Recent Home Improvements

Even though Billy was fortunate to still work a lot this winter, he got a fair amount of home stuff done. Since we went crazy last year with a whole new kitchen, this year was all about just finishing up the small stuff. 

I embellished the stool Billy made. I just am not crafty and do not have an eye for how to make beautiful things like Summer so this is mostly lame but oh well. 

Billy fixed up the fireplace.

He took off the "telephone poles" that used to be there and replaced them with metal brackets that he welded himself. He also painted the fireplace grill thing. It used to be gold. 

The kitchen got some new metal brackets, the bar got finished up (except the top is still a work in progress), we got a backsplash, some tile behind the stove and a handful of other small things that only we notice. 

I love all of it! I have loved having my half-finshed kitchen and didn't even think anything of the nasty wall where a backsplash should be or otherwise but it is so nice now having a truly complete kitchen. I am so spoiled and so grateful that Billy is so handy and talented. 

Also, he made this  cool coat rack with the antlers from the deer he shot. The only problem is it looks a lot cooler when there are no coats on it haha

And a hangboard since someone is always sleeping in our climbing wall room haha

And I guess this picture is not a home improvement haha but Truman was flipping through the conference Ensign and saw this picture and said, "That is Grandpa Chuck!" hahahaha I laughed so hard. And also was so impressed that he even remembered that such a person exists, even if he didn't quite remember accurately what he looks like haha. 

Ok, that's all! There's another post below about just random stuff which is mostly worth looking at for the picture of Burton on the swing!

End of Winter

I think the end of winter is coming, anyway, and I hope so because I am ready for what I have decided are my favorite six months of the year! I love it when Nov-Mar ish are behind me. 

We have been having fun, especially during the storms since Billy couldn't work when it was snowy at his jobs. 

Instead we went on a sweet mountain run together, it was so great to run together since usually we switch off for the boys. Thank you M&D

Hoodlums! (look familiar, Jame?) (Oh wait, you won't read this for many, many months haha)

We had one evening where it snowed real quick and wet right before the sun set and so i skipped up my trail with Burton and it was just winter paradise. I wish you could make that panorama big or something, it was so pretty. 

I took the boys to the Bean Museum. They had a special exhibit about the world's largest snake and it was cool. But also, Truman just loves that place whether there is a special exhibit or not. 

And it wore them out haha neither of these boys EVER falls asleep in the car. 

Park Day

I see why some people are always saying my boys are like twins.

Another day on the trail, this time I went all the way to the cliffs. 

THis past week the weather has been DIVINE, divine. We have spent the whole day outside and the doors have been opened and the stove has not run at all. I am reminding myself not to get my hopes too up that winter is gone but it has just been so glorious. 

I babysat the neighbors, they were so funny.

Burton crawls over everything haha. He's like a north-going Zax because he will not take a step to the east or the west if he has a goal in mind, just charges over anything in his way. 

Another babysitting day, we had like 80 kids in our house and were just thinking of CJ and how she sometimes actually does have that many!

Billy's guys are back so he is officially back at work. The transition has not been that bad since he worked for most of the winter anyway and me and the boys have been having fun. So onward!