out at Red Rock in Cowboy Town.

The next weekend we went to our first ward party breakfast were the kids had a blast playing on the big slide and Tyler, Richard and I played water balloon toss and catch.

All month the kids have had so much fun together.

We had cement poured for our RV Parking.

Boys going golfing with breakfast afterwards.

Then this past weekend was a very special weekend. I went and took my endowments out at the Las Vegas Temple 06/19/2009. What a very special memory and day this was for me. Words just can't describe. All I have to say is..."What took me so long?"

The next day my Brother Jimmy and his Wife Jamiee adopted a little girl in China named Jessica and they had her sealed to their family for time and all eternity. Once again what a special day.

I just love being surrounded by my family.

So this is the end of the blog. A lot has gone on this month but I wouldn't change it for anything. I want to wish all the Fathers out there a very Happy Father's Day!!! And thanks Tyler for going to church with us. It ment so much to your dad to see you at church with him. What a nice surprise.

Happy 30th Birthday Brian

For those you didn't know my stunning brother, here he is. Today he would of turned big 30. Even though he has passed away, his memories and spirit still carries on with us everyday. Happy Birthday Bro I love you and miss you soo much!!!!!!!

Taylor's softball banquet

Grandma Annie (Richard's mom) has been in the hospital with a yucky virus that was shutting down her organs. We thought we were going to loose her, but with her fight and determination she is getting much better. Today she was finally transferred out of ICU after being in there for 3 1/2 weeks. Since she has guardianship over Richard's niece Taylor, she has been staying with us now going on 4 weeks. She is a freshman at Eldorado High School and she made the Varsity Softball team!!! They took 3rd this year in their division and that is very good cause they are a young team with only two siniors graduating. Last night was her awards ceremony. It was nothing spactacular but we are still very proud of her. It has been a fun chalanging experiance having her live with us. We love you Taylor Ann!!!!

Upstairs of new house!

Okay we are starting to get situated in our new house. Here are some pictures of the rooms upstairs. We will first start with the boring guest room/taylors room.

Next is Tyler's room. Off his room he has his own bath

Then is Kayslee room. It turned out really cute.

Next is the master bedroom.

Maddee's room is not complete. I'm not sure what to do with her's yet and then the work out room has my brothers cats in it for now. So there is so need to post those.

Our entry way

Our formal dinning room

Our somewhat formal sitting room even though the furniture isn't really formal.

The office not very neat either don't know what to do with it except to hang our racing pictures

Here is our messy laundry room. I still need to get some cabinets for above the washer and dryer. On the left side you can't see is a wash out sink with the laundry shoot and cabinets.

The only pictures now that are missing pictures is the downstairs bathroom that we need to decorate and the guest/nanny room with her own big walk in bathroom. Once the upstairs is done we will post pictures of that.

Our Kitchen

Well I'm having problems downloading the pictures of the whole down stairs and am loosing patients so for now you just get the pictures of the kitchen. And.....Yes... we got a fridge!!! I have a stove top burner with double ovens you can't see in the picture. Love it! The eating nuke you can't really see either but you get the jif. You all just have to come see it. I love to have Kayslee play with other kids while you grown ups have a date at the temple or were ever it might be. Hopefully I can get this stupid thing working and post more pictures.