The carpet is done! Yeah!

Nasty old carpet.

Matt decided to replace all the stairs because the old ones were to squeeky. It was a lot of extra work but he is pleased with the results, no more squeeks!

Ahhhh! New super soft, pretty carpet!

My adorable nieces have been watching all this craziness going on with our remodeling project. For a while there every time they would come over things were messy and out of place. We heard funny things like "Becky who made this mess?" and "Now what have you done?" or "Becky where is your carpet?" When the final install was complete this was their reaction.

"Becky can we go on it?"
"yes"
"Becky can we take our shoes off."
"yes"
As they take their shoes off, lay down and literally start doing "snow angels" "Becky it is so soft."

They are right it is so soft and we love it! We lost some pictures when our computer crashed so I don't have the bedroom photos but the boys transformation was probably the biggest next to the basement. No more Buzz Lightyear on the walls. (I mean they are teen/preteen it was time to say goodbye)

New carpet=oh happy day!

A Great Day!

Today was a great day for me. I was able to celebrate a "beginning" and an "ending" with a few fun and relaxing moments mixed with some rewarding and productive moments.

This morning was my last workout with Trainer Jim. Yup after working out 4 times a week here http://jimsgym.net for the past 2 1/2 years it was time to take a break. I have mixed emotions knowing I won't be going to the gym tomorrow, I feel a little like a teenager skipping class. I am not planning on taking a lot of time off but I seriously need a break. The past few months I have really felt tired. The first thing I'm going to do is go see my chiropractor and get my wrists, knees, hip, and neck all put back where they should be then I'm going to take a week or so off. When I start back up again I'm going to try to improve some skills starting with my outdoor running. I am not a great runner and my hip hurts at about 2 1/2 miles so I'm going to not worry about time and instead work on distance. I also want to be able to do fantastic military push ups.

For fun the boys, my mom, sister and nieces all went and saw this,

We were the only ones in the theater which was pretty fun. The kids could spread out and sit where ever they wanted. It was a fun afternoon with the cousins.

During the movie I got a call from an agent I have been working a short sale with and he said the bank approved everything and we could close by Aug 15th. Yea, usually short sales take forever but this one has been great so far (knock on wood, cross your fingers or something)!

The best part of the day came at 7 pm when Matt and I got to sit in the Bountiful Temple and watch our Wonderful friends who we love so much, be sealed to their beautiful little girl! We felt so privileged to be invited to celebrate this miracle with them. It took them 3 years to adopt this beautiful little girl, yes it was a miracle!

We love you Hirschi family!

After the temple Matt and I had dinner at The Mandarin. It was an almost perfect day.

What almost perfect? Did I forget to mention that while I was in the shower this morning Matt decided the stairs were too squeaky so took them out! Yes, that's what I said we have no stairs from our kitchen area to our family room and I had to do some fast talking to convince him not to take out the upstairs stairs as well! All day we were walking out the front door, down the outside stairs, through the garage and in the garage door to get to the family room. I'm sure our neighbors were trying to figure out why we kept going out one door and in another. Oh well at least the last of our carpet should be installed next week, just another adventure in renovation.

I'll post pictures later after I find them on our backup drive. Bleepen virus caused havoc on our computer!

Father's Day

Ty decided to make lunch for Matt for Father's day. He wouldn't let me in the kitchen to help and kept his menu top secret. We could hear him banging things around, sizzling, splattering, and chopping away. I was a little nervous and would occasionally ask if he was okay to which he quickly reassured me he had it under control. When he announced it was time to eat, I think we were all pleasantly surprised.

He made omelets with cheese, green onion and ham and served it with left over Panda Express. Clever kid. I must say his omelet was great and his presentation outstanding!
Happy Father's Day!

Working Man!

While Matt and Ty have been busy with rugby Zack has been a working man. That's right thanks to Uncle Greg, Zack is now a salary earning, hard working, responsible working man. You can find him 5 days a week on the corner of one of Greg's Cricket stores waving a sign and handing out flyers.

Here he is after his first full week of work.
Great job Zack for working hard and earning your own snowboarding money!

