Family

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Camping out

Us and our friends Jesse and Stephanie went camping over the 24th of July near Oak City canyon. We ended up finding a really great camping spot and spent our time lighting firecrackers, sitting around the fire, eating :), riding and just chatting. We had so much fun and look forward to doing it another time!! The pictures are in no order, I decided I didn't want to take the time to organize it but you'll get the idea.

Here is Gauge climbing all over Asher.

He did that the whole time and Asher just

laid there.

This was the last ride of the trip and quite a fun one.

It took us from where we were camping all the way

back to the entrance and then back to camp.

Cory on my dads old Yamaha 490, that is one tough

bike to ride and he did great!!!

Jesse and Stephanie cooking up their steaks

The charcoal never lit in our stove so we had to make a pit out of the fire.

Me and Stephanie posing at the top of a mini hill

Cory Bobby and me taking a nice picture by the way cool waterfalls

The waterfalls are in the background but you can't see them that well

Here's a good piture of the waterfalls

This was Ashers hiding spot when we were lighting firecrackers, shooting the guns, sitting around the fire, starting the bikes, etc. He's kind of a wimp.

Here is Asher licking his lips, no doubt after getting a fly.

He snapped at flies the whole time

Here is the gang just relaxin, best thing to do when camping.

This is the first trail we took. It was way hard

and we could only go so far, there were some

trees right across the trail.

Jesse and Stephanie's convoy

Cory and Danielle's convoy

Last but not least this was our camp with tents

and all.

Yard Work and Home improvements

Yes believe it or not I am making a new post! (Stephanie I hope you enjoy it, I had you in mind as I was working on it!) We have recently done a bit of home improvement where it was greatly needed. I tell you there is not much better than putting effort into your own home, a home that is yours and you pay for! Both projects did end up being a lot of work but in the end they were totally worth the sore bodies, hours of labor and chunks of change!

HOME

First is painting our living room, I hate painting and as horrible as it sounds I was glad that Cory didn't have a job at the time and I did because he did all of the painting while I was at work!
Captions are below each picture.

I did kind of like this color when we first moved in, enough that I kept it for about 8 months but then I just started feeling like the room was closing in on me

My kitchen wasn't really a place I wanted to be, it felt kind of like a dungeon

So light and airy now! The room seemed twice as big!

The color in the kitchen was definitely much lighter, I can't say that it made me want to be in there more than before though...

YARD

Alright now for the yard renovation!!! Wow and wow and wow, this was about a week project and what Cory and I thought we could do just the two of us ended up taking the very gracious help of my parents and sister and her husband, plus Isabel my niece! Again captions are below

BTW- the only reason I am not in these pictures is because I stopped to take them!! I promise I worked hard, my body is really sore!

Laying down the weed mat, I really hope that this proves to make a big difference in the long run.

This is one of my biggest pet peeves about my yard, grass and weeds growing up through the fence.

My dad and brother in law were great enough to bury a few sprinkler lines for me.

More weed mat, yay

Disbursing the dirt around, it was such clean dirt, I couldn't help but squish it in my hands and smell it!

Cutting down the weed mat

Digging out the lame, pre-existing top soil

Jake is really working hard... "Hey aren't those used for hauling around dirt?!"

This is my friends dog Lilo that we were dog sitting, she was so cute and very interested in everything we were doing. (and taking any tools she could sink her teeth into!)


NOW FOR THE BEFORE AND AFTERS. PREPARED TO BE SHOCKED!!!!

I had weeded this one a little bit a few days before the picture was taken but it still made little difference

The picture says it all

Look at all these weeds! UGH!

We were not able to get the black soil laid here yet because we ran out but even with just the blended soil it makes a huge difference

It was so hideous before!

I just loved the black soil we used, it made all the difference.

This one was the biggest difference in the whole yard, it just makes all the work and money worth it!

This is right in the middle of the front yard and it is my favorite part! I couldn't believe how great it looked!