Hogol Zoo

Went to the Hogol Zoo and Lagoon July 24th.

Kody is always a fan of the monkeys. We've also been lucky enough that they are usually awake and lively.

Grandma, Ally, Brody, and Kody.

This was my ice cream....that Kody took over. It was more appealing than his icee.

They have this water ball there. Kody would play in a tablespoon of water.

Brody fed the giraffe this tree branch. Kody always talks about this highlight.

More remodel pics

Like I said before our remodel took about a month and we had more than enough of that fun. My brother wired in two new lights, some switches and a garbage disposal. We taped and textured alot of the house. Painted and put in new carpet and vinyl flooring in most of the house. We love the improvements but are still thinking about selling and moving or building....we just need more room.

This are the best two pics I could find for before and after. Behind the TV there was a hole in the wall to a smaller dining area. We closed it off and put a hole in the hall for a door, making an extra room. THANKS DAD!!!!

Kody's room remodeled. He also has a bunk bed now. It takes up alot of room but he was in need of a bigger bed. He rolled off EVERY night.

ALSO CONGRATULATIONS to Alex who is engaged to Brody!!!!

OUR COMPUTER IS FIXED!!!!!!!!

Here's some photos that my cousin Tasha took. It's hard to tell she's a beginner. She did a GREAT job!! We LOVE the photos. There were so many cute ones its been hard to decide what ones I want to hang. Also we had a Meine family reunion (Mom's side). It was alot of fun with Carnival night for the kids and uncle David bringing his DJ equipment from Boise. I'll post more pics in the next.

House Remodel-Kitchen

I've been trying to load pics of our remodel for sometime now. I'm using a wireless connection from a laptop in our house. I kept losing the connection and would get frustrated and give up. So I decided I would try to do this in parts. Here's the before (actually during) and after pics of the kitchen. THANKS TASH for the awesome Baker's rack and helping paint!!!! The entire remodel took us about a month. We did all the house except our bedroom (Tired of the remodel). We also put up a wall to add another bedroom. (no I'm not pregnant.)

HATED the white flooring and polka dot walls.

Catch up from the slacker AGAIN!

Well first of all I'm sorry but these pics are all out of order so I'll try to explain as they go. The kid car above is one that Kevin & Shelley bought for the grand kids. We love it. This one is unique because not only can they drive it but it can be driven by an adult via remote control. SWEET huh.

Kody loves getting in the "bubbles" as he calls it.

This is my mom's boyfriend Jerry at the Mesquite track. Not too bad for an old timer.

Finally some California pics from over a month ago. Alex pushing Kody at the living dessert zoo in Palm Springs.

Alex piggy backing Kody. I have more pics from the zoo but they are gone off Alex's card so I would have to scan them. Kody really loved the giraffes. We got to see them eating. They also have a really cool train set that's in the guiness book of world records.

Date and banana shakes are a MUST HAVE when we go to Palm Springs. Kody's first and he sucked it down pretty fast.

He looks like a mini mafia member. This was at the date shake place Hadley's.

There' s a "Swap meet" two nights a week. The weather was beautiful almost the entire time we were there.

We also went to a car show. This was my favorite. A top of the line volks wagon complete with camper :)

I was REALLY trying to catch him as you can tell from the angle I snapped the pic and attempted to rescue. It was a result of the pic below.

We took advantage of the nice weather to go for walks. Most of the time I was lucky enought to sleep in and grandma Shelley took a stroll with him.

For some reason he always ate with his foot on the table.

Ales introduced us to these waters. They are usually found in sushi place. They have a glass marble in them that you have to punch down to drink it. They can probably be found around here.

Another car from the car show. It looks like it should be on a run way. It's all electric and has built in solar panels.

Lamborgini and Orange ......SWeet. Cool custom leather seats too.

Kody and ma ma going into the car show.

Kody loves to drive and it's not very often he gets to destroy "pa pa's" pickup.

Kody and grandma walkin back to the condo from the laundry.

Woh put on your shades this kid is a true white Idaho boy.

Kody at the dr office before Cali to check his ears. He loves the fire truck and ALWAYS remembers that there are stairs to climb.

We did LOTS of swimming while in Cali. This boat was AWESOME it has a shade to keep him from frying.

We had a great time in Cali. Since then I've gone to the scrapbook expo. Cassie, Candice, and I went. We found some good deals and relaxed on our girls weekend. We missed you Crystal!!!!

I also left Kody for the first time over night. It helped that I had Jake to make sure he was ok. But i did alot better than I thought I would.

We also recently had a spring break. We went to mesquite and took Mikey and Alex. We drove to the hoover dam and stopped in Vegas to show my bro a few things. The weather was gorgeous and it was about seventy-five. When we got home we headed the opposite direction to the snow. We spent the weekend at one of the football coaches, Jeff Johnson, family's cabin. The football coaches and their families went for the weekend. We had a great time and I wish I would've taken some pictures. Maybe try the Smith's blog :) She has a good one of Carter after he knocked his loose tooth out sledding.

I've also started our garden in the greenhouse. I'll have to post some pics of it. It's CRAZY everything is so out of control. I wasn't expecting everything to germinate and grow so fast.

Hope all is well and I'll try to keep updated.