Idaho: Trip 1 - Trevor and Shaelyn get married!

So my little/big brother found such a good addition to our family and asked her to marry him. They were married June 21 in the Idaho Falls temple and we were fortunate enough to make the trip and witness them being sealed. It was kind of a difficult trip since I was pretty prego but it was definitely worth it.

One of my most favorite pictures. Chase and Grandpa at the reception.

Logan was a little tired by this point and time.

Jeff was trying to get all the kids settled down....he did a pretty good job.

While we were Idaho, Ray and the boys took a fishing trip with Grandpa at Brush Creek and had a grand ol' time!

Logan's Preschool Graduation

Logan completed preschool graduation this May and I am so proud of his progress! He had a fabulous teacher, Mrs. Nelson, and had a great friend that we would take to school with us, Abby Gilmore.

Chase's "stitched" forehead

One day at baseball, Chase was playing catch with a friend. Well, his friend (who has quite an arm) threw the ball for Chase and he missed catching it....well, at least with his glove. His forehead took the brunt of the throw and the stitches on the baseball made a perfect imprint on his head.

You can't see the imprint very well, but look closely and you'll see a small section of stitching.

Our Lego Family

Logan loves to play with  Legos and comes up with quite the creations sometimes. Today, it was our family in Lego form.  He had (left to right) Mom, Logan, baby twin, Dad, baby twin, Rylee, and Chase.

Good job buddy, and I love you!

Tractors

This summer down at the city park there were an assortment of tractors brought in for the public to come look at and for the life of me I can 't remember what event was going on for them to do this. :) Each of the kids went and chose which tractor was their favorite.

Logan's Little League Baseball

Now that Logan is old enough to start participating in various sports he decided he wanted to try baseball. We joined the Washington City League and he was on "Mike's Barber and Beauty" team. He had great coaches and I think he enjoyed the experience. He was pretty darn cute to watch and he learned quite a bit. He was able to hit the ball and get on base a few times and learned how to step and throw. He would get a little confused on where to run after he hit the ball but it was still fun.

Fixing/Selling our House

So after discovering that we are expecting twins we felt a desire/need to have a larger home. The housing market was at a good point for us to sell and also buy so we decided to finish remodeling and then to part with our first home. This was quite and endeavor cause I could not help the way I usually do and so a lot rested on Ray. But he pulled it all off magnificently and it all turned out beautiful! We gutted the bathroom and totally redid it and also tackled the kitchen which consisted of tearing off the old counter tops and painting the cabinets. The problem with the cabinets was that we didn't know to use oil based paint......and that discovery was made AFTER we had already painted everything with latex paint. Thankfully Alan was around a lot this summer and came and helped Ray strip off all the latex paint so we could repaint the cabinets the right way.  All of the projects turned out great so we put it up "for sale by owner". We had a few people come look that week and we also had quite a few real estate agents call and ask us to list with them. After about a week of doing this on our own we felt it ok to list with an agent so we could get it sold quicker. Well, it worked. After only 3 short days we had 3 offers and sold it! It was really hard to move this home cause we put so much blood, sweat and tears into it, but we know that we can make our next home just as wonderful and special.....if we can just find that next home. That part is turning out to be more difficult than originally thought.