So I couldn't figure out how to flip the picture of the potty. But these are the latest pictures of the house. The black stuff helps so that moisture doesn't get into the basement. And the window wells give a way for people to get out of the basement in an emergency. Right now, there are plenty of ways to get out.

Stay tuned, the big piles of dirt will be greatly reduced today and the rest of this week!

American Idol

So, I thought I would share a funny moment. Kaylee and I visit Clayton about every week and have lunch with him up in downtown Salt Lake. So, we have been taking Trax because of gas prices, besides it being kinda fun to ride a train.

Well, we went up there yesterday and had a wonderful lunch. On the way home, I remembered that American Idol is in town doing auditions. How did I remember? There were about three or four people that had just come from signing up for an audition. Little did I know, Kaylee and I were walking onto a whole audition there on the train. These people were giving concerts of some of the songs they had chosen to sing and performing them right there on the train. They were not bad, but it was interesting to see their complete enthusiasm.

But, my favorite was when were going through Murray and they got so excited about that being the town David Archuleta (the almost American Idol last year) is from. Good luck to them all and it made for an interesting ride.

Certification

So, I wanted to just add a few notes. First, very exciting!! I got my letter from ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) saying that I have been "approved" and am now a CERTIFIED Speech-Language Pathologist. So, I thought that was worthy of a post. Oh, and lucky me, there a is a $100 frame they will sell me to put my paper in that states that I am now certified. I think I will pass. . .

There is now concrete in the hole in our dirt!

So a quick update on the house! Here are the forms (I believe that is what they are called) so that they can make the footings for the house out of concrete.Here is Clayton checking them out after they are poured. They were poured where the walls will be in our basement (especially load-bearing walls)
And here are the foundation walls. They are behind the wood that you see. This is the side of our house.
And this is the front of our house. That opening in front is our garage with the garage wall next to it.

And so the process continues!! We will keep you updated!!

Fun in Phoenix with the Family

We spent last weekend in Phoenix with my family. Here she is spending time with Grandma Burnside. And then she went for the first time in a big pool. Here she is swimming with Daddy!I think she spent a little too much time in the pool, cause look at her feeties when we got out.

Just some extra pictures

Just wanted to post some super cute pictures. The first is just cute--she was getting sleepy and that is when she will let you snuggle with her.

We also went to Four Corners last week and that is the picture of us frying in 4 different states.

The next two are just funny pictures with her pacifier. For the first one, she was just playing on the floor and all of a sudden we see that she has her pacifier just sitting on her face like that. And the next one is her doing a combination of sucking her thumb and the pacifier at the same time.

And I thought I would throw in the last one to show off the cute flowers that I got for my anniversary. I never posted the picture of the beautiful flowers that Clayton got for me in my favorite color. Such a sweetie pie!

There's a hole in my dirt!

So just to keep you updated, here is the progress on the big hole and the big pile of dirt as of this morning. Just so you know, that is a big ladder that you can only see a little of:)

Look!

So we had failed to mention that we got a glorious piece of paper called our building permit last week. Of course, we were on vacation until this week. So things are finally getting rolling! I took some pictures of our lot after it is "staked out". Apparently, that means that you do a lot of measuring and calculations and put stakes in where the corners and other important parts of your house are so that the people with big machines know where to dig. So, here they are (complete with orange spray paint). First. we have a picture of our front porch. Then, a pic of the two front rooms (one will be Kaylee's room) and, lastly, the garage. Then, the random bumper and gate left on our lot. (Did we mention the killer weeds?)
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Dinner Time!

So, Kaylee hasn't quite gotten down the whole eat from a spoon thing yet. I guess we will just keep working at it.

Happy 4th of July

We did a little experiment to see how Kaylee reacted to the some fire works. She seemed to like them, or maybe we just edited out the part where she screamed in fear (I'm not telling).

You little thumb sucker

It was inevitable, seeing as both mom and dad were little thumb suckers. Dad was so bad that he had to have a palate expander. Oh well, she looks so cute doing it!

I love Dirt!

So, a lot of activity on Kristi's day of birth may appear as though nothing fun happened. I promise that great fun did occur.

Anyway, onto the dirt. Click on the this link and you will see our future home. All we need is a cardboard box and we will be sitting pretty.

Steam Roller!

Baby and Mommy having fun

Fulton Look-alike Meter, looks even to me

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BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is Kristi's birthday and we are going to PARTY! We may even go look at our dirt!