Family Pictures

I decided that since it had been a year since we got our family pictures, we should go take some.  It wasn't until we got home and realized that my camera sucks at taking pictures.  Here are the results.  We had fun, though.  We went to Customer Appreciation Days at Snowbird Ski Resort and got to ride the tram for free.  The kids and Ammon LOVED it.  I nearly had a heart attack every time we went over a bump (FYI: I am deathly afraid of heights).

The view at the top of the tram ride.  Yes, that is as close to the edge as I wanted to get.

Alauna and I waiting for the boys to get done with their little "hike".

Here the 2 kids are acting like they love each other.

My favorite of Alauna.

My favorite of Josh.

It's looking more like a house every day!

A look into the basement before they put the floor on.

A look at the front.

A look at the back.  It's so big I couldn't fit it all in my camera's view finder.  That's a good thing.

What the front will look like with the rock retaining wall.  And the sun is shining so brightly!

New Home Construction Part 2

Yay!  The tractor is finally here!

Here is most of the hole.  It took 3 days to dig because of the weather.

After the hole was dug, they poured the footings.

We are getting pretty excited!

The foundation is totally finished.  Now we get to wait for it to cure.

Our New House

We bought a house!  Well, it hasn't been built yet, but we picked out everything!  It was actually quite hard (I know, poor me).  Anywhoo.....I am going to (hopefully) take a picture every week from start to finish and (maybe) post it on my blog.  Yes, I know, it's a bit cliche, and everyone does it.  BUT I AM SO EXCITED!  (I just can't hide it). 

A picture of the lot where our house will be built.  This is from the North West corner.

This is a picture of the front of the lot.  Some of the fence will be taken down.  This is the North West corner where I took the top picture, but I took it from inside the corner of the fence.

Summer 2012

Josh and Alauna walking in the LONG Magna Parade with our Stake.

Alauna cheesing it while driving in the neighborhood Independence Day parade.

Josh and Alauna showing off their face paintings.

Went to Ammon's Family Reunion.  We had a blast.  We went boating and swimming, stayed in a cabin, and didn't have to cook any meals.  Now that's what I call camping.

Ammon's siblings and parents having fun!

Because Alauna wanted me to add a picture of her Zebra "Stripes".

We gave Josh a fishing pole for his 7th birthday and took it out last weekend.

Josh and Alauna were able to both catch one fish.  They were delicious!

We added a new family member.  Her name is "Patches".  She is so fun to have around.  She is more social than any other cat I have known.  We sure do love her.  Best of all, Koda and her get along.  Hopefully they will be best friends one day.

Rainy Day

Josh and Alauna building a dam on a rainy summer day.

Loving how nicely they are working together.  That's heaven.

This is Alauna showing me how dirty she is getting.  I think she needs to stop being such a princess and DIG IN!

That's my boy!  Dirrrrrttyyyyyyy!

Utah Weather

We finally got some GREAT snow in which to build a snowman and go sledding. Alauna and I built a Snow Kitty, but the little stinker knocked it down before I could take a picture of it. Oh, well. As long as she had fun. This picture is of her pulling her "Small Kitty" on a sled. She takes this cat along with her everywhere she goes. It was mine when I was in High School, but she kind of adopted it as hers.




This is a picture I took of Josh. I didn't realize he was trying to throw a snow ball at me, because I was focusing more on getting the pretty clouds in the background. What a cutie!



















This is one of my favorites! Alauna had fun making a snow angel, so of course "Small Kitty" had to make a Snow Kitty. Love her!








HOWEVER, 9 days later (yes, 9) we were invited to my brother Jayson's house to eat dinner and roast S'mores. The weather was SO nice (upper 60's). That is Utah weather for you. I got out all the kids' spring/summer clothes and started making room for them, getting really excited for Spring to come. And wouldn't you know it, 9 days after that (today) it snowed, AGAIN! I wish Mother Nature would make up her mind. I don't like being teased about the good weather.Ok. Enough ranting. At my brother's house again. They let Alauna drive their 4-wheeler. She had a blast.


This last one is Josh playing in the dirt/sand pile with his cousin, Caiden. We really had a great time visiting and enjoying the beautiful weather.

What's coming next for the Marshall's? Lots of fun things. We got a mini greenhouse to put in our kitchen so we can plant seeds for our garden. I set it up and it looks great. Now just to plant the seeds. So far, on our list of things to plant: corn, potatoes, tomatoes, raspberries, chives, parsley, cilantro, and the kids planted 2 pumpkins (to carve for Halloween). I am really excited. Especially since we are actually starting on time this year, so we may actually get a good harvest. Pictures to come!