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For Andy's 29Th birthday we stayed home and had a little party. He got Guitar Hero for is birthday which he as been asking for sense he got the WII. I try to play with him but I can barely Strum on the Guitar and push the petal on the Drums. Lets just say I have no musical talent at all. When I play with Andy he has to sit there and say "NOW,NOW" so I can get the notes. Then when we're done he just laughs. So Andy is looking for someone new and who can play guitar hero with him that can actually play with out him saying " NOW, NOW".
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY!!! We love you!!!

Bear Lake Trip!!!

Fishing in Uintah Canyon

Last Saturday we decide to take a break from all the projects we have going on around our house . We pack up the car and we went fishing up Uintah Canyon. Andy did most of the fishing while I chased Gabriella to made sure she didn't fall into the water. It was a lot of fun and nice to have a break. Andy didn't catch anything, but I did. Towards the end of the trip I though my nephews poll in just for and I got a fish. The only picture I got was me freaking out because the fish feel of the line after that the camera had no more batteries left. Sorry no picture of the fish.

Cookie Helper

Sunday Andy had a little of a sweet tooth, so I made him some cookies. I let Gabriella help mix the cookie dough up. She loved every minute of it. We made Cake Mix Cookies, which are the fastest and easiest cookies to make. I thought I would share the recipe so if anyone needs to make cookies really quick you can try these yummy cookies. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do around this house

Cake Mix Cookies

1 Cake mix ( any Flavor)

1/2 Cup Oil

1 Egg

1/4 cup Flour

1/4 cup water

Add chocolate chips,raisins or butterscotch( opt)

Mix together

Bake 350 for 10-12min

Cabin

OK , so I know this post is a little late, but it has been a little busy around here. A couple a weeks a go Sally, Dustin and Claire came down from Washington for a visit and we got to hang out with the Maynes family at Alan's Cabin. It was so much fun. We played Frisbee golf, watched the cannon shot a bowling ball. (which was awesome). Sorry but I didn't get any pictures of the cannon. We played games, rode bikes, zip line, took some walks and the list can go on.
Gabriella enjoyed playing with her cousin and getting dirty out side. Her favorite thing was to ride on the train.

Gabriella dressing up.

Claire looking so pretty in her dress up clothes

Playing with aunt Cami

Gabby riding on the train with Mom while Dad drives


Grandpa polling all the grand kids in the train

Lyndsi, Gabby and Teslyn playing on the bed

DOGGIE!!

Last weekend we got a little Hound Dog named Shadow. Gabriella loves having a dog of her own to boss around. Her favorite thing is to get in Shadow's cage and sit there and feed him. When he is eating she will pull his head out of the bowl and say "STOP" and "NO." Some Days she will get to mad at Andy and I if we don't let her play in the cage. What a silly little girl, but we love having to entertain us.

12 month pictures

Gabby's been up too;

These two pictures are a tribute to Aunt Sally
I Love you!!








Gabriella knows that if she has shoes and a jacket on she can go out side. If she sees her shoes or jacket laying around she'll bring them to mom or dad to put on her. This day she would not let me put her coat on her the right way. She walk around the house for a hour with her coat on backwards. What a silly little girl!!!!!
She has crazy hair likes this every morning. Pretty little monster.







Gabby love to be outside, but she has discovered the dandelions in the lawn and now Gabby will sit in the grass and pick or try to eat them. YUMMY,YUMMY.

MUD FUN!!!

The other day Andy went into the crawl space to see what was wrong with the T.V reception. He did not take a flash light and noticed that his feet were getting muddy and wet. He found a flash light and with that some bad news. The main water line was leaking and there was a 1 to 2 inch's of standing water. We he got shovel and started digging. After two days and a repair in the line this was the situation.





As you can see from above the picture the hole is full of water. That is a problem because at the time of this the hole had been emptied of water 4 times. Andy checked the water meter and saw that the counter dial was still spinning. The dial was still spinning and there was no water turned on in the house. At this point this is the fourth time that there had been a water leak. So the answer to the problem.


As you can see for the picture there is quite bit of water in the trench. In fact the whole trench was full of water, so it made for a really muddy mess. Most likely the leak was in more then one place. The old water line just got to stay in the ground because the trench was a mud bog. Now when there in no water running the house the water meter dial in not spinning. WHAT FUN!!!