Kory's Birthday and Yard is done

Kory had a birthday and is getting older. He turned 32 on Sept. 7.

Make a wish. The most exciting thing to the kids on birthdays is blowing out the candles.

Our baby is growing up and is so cute. He just turned 5 months. He now rolls from his back to his tummy but then gets stuck. He has also learned a new trick from his big sister, how to scream. He now instead of making cute coo noises, likes to squeal and scream - and he is loud. He is very wiggly and loves to eat baby cereal and anything else he can get his hands on.

Well we did it, the yard is finally done. Kory worked really hard and we have really enjoyed the appearance of our yard now, and so do our neighbors. Here are some pictures of what it looks like. I was going to put before and after pictures but that would take too long. You can look back at our previous blog postings and see the dirt we have had for a long time. Anyway, this is our new sand pit. The kids love it but it is extremely messy.

Our back yard. Kory put a sidewalk that spans all the way around our house so the kids can ride their bikes around our house in a circle. Kory also built me a new raised garden for strawberries and raspberries for next year.

The side of our house. New bark, plants, and sidewalk.

The other side of our house. As you can see we are not quite done yet. Kory needs to finish pouring some concrete and then it will be done also.

Our beautiful fountain. Everyone loves it, including us. These rocks came from So. Utah.

New landscaping.

House from the street view.

Our big planter. Used to be a big mound of dirt. Much better now.

Next planter in front of our house. Used to be just a mound of dirt too. It will be exciting to watch the plants and trees get bigger over many years. Good job Kory. I had my doubts during this whole project, but it ended up beautiful.

Family Pictures

Catching Up

Got behind on our blog again so here are a mixture of pictures of the events that have happened the last 2 months.

Kory and I celebrated our 10-year anniversary and this is a picture we took that day to give to Kory so he could take us to work with him and look at us as he is working. Just a little sentimental gift.

We blessed our baby Kason the end of June.

After the blessing we had a family get together at our home to feed everyone before they made the long trip back home.

Got you Jared.

Eating after the blessing. Some of Kory's family came up from So. Utah and Salt Lake area. We were so happy they could make the long trip up and be with us on this special day.

Happy to be getting blessed by his daddy.

Grandma Hall holding Kason.

McKay turned 6 years old the end of June. We had a fun birthday party with all his friends. Here they are opening presents.

At the birthday party we had a kiddie pool for everyone to cool off in.

I attempted to make McKay's birthday cake. It actually turned out really well and was very yummy.

Erica and her best friend Sierra drying off after fun in the kiddie pool.

We also rented a jumphouse and slide for McKay's Birthday party. The kids had a lot of fun and it entertained everyone during the whole party. Easy on us parents except the setting up and taking down of the jumphouse. It was very heavy, ask Kory. He said "never again."

This jump house was huge and barely fit in our yard.

McKay graduated from Kindergarten the first part of June and is ready for 1st grade. Here he is saying goodbye to his kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Rojas.

In the kindergarten classroom having goodies after the ceremony.

Our cute little graduate. Getting so big.

Mother's Day and Pictures of the Family

McKay and Kory surprised me with a Mother's Day gift of new tupperware. I think the best thing about Mother's Day was that I was able to make a really nice dinner for my family for the first time after Kason was born. It felt good to be able to do that again.

My tupperware towers.

Our baby is already growing up fast. He is starting to get chubby around his cheeks and arms. He looks a lot like McKay except the darker hair like Erica's. As you notice by the picture, he does have one of his eyes that the eyelid does not open as wide as the other. The pediatrician did not seem too concerned about it and said that he might grown out of it and we would just have to watch it over time. He is such a cutie anyway.

McKay and Erica love Kason! They are always concerned about him and want to be with him all the time. Erica will wake up in the morning asking where he is. She also gets very excited when he is awake and tries to comfort him when he cries and lets me know what is wrong with him when he is crying, usually she will say that he is hungry and I need to feed him right away.

Here are some pictures I found of the family when Grandma and Grandpa were helping us when we had Kason. I think McKay took a lot of the pictures.

Baby Kason Born

We had our 3rd baby April 30 at 12:52 a.m. His name is Kason Luke Hall (same initials as his dad). He was 6 pounds 15 ounces, 20 inches long, brown hair, very cute. Everything went well with the delivery. We are home now trying to get use to him and trying to sleep. The kids are adjusting pretty well. We are very glad to have Grandma and Grandpa Adams here to help us out. Here are some of the pictures we took of him.