Provo Canyon to Heber

Fall is our favorite time of year. We love going through the canyons and seeing all of the beautiful colors that there are. My personal favorite is Logan Canyon. If you have never seen it during the Fall, your missing out. It is a must see. Anywho, we took a trip through the Provo Canyon today and went up to Heber to get a shake at Granny's. We all shared an Oreo shake and then watched the boys play at the park that was just around the corner from the restaurant. I think they had a lot of fun!

Finally Microsoft! Its about time!

I love Apple. Their commercials are great. They are simple yet they totally stick it to PC's. Well, finally Microsoft strikes back. Its about time. The whole Jerry Seinfeld idea was a total joke. They dropped that and went with this. There was a comment that I read about these latest ads that sums it up for me: "Very cool. I particularly like how they took on the Apple ads but didn't sink to that level. Bravo MS for being creative but not juvenile..." Check it out, its actually not bad.

Update- I found this on AppleInsider. Hmm. It doesnt surprise me. 1 Step forward for Microsoft, 3 steps back. Nice one Microsoft. Nice one.
"Metadata found on Microsoft's creative copy used in its 'I'm a PC' ad reveals that the graphics were actually produced using Macs running Adobe Creative Suite 3. After the details were published on the Flickr photo sharing site, Microsoft scrambled to polish off the embarrassing details last night." (Link)

School Carnival 2008

The boys had a blast at the school carnival. Traci had to work, which was unfortunate, but thats life! Anyway, the boys had a lot of fun playing the games and eating pizza. It was a successful event! ...Especially because I was winging it alone. Traci sure makes it look easy!

Evolution of our House/ Project #2 and #3

Somehow, I got wrapped up into doing another big project. Its really all my fault. I wanted the stupid front entry way torn down, and I have been complaining about it since we bought the house. So back to painting the house, project #2. We purchased primer this week and got everything ready for painting on Saturday. Friday, I got off of work earlier than anticipated, so I came home and tore down the entry way. My neighbor (thanks Eric!) helped me replace my beams for my porch overhang and around 2:00 p.m. I started to paint. The primer is a bit lighter than our actual color, but it will work for now unitl we can save up for the actual paint. We love that it is a different color from our ugly "dirt" brown that we had, but we both feel that the porch has made a massive improvement in the appearance of our house. Traci helped out with everything on Saturday. From feeding the children and me, to scraping and painting. She was a blur. I would be painting, and ask for a window to be taped up, and she would have it done before I could even realize. She was amazing. Thanks Traci!

Here are a few photos that we dug up from before we purchased the house until now.

This is a picture of our house the week before we bought it and moved in! Notice the nice 2 tone paint job he had going on... Was he trying to set a trend?

This one was from our first or second year, before we had all of our cement ripped out and replaced... We had to paint that entry way- we hated it, but at least it was uniform in color.

Friday before demolition...

Saturday, painting and setting the beams

Project #2 2008- Painting the House

We decided that our house couldn't wait another year to be painted. Its in pretty bad shape, as you can see by the photo. Our neighbor friends let us borrow their power washer on Saturday and I did the honors. It was a heck of a lot easier than scraping it by hand, and it only took me about 3 or 4 hours. Now the painting part. Arg. I really hate painting- with a passion. This time around, we hope to spray the house instead of rolling it. I'll post more updates as soon as we make some more progress.

1-2- Tie your Shoes

Cameron learned how to tie his shoes this morning. I must admit, that boy of mine picks things up really quick... that is, when he puts his mind to it. He learned to tie his shoes in a matter of minutes, probably out of frustration. I think he was tired of having us do it for him. He was the same way when he learned to ride his bike when he was 3. He wanted to be a big boy so bad- He learned how to ride without training wheels on his first try, and hasn't looked back since! We are sure proud of him- way to go Cameron!