possible logo?

ok.... send me an opinion. Joseph is going to draw the image for me..... but this is a basic idea. I am leaning towards using Lavender or light green. I want to avoid pink and blue. I think if the website is the light green, then the lavender would look good. Of course, on the patterns, the logo will be in gray scale - so no color when printed - keeps it cheaper.

More Camping Picures

here are just a few more pictures from the camping trip.



Andrew is helping clean up.
















Stuart is putting up the tent.

And Andrew had to help clean up. We couldn't do it by ourselves

Camping Trip with Matt and Crenda May 2008

Last weekend we all pilled into Matt's truck and took off for the weekend. We had a great time. We will miss these trips - since in September when the new baby gets here, both families won't fit in the same car anymore. We went down to Spanish Fork Canyon to see the trains. The boys had a good time taking pictures - although I don't have any of those. They were using traditional film. Andrew loved it until the train blew it horn at the crossings. The funny thing, is that the Engineers would blow the horn for him even when they weren't at a crossing, thinking that it would be exciting for him - not realizing that it was terrifiying. My husband now totally fits in with our family. This was made apparent when he hoped a wall and a fence to climb down into part of the train yard to get a better picture. Matt has all of the film. Hopefully there are a some good shots that we can frame and put up in Stuart's room.


After the trains, we went up through Thistle, and showed Stuart where the little town used to be, and the landslide that destroyed it. There are still the remnants of houses there. It is pretty interesting.

The Campsite that we went to was down near Mt. Pleasant. That is a really pretty little valley. The site we had was perfect... If you look at the picture of Crenda, you can see the grass right behind us? That was the playground.. So Stu and Andrew took off, and stayed out of our hair for a while. In this picture, Crenda is prepping her foil Dinner (remember those?) Stuart made is own, which is part of his scout requirements. I can't believe that we are working on his Tenderfoot and 2nd class ranks already. He goes on his first scout trip - the 11 yr olds and their dads - in 3 weeks. He is excited to get his Tote N Chip - he got a swiss army knife for christmas, and his dad won't let him have it until he meets those requirements.
In this image - my nephew is turning into a daredevil - no thanks to his uncle! I have been replaced. Joseph is now Andrews favorite. Joseph taught him to go head first down the slide. They also wrestle and play in the sand and climb trees together. It's fun to watch. It makes me a little worried though. If we do have more kids... I think that they will literaly be swinging from the chandelier!
As a part of another Scout requirement, Joseph and Matt taught Stu to biuld a fire. He built this on by himself - using the log cabin style. It went up pretty quick and made great coals for roasting marshmellows. I was proud that he did it himself - and that he listened to the instructions from his Father and his Uncle. They may be hope yet!!!

This picture is for Matt. It is Matt and his pig - the magical animal that give us sausage and bacon! I have to tease Matt a bit. But he cooked breakfast and it was pretty good. For some reason, bacon and sausage taste better out in the open with a little dirt.

Trip to the Zoo

I am running a little behind! We went to the zoo 2 weeks ago, and I'm just now putting up the images from the Trip. Liz had a couple of free tickets, so Liz and her kids, and Stuart, Joseph and I went to the Zoo. We had a good time. I had lost my voice - and I just started getting it back. We just kinda wandered and let the kids see what they wanted to see. It is definitely a smaller zoo than what I'm used to. I'm including a few pictures.

They are pretty self explanatory. The one right above was really cute. They were down in a little field area, below the monkey play cage. The mama duck could jump up the 18" wall, but the babies couldn't. The mama duck was getting frustrated because the babies weren't following her. I'm sure the zoo people helped them get back out... but the baby ducks would run along the wall, from one end to the other trying to find the mama duck.

Moving Back

Hello Everyone!

So there has been much going on lately!!!

Some of you know that we were hoping to adopt a baby girl. That didn't work out. We are sad, but Joseph is insistent that there are more kids coming to our home...... we'll have to wait and see.

Our house still hasn't sold. And they started construction on 35 new condo's about the same size as ours. They went on the market last weekend. So, that puts the count of available units around 50!. We decided to move back into our house. The good part is that Joseph's company has been waiting to re-do some of their budgeting, so that they can move him into a Tech Position. Great news for his career. It also means that they were planning on having him transfer back to the Promontory plant at some point. They aren't ready to make the change, but, they have set up a deal where he will work out of both locations. He'll have to stay at Matt's, but only 2 nights. So it isn't too bad. It is really great to work with a company that is willing to work with you.

We are going to miss living close to Liz and Matt, but we are also looking forward to living near our friends again. Stuart is excited to move back. He has really missed his friends.

Stuart and Alaric(for the life of me, I can't remember how to spell his name!!!!) remind me a lot of Me and Liz growing up. I hope their friendship survives puberty.

We are officially moving back on May 24th. Stu and Joseph will use that last week to finish cleaning and the last 3 days of school.

It leaves me very very busy. I'm trying to beg my mother into coming back to help me pack..... but no luck yet.