Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Home Sweet Home

It's been a while since I posted, but not much has been happening around here in this cold spring weather. Kurt has been working out of town and Jodi has been recovering from surgery and trying to take care of the house while Kurt has been gone.

Since we moved into our house 7 years ago we have been putting the hay for our horse in the garage. Because hay needs to stay dry, the garage was our best option at the time. Well time went by and we never did anything about it.....until now. Hay is very dusty and messy, therefore it sticks to our shoes, gets in my car and tracks into the house. We have an attached shed on the back of our garage and we are finally making renovations to the shed to store the hay so that it is protected from the weather. I could not be happier to get the hay out of the garage. Kurt has also built shelves into the garage to better organize our space. I love to organize! Kurt is so handy and had shelves built in a matter of hours. I love that about him. We also had a very large tree removed from the yard because the roots were taking over and causing problems. It was a huge tree and made a huge mess. I love spring because it gives me the motivation to make the yard look nice. The snow melts, the tulips and daffodils are starting to bloom and we begin to plant our garden. It has been a cold Spring, but before we know it it is going to be too hot to be outside.

We have 6 days until our cruise, but who's counting, right? :) I am very excited for 80+ degree weather, swimming on beautiful white sandy beaches and food, food, food!!!! It is going to be a great vacation and after several weeks (he was home on weekends) away from Kurt, it will be nice to spend some good, quality time with each other.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Mother's Day!!!!

Although Mother's Day is kind of a rough day for me, I try to reflect on the fact that I have 3 wonderful mother figures to celebrate all the wonderful things that they do for us. Some day I will have my opportunity to celebrate being a mother.
This year we had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. Because Kurt's mom lives in Southern Utah, we don't always get to spend holidays with her; especially Mother's Day. This year they came to visit and it happened to be on this special weekend. We had a wonderful time. We took them on the Frontrunner train to Salt Lake to see the new beautiful City Creek shopping center, walked through Temple Square and ate many yummy meals. It was really great weekend.

Choo Choo!!

Choo Choo!!
Kurt and his stepdad Dave on the Frontrunner

City Creek

City Creek
City Creek shopping center is so pretty! The guy who was taking the picture made me laugh so I had a funny look on my face, but other than that I really like this picture.

Yummy Dinner!

Yummy Dinner!

Horse rides

The neighborhood kids LOVE when they see Kurt out riding Woodrow on the streets. They get so excited and can't believe that there is a "real cowboy" that lives by them. When we got a phone call from one of our neighbors asking if their daughter could ride Woodrow, we agreed. Her mom told her that being able to ride Woodrow was part of her birthday present. She had just turned 8. When she came over to our house, she was beyond excited! It was a lot of fun to see how excited she was. Her mom took some great pictures of the adventure. Kurt made her day! It was so cute.



Disneyland trip

Yes, we love Disneyland! People think that we're funny to go to Disneyland without children, but we have such a good time. This last trip we went with some very good friends of ours (they have 3 kids so it was fun watching those girls get so excited over the Princesses). Kurt and our friend Brittany both turned 30 within a week or so of each other so we celebrated in California. It was such a fun trip! I made t-shirts for Kurt and Brittany to wear so they would get a lot of attention...it was so fun! We also went to the beach, Universal Studios and Sea World. It was such a great trip....and fun to go with friends!

One of our favorite rides-Tower of Terror! So fun.

DISNEYLAND

DISNEYLAND

Birthday dinner

Birthday dinner
Kurt's favorite ride at Disneyland is Pirates of the Caribbean so we decided to splurge and eat at the restaurant Blue Bayou that is inside the ride. It was very tasty! And our waiter brough him a birthday dessert. What a great way to turn 30!

Jodi's favorite Disneyland food....their pickles! YUMMMMMM!