Challenge

I know, I know, it has been forever..... I saw this post on a friend of mines blog and thought it would be a good idea to get me back into the swing of blogging. I have been wanting to do it for awhile. Stay tuned for April 1st, the first day of my challenge. The 30 day challenge: 1. A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself 2. The meaning behind your blog name 3. A picture of you and your friends 4. A habit that you wish you didn't have 5. A picture of somehwere you've been 6. Favorite super hero and why 7. A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you 8. Short term goals for this month and why 9. Something you're proud of in the past few days 10. Songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad 11. Another picture of you and your friends 12. How you found out about blogs and why you made one 13. A letter to someone who has hurt you recently 14. A picture of you and your family 15. Put your ipod on shuffle: first ten songs that play 16. Another picture of yourself 17. Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why 18. Plans/dreams/goals you have 19. Nicknames you have; why you have them 20. Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future (this may be modified) 21. A picture of something that makes you happy 22. What makes you different from everyone else 23. Something you crave a lot 24. A letter to your parents 25. What I would find in your bag 26. What you think about your friends 27. Why you are doing this 30 day (post) challenge 28. A picture of you last year and now, how you have changed since then 29. In the past month, what have you learned 30. Who are you?

YEAH

I finally ordered a new camera to replace the one I broke in December. YEAH, blog updates coming soon....

Basement

I am happy to report that today we are having drywall installed in our basement family room. YEAHHHH. We are so excited to be able to have this space ready to use. As you can see from the pictures we have all new doors and windows in the basement. Our brother in law has insulated, studded, re done the electrical, put new lights in, changed our wood fireplace to gas, etc. It is looking awesome and we are excited for the drywall. Then we just need some paint and carpet and we are ready to go. I have included some new pics and then some old to see where it has come from......

Life.....

Hey guys, thought I would drop by a little note since it has been FOREVER since my last post. I have been having issues with my camera, therfore no random pics of stuff. Thaddeus and I have both been busy with work and church. We are excited that we have had our brother in law working on our basement and it is coming along quite nicely. I will see if I can get some pics up of the progress this week. We will be really glad when it is finished. Not much new here, the weather is starting to warm up and my plants are starting to come to life. I had surgery in early January and I have been recovering really well. I have been SUPER busy at work hiring lots of poeple for different companies(it has been exciting that we have jobs for people), in this economy. Thaddeus has also been super busy with his work. I am excited to head to Seattle in a couple weeks with my sister for a mini weekend vacation. Besides that not much else is new we have just been spending time with family and friends. I would love to hear from you so drop me a note!!!

MOAB

We were able to go to Moab last weekend with some friends and family. It was a bit chilly but we were still able to get in some hiking. We had a lot of fun.

Snow

Thaddeus and I were commenting this morning how beautiful our backyard is now with all the snow....

We were sitting in our kitchen looking out the back window. Although sometimes I am not the happiest with the snow, God sure did send us a beautiful reminder of His pureness and grace, "washing us white as snow".

Trees

I was able to decorate two trees this year. One at my house....and one at my work....

Seriously????

Weather for Ogden, UT
3°F Feels like -8°F

Why do I feel like I am in Minnesota again? Seriously this cold weather has got to stop. When I started my car this morning it was begging for me to warm up the air outside! In the words of my dear friend Amy from Minnesota OOOOOOOOffffta, (or however it is actually spelled).