Why is this on my mantle?

Anyone who knows Kelly very well knows that he loves to tease. I guess this is his way of teasing me. I have put this skull away in the closet a dozen times and it always mysteriously ends up prominently on the mantle. The picture below is of the fireplace and mantle minus the skull. I didn't do the masonry or cut the mantle but I did stain it. My mom helped to stain our railing and then I was on my own. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated and I am very pleased with the end results! I can hardly wait to hang stockings this year. Maybe I'll hang Kellys stocking from a tooth.

The next three pictures are from temple square in SLC when we were there a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful day.

Britnee, Jake, & Colton

We almost got everyone looking at the camera.

Now it works?

Taylor & BritneeMy Little Spooks
Britnee, Colton, Jake, & Taylor

Taylor Mae 10 mo.

For the past 5 days my pictures would not upload or I could get one uploaded and then a window would pop up and say "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" for some reason now it is working. Does anyone have an idea what was going on? Anyway here are some Halloween pictures. I will try to post more pictures of our trip to UT and maybe I will even put some pictures of the new house (that we have been living in for 3 months now) up, if my computer continues to cooperate with me. I hope that you all had a fun Halloween! Time for me to put the decorations away.

A picture is worth 1,000 words

1300 Miles

What do you find in your car after you drive nearly 1300 miles with 4 kids? Fast food wrappers? Random socks? Empty water bottles? How about when you go to clean it out 4 days after you are home you find a live snail with a crushed shell in between a bunch of papers. Any guesses who put it there? Anyone who knows my children at all can guess.

Well for some unknown reason I can't add any more pictures. Anyway we went to WY and UT over the weekend. It was Kelly's Grandpa Jenkins 90th birthday party. It was fun to visit his Grandparents and spend the weekend with his family. On Saturday night Susan, Patrica, and Sarah (Kelly's Mom and sisters) and Olivia and I went to Witches Night Out at Gardner Village in West Jordan (I think) I actually have no idea where I am when I am in UT. Gardner Village is such a fun place to shop I can hardly wait to go back someday. On Sunday we took the kids to Temple Square and watched the Joseph Smith movie. Somewhere along the line a snail was picked up and carefully placed in the car for me to find at a later date!

I have faster internet service so my blog might get updated more regularly now ~gasp~(if I figure out why it won't upload any more pictures). Nels already gave me free tech support THANK YOU. Apparently even if you only use the free support once in the free year they charge unbelievable amounts for their vast knowledge. I could pretty much buy a new computer for what they wanted to charge.

Fairfield is Wonderful

Mom, Dad, and Taylor (7 1/2 mo.)
Mom and Emilee Jake in the truck and on the trailer

McKay harvesting
Jake and Tate
The whole gang

Taylor Mae in the middle of the field
Colton

Kelly and I moved into our new house on the 5th. We spent 4 nights there and then I took advantage of my chance to visit my family in Fairfield. Here are some pictures of the harvest. I have great memories of playing in the grain when I was growing up so I am glad that my kids were able to spend a little time in the field and on the combine during the harvest.

THIS IS A TEST

It is only a test. I just want to see if anyone still checks my blog. Don't worry I won't feel bad if no one responds, I haven't even checked it for over a month or updated it for like 3 months. Our house is nearly done. The carpet will be finished tomorrow, a/c installed and rock put on the front. Kelly and I need to put up the interior doors, stain the front door and replace some sheet rock in the garage (long story). Then we need to build a deck. Piece of cake, right!?
My life may become somewhat normal within the next 2 months or so. But I won't hold my breath, you had better not either!

Sheet rocking (still)

I am using the large sized letters so that this will appear like more words. Kelly and I have been sheet rocking for about 2 months now. We planned on 2-3 weeks. All I can say is that 2500 sq. ft. & a triple car garage is a lot of sheet rock and work! We do have to take into account that in that time period Kelly got type B influenza (yuck!) and we took time off to go to a funeral. We are seriously so close to being done (with the sheet rock). The garage is partly done and there are only a few small things left to do in the house! I am so excited to move in although there is still a pile of work for us to do. Taylor gets to hang out with us in her play pen. She really has been good and she is growing like crazy. I will put up a picture soon. Jake, Colton, & Britnee don't really appreciate me hauling them out there after school but they are good troopers most of the time. They like the big pile of dirt and have big plans for a garden this summer.