Rugby

I''m pretty sure you all know about Matt's new obsession. That's right rugby has officially taken over our house! It all started last year with a combination of things. 1. Ty saw the movie "Forever Strong" and 2. The running UTE's were in the national televised sevens tournament that they ended up winning! After these two events Ty was relentless in finding a club to play with. He found some in Salt Lake but I told him that was too far to drive him everyday for games and practices. After a lot of research we found a club that was going to get started in Davis county for the summer.

The Davis county "club" turned out to be 7 players ages 8-12. Not much of a club but with a lot of work, phone calls and practices they are growing. I think they are now up to about 11 players. Of course they needed a coach so Matt jumped right in . I can now say the work on our house has sadly, almost come to a complete stop. (and we're so close too, just one more room!)

May I present to you the Davis county "Flaming Silver backs".
Here they are before their first game trying to get "pumped up". Their season thus far has been one of bumps, bruise, learning, and large Tongans!

The boys are still having fun and getting much better, they even won a little white team from Utah county. That's right bring on the little white boys!

Mom did Miya get me good?

This happened this morning before school. Ty and Miya were playing tug of war and I guess it got competitive. Ty wasn't mad and didn't even cry. He just calmly asked "did Miya get me good?" I'll say this is the record for her "getting him good". Poor kid.

Home Projects

We went from this...



To this.


And this...
To this.

Two rooms down...a whole lot more still to go.
Next up are the bedrooms.

Rugby

Matt and Ty are really into rugby right now and are enthusiastic about sharing this interest with everyone! Saturday night BYU played CAL Berkley for the national championship. These two teams meet almost every year for the championship so we knew the game would be close. BYU lost but it was a nail biter the last few minutes.

Mom and dad Willard joined us for the event.

so did Jaxon, who annoyingly cheered for Cal Berkley the whole time...who invited him anyway?

We sat in the middle of a mob of BYU students (a little annoying at times) who all had these t-shirts on. They had a box of them and each time a friend showed up they gave them a shirt. Ty really wanted one so he walked up and asked how much they were. The guys told him they weren't selling them but asked if he would like one. Of course he said yes so they gave him one. On the back it says BYU RUGBY SUPER FAN. What a lucky kid!

We also meet a UTE rugby player that mom and dad knew from their mission. He was really nice and answered a lot of questions about the sport and the teams. I asked Ty if he wanted his picture taken with him but he said no.

After the game we went to Scaddy's for a yummy Philly, fries and shakes. So good! I seriously need to try something different on the menu but I just love that Philly!

Funny Signs

This winter has been long and yucky so for spring break we decided to skip town and find some sunshine. We went to Sedona, AZ where we stayed for 1 full week at a 5 star resort. It was warm, beautiful, and a great break from the haze and snow of home.

Our first day we rode an open aired train through a canyon. Pretty cool & relaxing.

Later that night we went to Blazin M Ranch where we played games, ate a great bbq dinner, and had some fun entertainment. Turns out Grandma & Grandpa Weir have some mad roping skills!

One of our favorite activities was feeding the giraffes at "Out of Africa Wildlife Park".

We visited the south rim of the Grand Canyon, something everyone should see.

We visited Slide Rock State Park which was really cool. In the summer it is a natural swimming park, it even has some natural slides. It was really fun to explore.

While on our trip we saw some funny signs, here's a couple.

It's hard to see, but the speed limit is 12 1/2 mph.

Our resort had 3 family swimming pools that were quite nice but I think they overestimated the pool capacity a bit.

Okay everyone in and stand shoulder to shoulder, let's fill this pool with "bathers".


Here is the outside of our condo. We had to point out to Grandma that ours was the green one so she wouldn't get lost.


This was one of my favorite features of our room, I sure wish I had one at home!

When we got up Saturday morning to pack up and head for home we had...

Snow! Good thing we were leaving I don't think I could handle snow in Arizona! Somehow it just seems wrong!

We were just swimming in this pool all week!
This is the max capacity of 115. Still funny to me.

We had a great trip but when we got home there was one more surprise waiting for us...



I guess it rained and snowed the whole time we were gone and water seeped into our basement. Oh well we were going to redo it anyway, this was just a great motivator.

Carla

Last Saturday I was able to take my good friend Carla to the temple to watch her sister's family be sealed. It was a sweet experience for me because I miss being with her. In her healthier years we use to go to the temple together. I would always tell her I loved to go with her because she got all the special treatment!

