Alex's Eagle Scout Project

After Zions, we went to Fernley to help Alex with his Eagle Scout project. The Scouts had prepped the parking balustrades (or whatever they are) for painting the previous weekend. The paint was white and it took several coats to make sure it covered correctly. We also painted the sign, which was definitely more dangerous than we had anticipated. Uncle Dave had his work truck there so that we could use the compressor to paint the sign. It was very helpful.

The final wipe down before painting.

Those to scouts in the back are standing on the tops of ladders. Literally, on the top of the ladder. That's what I deemed more dangerous than anticipated. The craziest thing about this picture is that the sign that they are painting is not over the entrance to the cemetery. The entrances are on the corners of the cemetery. Completely bizarre... talk about your poor planning...

Zions National Park for Dow's Birthday

We went with Dow and Hannah to Zions to hike for his birthday. We asked what he wanted for his birthday and that's what he decided. It was cold and snowy (yes, snowy) but so much fun and so pretty.


Dow and Hannah.


A picture of the snow.

I Love Fall! All the gorgeous colors...

I Got a New Haircut... Lalalalalala

Here it is! I love it! Justin's still getting used to it. Chris thinks it is cute. What do you think? Oh, and did I mention that it is super easy to do?

Haircut

Okay... I'm going to do it...

I have had long hair since Justin and I were married nearly five years ago. Before that, I had super short hair. I know that I swore that I would never chop my hair so short that I couldn't put it in a pony tail, but I've changed my mind. I'm going to chop it today... and I'm SO EXCITED! Anyway, for all of you who will miss my glorious, long tresses, I'm posting one last picture of them here.

Chris' New Do

Chris wanted to cut his hair because it "wasn't curling right." So, I grabbed my clippers and set to work. He wanted to rock a hawk for a few minutes before cutting all the hair off, so here is a close up of his "mohawk." Thank goodness for Elmer's glue...

New Blog Background

I created this new background using my Adobe Photoshop and some tips from a website I found through my sister-in-law's (Jody's) blog page. Sorry if you can't see the whole image. For those of you that will ask, yes, that is Campbell of Argyle plaid. A picture of Justin and I are on the left and just Justin is on the right. It was amazingly simple. Here's the link if you want to do it yourself.

Poor Puppy

On Friday, we had to take our puppy into the vet. I hate doing that because vets are so expensive, but our little puppy was in a lot of pain. Anyway, we found out that because her mother didn't nurse her long enough, her little bones were deformed and her immune system wasn't up to snuff. In fact, because of a fall, her abdomen was full of fluid and her kidneys were inflamed. Not to mention her ribs were flared and didn't connect to her sternum. The doctor gave her a 10% chance of living if we spent at least $2000 dollars and put her immediately through surgery. Even with all that, she would probably get sick again and it would probably be worse. So with that information, we decided to have Lily put down. I have decided that we are never, ever, ever getting another dog. It hurts Justin too much when they die.