The Polar Plunge

Jim participated in the Polar Plunge this year for the Special Olympics at Deer Creek Reservoir. There was a costume competition and he took third! He was a Leprechaun gone gothic. :)

Before his big plunge he broke out his harmonica and did a little jig! The crowed loved it! He then took the plunge and yelled "irish spring!"

Happy Birthday Emily

Gosh I haven’t updated for a long time…but this weekend I have really great things that I get to be really happy about. 19 years ago on the 15th of February our family was very blessed to have Emily join our family…She’s the youngest of our four girls so I think everyone would say she’s the most spoiled……lolol
I have to say Emily is so layed back! There’s not much that gets her upset she just goes with the flow….even though we had some hard times. Her dad and I are so proud of her. She is going to Paul Mitchell’s hair school and is loving it! She does a great job.



Your family loves you very much Emmie!! I hope you have a wonderful Birthday and many more to come…..~Hugs & Loves~

I love this pic of my wonderful dad he’s holding Emmie, he just loved the babies and the little kids. I miss you so much daddy……xoxo

Wood, Wood & more Wood.

This is what Jim & I have been doing for the past month and we have until the end of October to get what we may need for the winter. In the last 9 years that we have lived in Heber (side note) I can’t believe we have been up here that long.
We try to heat the house with our wood burning stove, the first year we was here my heat bill was over $300.00 and so that’s when we started to use. We burin 24-7 all winter. And that keeps my bill down to $100.00 so it’s well worth it.
So this year my friend at work told me how her family go’s and gets their wood and It reminded me of when I would go with my dad to cut trees and get wood for the winter so I talked Jim into doing this and can I just say it’s VERY hard work, we go when we can have a day off together or when we get off at 2:00 when we get done it about kicks our butt’s. I guess we need to know we’re not as young as we think….lol.
The thing about burning the wood is the heat I LOVE it. It can never be to hot in the house I about kill my son-in-laws off when they come up……but that’s ok…..