Pure Awesomeness

So my 8 year old nephew Daxton came to see us this weekend and gave us some really sweet pictures he drew of us. I totally have to share the one of Gregg because I always thought gregg was a jack of all trades but I never knew ninja assassin was on the list. LOL. Check out my nephews amazing art work. Pure Awesomeness!!!

House Update

Yay, I cant believe our house is up. Its amazing how fast these guys are because two days ago it was just a foundation and now the whole house is up. We are so excited and grateful to sierra homes for their amazing work.

Baby Animal Days and House Update

So this weekend my whole family was up and we were able to go to baby animal days. It is one of my favorite days of the whole year and it was so much fun to be able to share it with Gregg and all of my nieces and nephews. It makes it twice as fun to watch the little ones get so excited at all the different animals and be able to hold most of them. Not the baby bears of course but they were the highlight of the day. It was amazing to get so close to them and watch them play around, so cute. And our house is moving along quickly. My brother in law Ryan was up most of the week working on it ( we are so grateful for him and all his help). And they start framing tomorrow. Yay!

Our Next Adventure

So we are so excited to let everyone know that we started building our house one week ago. Sierra Homes is building it and man do they move fast. This picture was taken one week after they started and the scheduled time to finish is sometime in June. We are so happy to be having them build for us because they have been so amazing and helpful to work with. It really has been a fun experience for me and Gregg and we are so excited to watch the process of it turning into our home.

Happy Birthday Rylie!

Today was my niece Rylie 's 8th birthday. Her and her brother are two of my favorite people in the whole world. They have taught me so much about life and how to appreciate the time I am given with the people I love. I hope my sister does not mind but I have to share one of the most inspirational stories I experienced with Rylie.

For those of you that don't know my niece and nephew were both born with a rare type of Muscular Dystrophy which as part of that left them both paralyzed at birth. A few months ago Rylie was staying with us for a few days to help prevent her from getting the same sickness her brother had (swine flu). It was a sunday and mine and Gregg's Anniversary so we had gone to celebrate. We came home to find Rylie in the dining room coloring some pictures. I walked over to see what she had drawn and it was a rainbow with a picture of her and some friends. She titled the picture "I Dream Of Walking." I put my arm around her and began to tell her that thats why they do all the fundraisers for Muscular Dystrophy is to try to find a cure so she could walk some day, and that there is always hope that her and her brother will be able to walk some day. It got quiet for a minute then she smiled and looked up at me and said, "Its okay Jen, I will walk when I'm in heaven." I couldn't hold it back I just started to cry. The strength that little girl has is amazing and I'm so grateful for her. Its proof to me that there really are angels among us. Love you Rylie bugs hope you had the best birthday ever!!

What we have been up to

So a lot has gone on the last couple weeks. A few weekends ago my whole family went to a monster truck rally for my nephew Kanyon's birthday it was so cute to see that little man so excited to see those big trucks; he never took his eyes off them. Then last weekend my sisters Jamie's kids came and stayed with us while her and her husband went to Mexico. It was so much fun having those kids with us for a couple days. We even got to celebrate Saylor's birthday while she was here and had a little birthday party. I have to admit Saylor was such a good sport dealing with me, I just loved dressing her up and of course doing her hair at least three times a day. Ha Ha poor thing. Man do those kids love their uncle Gregg. As long as he was there everyone was happy. lol. It was a good experience for me to see how much they love him and love to be around him. Reassures me that he is going to be an awesome dad someday. I also want to say how happy I am that my niece Rylie got to come home friday after being sick in the hospital for a week. She is one tough cookie and I love her so much.

Gregg's Work

Gregg is always coming home and showing me pictures of different jobs he has been working on and I think its awesome how proud he is of what he does. I think it is a sign a true craftsman and as you can see alot of talent. Him and his coworkers do amazing work and I just wanted to share with all of you some of the projects they have done and what he has shown me.