always learning

Brad and I bought a new camera and I decided I needed to find out how to actually use the thing....so I signed up for a photography class. Lets just say have you ever seen the movie "almost heros" with Chris Farley in it? The part where he's learning the alphabet and screams "do you want my brain to explode?!" Yeah. thats about exactly how I felt. So hopefully my pics will start improving here soon. I actually really love doing it, and this new camera is pretty high tech, so I can't mess up that bad...can I?

Brotherly love

These pics are actually back from April but they were so cute I thought i'd put them up. Wes just can't wait for Miles to get a little bigger to be able to wrestle. It seems like i'm always saying "softer! softer!" Miles does just get the biggest smile on his face when Wes comes running into the room.

wakeboarding

Here are a few pics of Brad and I wakeboarding! Brads just naturally good every year regardless if he got out the year before, me....not so much. So heres a few pics of me "staying up" and Brad gettin some pretty good air.

confused

So I cant for the life of me figure out how to put pictures where I want on my page. So until I figure it out. sorry.

Family in town

Last week my brother and his wife and their little girl came to IF because my brother layed the stone on our fireplace. While they were here we did some fun things. We went to a couple of waterfalls and we took the boat out a couple of times and went wakeboarding. I LOVE wakeboarding. I'm not very good, but then again I havent had the chance to go more than once a summer wether its been because we didnt have a boat, or twice, because I was fully on prego. ( which by the way, didnt stop me, Brad had the issue. ;) So anyways. Thats been my release lately. My father-in-law has an old boat we take out when we want to. Wes claps and shouts "good job!" whenever someone does anything remotely cool. (like get out of the water)

We also went to Messa and Cave falls. pretty cool. To hot, but fun.

Trudging along

so....as you can see I am awefull about keeping this updated. So here's my latest attempt.

I guess some of the biggest news is that we are almost done with our house. Brad is laying tile as I write, then throw in the plumbing and carpet and were done. I cannot wait!! I hate this hot, smelly apartment. We have done a little more on this house ourselves, like the painting, and it is just wearing me out. I have helped Brad do all the specialty colors, so I have been dragging my poor boys up there every morning to get the painting done. They are such good sports. Wes just plays in the sandbox outside, and Miles usually naps. They are so tender. I am soooo excited about our house colors. (i'll post pics here in a few days) Our last house we just did one color everywhere, and we went the opposite extreme on this house. I hope others like it.

Our House

Last year we bought some land in Idaho Falls and Brad drew up some plans and went to work on building our second house. We are now on the finishing stages which means I dont see Brad much anymore. He goes from work to the house. Its ok though because we should be done in a month our so. We built in a "secret" play room for the boys underneath the stairs....Westley cant wait to play in it. He lets us know what colors and everything he thinks is cool. Its amazing how much kids listen when you dont think they are.