Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Our new deck and other fun stuff


We've been waiting to build a deck onto our house ever since we moved in, so finally after 6 years, we have a deck!!!

Here Grant and Kristin are, a couple of weeks ago, enjoying the new deck and the beautiful fall weather. At the time, it was warm enough to eat out there and play games.
It's like a giant playpen with a gate. It's intended for grandchildren, but Cubby loves it, too. He's always begging to go outside. He's too fat to jump over the top, so it's safe for him.

Last week some of my friends from the temple gave a baby shower (at my house) for one of our own. The mother-to-be is Julie Baldwin. She's worked at the temple ever since she was single. We've watched her as she was married, then become great with child. The sad part is that she's had to quit the temple. We miss her a lot.
On Sunday, David and Kami had us over for dinner. The fun idea Kami had was to decorate Halloween cookies for our dessert. It was really fun.
They turned out really bright and pretty.David and Kami like rodents. They have two rats and a hamster. We had fun watching the hamster fill her cheeks with food.All of that width you see is her cheeks getting fuller and fuller.By the time she got all of it stuffed into her cheeks, she looked hilarious.



4 comments:

Lori said...

congrats on your new deck to add to your beautiful home. and that was a fun shower and that rodent has a lot of poundage in the cheeks for sure! see you thursday.

Jenny said...

I love your deck! That is so nice. My parents are actually putting a similar deck in at their house next summer. Looks like you had fun with David and Kami. Love ya!

Kami said...

Oh My Gosh!!! Milly is soooo cute!! I'm glad you got pictures of her. Will you email me them? I'm glad you had fun. We will have to get together more often.

blaine and michelle said...

the deck looks great. i can't wait to see it but i don't think that that will be for some time yet. we are anxiously awaiting your visit because it also means the coming of #3 which is both exciting and scary. oh well life goes on. love ya