The house is finished part 2...the outside

Ok, here it is....the big one. We've been quite busy working on the house this year...and I do mean busy. We updated the outside of the house. Partially because we needed a new roof and partially because we had no insulation in the house what-so-ever! So here are some pics of all that went on. A huge THANK YOU to all that helped: Dad, Carter, Carter's helper, Carl, Travis (aka Gimp at the time...haha), Jody, Colton, and to my extremely handy husband, your awesome!

So here is what the under side of the sheeting looked like...not in good shape.
YUK! I can't even begin to tell you how many wasp nest there were under here and how many times Josh got stung.

Blowing the first round of insulation in...to the walls.

Last look of the old roof.

Bye bye old roof

Picking up the shingles.

The guys stripped the first layer of sheeting off.

Will helping Grandpa out.

Loading up Carters trailer with approx 2 TONS, yes I said 2 TONS of roof!

It was a huge mess. I am still finding pieces of shingles and stuff around out front.

Josh getting ready to start putting up the new sheeting.

Ahhh, can we say safe and sturdy roof.

The roof is sheeted and tar papered.

We do have a nice view, if you wanted to sit on the roof to enjoy it.

Getting ready to put more insulation in. I think we blew 35+ bags into the attic. OMFH!

And of course, it rained, and rained and rained. It hadn't rained in like 2 months, and the weekend we decide to do our roof it rained buckets!

This is how much rain we got. Did I mention that it rained this much in like 24 hours!

This is what the front of the house used to look like.

Getting ready for shingles.

The attic in now sufficiently insulated!

And the roof is on!

Josh and company had the roof stripped, re-sheeted, insulated and shingled in 3 days! Way to go guys!

Getting some 1" thick insulation put on the front of the house before we get siding put on.

Ahhhh, new roof.

Wow...what a great job!

The siding and fascia and soffit and such are complete!

Well, there you have it. We've since painted the front door and purchased a new light fixture for above the garage door. The house has come a long ways and it looks so good!

So that leaves the next question...what's the next project going to be? Only time will tell.

p.s. I have to tell you that I got up on the roof, not once, but twice. The view was beautiful, but I'm not big on heights!

I've been tagged...so here we go!

So, my sister-in-law Abby (who's blog I read faithfully) tagged me with a 5 things tag. So here we go on the getting to know me better deal.

5 things I was doing 10 year ago: WOW...can I say that, that seems like forever ago!

- I was 19, a single mom, working, and going to school.
- Changing diapers
- Celebrating Shawna's 1st Birthday
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Sorry, I can't think of anything else!

5 things on my to do list in no special order:

- One day have an actual honeymoon with Josh
- Take an awesome family vacation
- Pay off our mortgage
- Clean the basement (Kids playroom i.e. disaster area!)
- Start scrap booking again

5 favorite snacks:

- Neilsons Oreo Concrete (my guilty pleasure)
- Chips
- Most any fresh fruit or veggies, especially if their from my garden (sob, sob, the garden is done for another year)
- Glazed doughnuts (mmmm...drooling)
- Any fresh baked goodies (especially homemade)

5 Jobs I've had:

- Babysitter (didn't everyone?!)
- Cashier at Wal-Mart
- Gas Station Clerk
- In-side Sales/Delivery Driver for Salt Lake Auto Paint
- Lunch Room Lady (not as bad as it sounds!)

5 Things I would do with a million dollars:

- Take my family on the best vacation ever
- Pay of the mortgage
- Buy a piece of land for a cabin or such (something for a nice little get-way)
- Put some away for retirement
- Share some with those in need

5 Things that made me laugh this week:

- William, he always has something to say that will make you laugh
- The new Speed Racer movie (it had some funny parts in it)
- Travis, Vicki, Cory, Kate, and Josh
- The kids
- My Husband

Soooo, now it's time to choose the victims...oopps I mean lucky recipients. HAHAHA
I choose Bethany, Jenny, and I agree with you Abby about Chris, and that's it folks!

Ok, Ok, I promise I'll go to bed!

Making your own Vanilla Extract...mmmm...very interesting

So, here I am on a Tuesday night at 10:15 p.m., the husband is out of town, the kids are in bed, and here I am surfing the magical Internet, when low and behold while checking out a food blog that I like to follow is a recipe for making your own Vanilla Extract. It caught my attention, so I thought that I would share it. You can (or should be able to) follow this link:http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/007340how_to_make_vanilla_extract.php

It makes me want to run out and start my own right now!!! I really enjoy baking and am so getting excited for the upcoming Holiday Seasons. I will be baking some cookies this weekend to send off with Josh and Colton for the Deer Hunt. Nothing says lovin like some cookies from mama's oven. HA, I'm a poet and didn't even know it.

Ok, ok...enough already. I should go to bed.

First Day of School 2008

Well it's time for another year of school. following tradition, we took pictures out front before school. I didn't get any of Colton, after all he's too cool for that now that he's in high school.

(just kidding) It was my fault, I didn't get up that early.

Dallin-8

3rd Grade with Doxey/Dolling

(Abby, it's the same Ms. Doxey that you had! Shawna' had her too!)

Will-4

Pre-School with Ms. Kathryn

Shawna'-11

6th Grade with Mrs. Pitt

Camryn-7

2nd Grade with Mrs. Grondel

Group shot

Silly group shot

In front of the school

This year Dallin and the scouts from our neighborhood participated in the Flag Ceremony at the school.

Dallin addressing the audience.
Ready for school.

The Girl Scouts have a night out on the town and such! 08/15/08

So, on August 15, 2008 my Girl Scout Troop had a night out. They earned their night out by participating in selling cookies this year. They all voted on what they wanted to do. So here it is...

First we started out by heading to the beauty school where the girls got updo's and mini pedicures/manicures. (the leaders got full pedicures) (I can't tell you how much I love a good pedicure!)

Shawna' and her updo. Isn't she beautiful!The girls all had some great hair do's. It was definitely a fun time.
A group shot of the girls.

Following the up-do's we went to Target where the girls all had a group photo taken, we headed out to dinner at Chuck-A-Rama, then headed up to Layton to spend the night in a hotel and swim.

It was totally fun...I had a blast and I know that Shawna' did as well.

So, much fun in fact that I decided to come home and get my hair done. I had gotten a Gift Certificate for my Birthday from my ever so thoughtful Sister-in-Law Vicki, so I cashed it in and here are the results...

Straightened and highlighted.

If that wasn't enough, Colton thought that he needed to get in on the hair action too.
Yes, that is a bleached mo-hawk!
Isn't he handsome!!
Josh keeps telling him that he looks like a SKUNK!!! I won't say anything about the smells that come from teenage boys....hahaha!