Farmer's Market

A couple of my coworkers invited Keenan and I to spend the morning at the Salt Lake City Farmer's Market downtown.  It was a gloomy day outside so luckily it was mostly indoors.  I found a couple of fun things that were super pricey but it was still fun.  Lynde was very excited to get to see Keenan again.  He does attract the ladies!

Lynde and the Keen man 😊

Progress!

Mike has been working like crazy until late hours, trying to get everything done before the new renters move in to the duplex.  Lots is happening over there!  Its so exciting to watch 😃

new walls up in front room!

new walls by front door

awesome!

looks so much better already - and less stinky!

dining room

closet in bedroom

bedroom

bathroom - laundry area

bathroom

bedroom

I'm so proud of my hubby for all the hard work he has been putting in.  It sure is looking amazing!

Nana and Papa Visit

Nana and Papa always love to come see the cute grandchildren of theirs.  And we appreciate the help!  😊  Papa even helped Mike do a little work at the duplex.  The kids were so happy to get to see them.  They picked up Keenan and then got the girls from school so Mom didn't have to.  Yay!  Nice to get a break every now and then from all the running around taxi driving.

my mom sent this cute photo of Keenan.  It is so fun to get photos of my kids throughout the day.  I 💗 it.

Papa with his happy grandkids

I love to watch the bond between the kids and their grandparents.  It is so special.  Memories to treasure forever 💕💕💕💕

The Sticker Pox!

The girls got in to some stickers and decided it would be funny to put them all over their faces.  They were giggling in their bedroom and came out to show me their sicknesses.  Avril had the purple pox and McKel had the bug pox!  Oh no, these are horrific diseases 😏  They made me take photos and even send them to their teachers at school to show them why they could not come to school the next day.
Both teachers thought it was hilarious and decided to share the photos with the class 😊

McKel with a bad case of the bug pox!

my two silly girls, clearly very ill 😏

time to go straight to bed!

This reminds me of a photo of me back in my childhood... I made Jared put stickers on his face and they would not come off!  They were very sticky stickers.  We thought it was hilarious until my mom tried to help us get them off and our eyelashes got ripped out!

Silly Kids!

Graham Cracker Baby!

We often have pantry and kitchen items strewn about the floor, due to our Keeney baby's love for emptying cupboards.  He recently discovered that one of the items he pulled out from the pantry was left open.  So naturally, he put the item in his mouth... and it was delicious!  😋  It was so cute to see Keenan there munching on a graham cracker, that we had to take a photo!  Simply adorable.

Renovation Progress

Mike spends most waking hours over at the duplex, working on the renovation. He has recruited a bit of help.  Its been nice to have Bret come by a few times to do some work for us.

bye bye moldy walls!

Bret takes out the tile floors!

old bathroom/laundry room

more walls gone

so much damage, everything has to go!

the old toilet was about to fall through the floor!

moldy bedroom walls - gone!

Bret hard at work

the pile of mess outside!

adding insulation to the walls!

beautiful!

gross!

And a cute photo after all that grossness... Keenan eating spaghetti.  Love that little guy!!

A random photo of Keenan playing over the heater vent.  He loves to feel the warm air come through!

Final Game of Jr. Jazz - McKel

It has been a fun season for McKel.  She's been looking forward to getting her trophy.  This was the first time we tried out the Jr. Jazz basketball, and I think we will most definitely do it again.  It was fun to watch, and fun for McKel to play.  She is pretty awesome on the court.

McKel shows off her Jr. Jazz trophy

McKel with her teammates.  Notice she is the only girl... and the tallest 😆

The team had a great coach.  I hope next season she will get an awesome coach again...