2 x 7

Pierce and Cash turned 7 while we were in Springfield this year. Pierce specially designed his own at Grandma's with blackberries from the garden.

Cash went with blue cup cakes for his cousins swimming party at James' pool.

Noelle figured out quickly how to eat corn on the cob. Her technique wasn't pretty, but it was effective.

Bust Some Mutton

 Our nephew Barrett entered the mutton busting competition at this year's Pleasant Grove Rodeo. Not being up to speed on my rodeo lingo I didn't know what that meant, but I knew it was enough of a reason for us to go to the rodeo.

 Mutton busting - an event held at rodeos similar to bull riding in which children ride or race sheep. Here's my nephew. Unfortunately, the sheep pretty quickly showed the four year-old who was boss. Clearly, he was not the only one last night...

 I already feel a little badly that we eat them, but the "Cash Cow" event added to my slight guilt about what we put these animals through. They stick dollar bills to a few cows and then invite all the kids to come chase the cash cows. It looked like what I'd imagine the opposite of the running of the bulls would look like.

I knew I had a pearl-button shirt and a big belt buckle for some reason.

House Plans

from this:

to this:

When we found this house in Holladay we knew that it would be a big project for us. One that would make our previous one seem kinda small. We fell in love with the location of our new home, but before we even put an offer in, we hired a structural engineer to inspect it to give us an idea of what it would take to add a second story. This is our "forever" house so we wanted to make sure it could be all that we wanted. Our plans are getting finalized this week, but here's a peek at what we've got planned.