While I was with her I realized I didn't have a single picture of her. I didn't want to take one of her in her bed so I started to carry my little camera to church with me. I can't explain why I felt so strongly to get a picture with my dear friend. I guess I just realized that I don't know how much time I have left with her.

I love this sweet friend of mine so much! She has taught me so many things. Things like patience, love, kindness, forgiveness, obedience, faith, humility, and so much more!

Change is a Coming!

Last Sunday a high councilman made an announcement in sacrament meeting. The announcement, new ward boundaries followed by this, "all members in the 5th ward will be released at that time." What? All members? Bishops, Presidencies, everyone? Yep that was the news.

The men's reaction: Okay, we'll see you next Sunday at the meeting.

The women's reaction: WHAT? GIVE US EVERY TINY DETAIL NOW! What are the boundaries? Will our bishop be put back in? What about all the plans we have? Who, What, Where, When??? You can't make that announcement then have us wait an entire week for answers! Tell us now!!

Needless to say many women have not been sleeping well this week. Come on Sunday get here already!

You have a nice...

Wednesday when I dropped Ty off at the church for scouts I noticed the red cross trucks and signs announcing they were having a blood drive. I thought of Beckham and how important it is to donate, so I went home and changed into a short sleeve shirt then went back to donate. The worker who gave me the mini physical was pretty funny. She was about 10 years older than me. Here is part of our conversation as she was checking my pulse.

Worker: That's a nice pulse, you have a really nice pulse.
Me: Well I work out enough it should be good
Worker: You work out?
Me: Yea
Worker: Well you have a Really nice pulse, I bet people always tell you that. Do people always tell you that?
Me: Umm, no
Worker: Well you have a REALLY nice pulse
Me: Um thank you

So here is a shout out to "trainer Jim" for helping me get in shape and have A REALLY nice pulse!

Tuesday I took this cute little girl shopping with me to get her mommy and sisters some food and medicine. The whole family was sick except Emma and her daddy! Poor things.

I had forgotten what it was like to shop with a little one (and I don't have much experience with little girls!) She loved to look at everything sparkly, fluffy or with a princess on it. We bought her some Valentines for her preschool party, she chose the princess cards of course. When her mom asked if she thought the boys would enjoy a princess card we simply responded that we didn't care if they like them or not!

Emma is so cute and funny. When she climbed into my van she peeked over the back seat to see all the stuff we keep there. We have a couple camp chairs, an umbrella, and a backpack of emergency things. After observing all these items she said "Becky why do you have an unca-bella in your van?" She is so funny and super smart, she is already reading!

All I can say is that since these girls entered my life 4 1/2 years ago I have never been the same. It's a good thing I live on a budget because if I didn't we would have come home from the store with a lot more than valentines and medicine! Love you Emma!

Larry the Literal

Ty does not understand sarcasm or exaggerations! He is often left out of jokes in our family because the rest of us tend to be more sarcastic. Often we are all laughing because of something Ty said that is super funny but the irony is lost on him. We had one of these conversations last night.

Ty correcting Matt for an exaggeration he made.

Matt "Okay Larry the Literal."
Ty "I'm not Larry."

I was laughing so hard I almost cried! Again he didn't get why this was so funny but Matt, Zack and I were all bent over laughing! So Funny!

A Career Conversation With Ty

Ty had a bunch of questions about jobs. He is really interested in FBI or being a Police Officer. We explained how they require college degrees for these types of jobs, and he responded, "It's not fair that all the jobs where you get to shoot people you have to have a college degree!" I couldn't stop laughing. Maybe a military career is what Ty will need.

These are my People!

Have you heard the song, These are my People by Rodney Atkins? Well these are MY people.


These are my very best friends! We were missing a few in this picture but these are My People! How grateful I am to live where we live and have such amazing people in our lives. Of course several of them have moved away but we still manage to get together ever once in a while!

These are My People!

I hate it when I can't figure stuff out . . .

Some things that made me laugh

Free shipping seems to take forever...


Going to work (or school) on Monday morning...

All The Single Ladies!

Bobble Head Girls

Oh yeah!

Bobble Head Boys

Yeah Baby!