Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

Guess what?!?!  We started a new project! The goal is a bigger shower, no more pink tile and... that's it.  Just that. The old bathroom had a sink and tub space which lead to a toilet and shower room and a walk-in closet (pictured above and below). The closet would be reconfigured to make way for a 4x5 foot shower space. We removed several of the shelf/drawer units.   While cleaning the closet I found this bumper stick my parents gave me in a birthday card a couple years ago.  So I put it on the Rhino, it fell off during the snow later this month.   With February being Valentine's Day month and Melissa and I being madly in love newly weds we decided a trip was in order.  So we drove up to Utah county for some romantic tile and shower shopping. Valentine's Day also happened to be moving day for my brother James' family.  They sold their house and moved to a condo in Springville.  I helped with the moving and Melissa and ...

New Year's Day was nice and snowy, just like it should be. I love plowing! Melissa loves snow pictures. The fire ring looks better covered in snow. Melissa got me the little sheet metal puzzles for Christmas. The Golden Hinde and... The Millennium Falcon . Melissa working on her Christmas present table. Zoe's laser eye approves.  The verified that the table is 100% square and level. Some time during the month I received a text message from a neighbor (Travis Whatcott) asking me to help him give a blessing to someone he knows.  This friend had been in a car accident months earlier. She lost her sight and the ability to walk.  Brain damage changed her personality and took away many of her memories.  Her children (5-17) didn't feel comfortable with her because of her mood changes. By the time he brought me for the blessing she was walking again (unstable) and much of her memory and personality were back.  We talked with ...

The branch by branch tree we got for free out first Christmas and still use (because we only think about replacing it while putting it up). The house got dressed up a little more than normal this year. Rope lights on the retaining wall and railing. A string light tree and a snowman. The Monticello Temple decorations in progress when we went to the temple. Melissa came in to find this on her classroom wall.  Thank you Mr and Mrs Winder. Then I made Melissa a table... well, I started it anyway.    Melissa got really sick to her stomach, so much that Zoe and I had to setup the air mattress for a night to avoid the contaminated zone. Zoe was so worried about getting sick that she asked to be sent away for a few days, back to her home planet. We spent Christmas eve with Mum and Dad, Jon, Adam and Jeanette.  And a strange Swiss contraption which cooks meats and melts cheese for tiny sandwiches. Then we busted out mom's...