This is what our backyard looked like this morning. It may be a construction zone inside, but outside is peaceful and lovely.

Joe, Angie, Kyler and Keaton Est. Monday, March 14, 2011. A few I missed on the last post. Grandma Della came to help me out with the boys after Kyler had his tonsils out. They both wanted her of course and fell fast to sleep in her lap. Thanks mom! Pictures of past events. And I making his Valentine box. Keaton needed to be in the pictures too.

And all the craziness in between. On this day I will marry my best friend. Saturday, August 13, 2011. Our cousin lavona and her husband todd had their 2nd baby last Monday. They discovered early on in utero that little brodie had a herniated diaphragm. Please read their blog here.

Monday, April 7, 2014. Well, this Saturday will be the 7th. It ranks as one of the absolute worst moments in my life. Today we closed on our first home. Buying a home is - for anyone - a big milestone. At times it felt impossible. Wednesday, January 1, 2014.

Sunday, November 4, 2012. 6 months, 20,000 miles, 37 states and 25 national parks later we have returned to Spokane. It feels really good to say that. The last leg of our trip was spent in Idaho. From Yellowstone we traveled west to Ketchum and caught up with our good friend Rick Lethbridge. Nights grew very cold and we woke to snow on our last two mornings. I even had the ch.