The new residence

We have the beginning of a roof and some of the rooms have walls. This is how it will stay for the next few days for the Holiday. Hoping for a roof soon so we don't have to shovel out anymore snow. That was NOT fun.

More house

Well its starting to look like a home.
Here is the front view...

...and this is the back view.
Looking forward to more progress!

The house

Latest update... Floor is on, a few walls are up and they are about ready to pour the rest of the cement for the garage and patio. Today they are putting in the water line. Hopefully the weather will stay nice for awhile so we can get some more stuff done!

Stacey Christmas Party

Barbara playing the white elephant game.

Erin telling Santa she wants lots of Star Wars stuff.

Allyssa blushing.

Andrea put together some quilts for us to tie and donate.
We had lots of food and fun.
Thanks Dave and Andrea for putting together a great party!

House update

This is what our house looks like now only its covered with alot more snow. We are hoping to get some more stuff done at the end of this week. Come on snow give us a break!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Dinner at Grandma Stacey's house. Lots of yummy food thanks to everyone!

Games with the girls!

Celebrating Sydney's 3rd birthday. Happy Happy Birthday Sydney!

Finishing off the weekend by going to my dad's to enjoy the scenery.

Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Weekend!

Harry Potter at midnight

Thursday we went to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at midnight.

Ty, Seth, Lyss and Kenz before the show. I assure you Lyssa was excited to be there.

Diana, Katie, Andrea and her mom. Apparently my camera has a blinding flash hence the closed eyes. Katie, you still look great!

Apey, Kira and me.
The movie was great, but a little disappointing knowing we have to wait until summer to see the second half. Thanks everyone for coming, a midnight show would not be worth being sleep deprived without all of you and the nachos!!!

Our house

Wow, did I just write Our House?
Well, the hole is dug, footings poured and now they are getting ready to pour cement for the basement. Very exciting!


P.S. I am going to post updates on the house ALOT so sorry if there will be an overload of pictures and updates.

The Best Film in 2010!

I have been waiting for this movie to premier for 4 yrs, 2 months and 9 days. I do believe the critics would agree on giving it 5 stars. I hope you all enjoy watching it as much as I have!

Driving permit

Lyssa has had some very busy weeks with her play practices and performances. But she still found time to study and get her learners permit. She is pretty excited to get behind the wheel of our car. I told her we would get serious about practicing as soon as she is done with the play. Good job Lyss on passing the test!

A night at the Opera

Lyssa is in the Phantom of the Opera play at school.

This is her fan club!

Dinner before the show.

Here we are waiting anxiously for the show to start. Lyssa did an awesome job and she is having a ball.
Everyone loved it and we gave it 5 stars!

Papa and Mums Crew

The Whole Crew.
(I had to wait for Amber to post this one so I could snatch it. Thanks Amber!)

Papa and Mums Halloween Party

This is how AWESOME our family is
Quarterback and Prom Queen: A match made in Heaven
Look closely: There is someone hidden.....Can you find them?

There are no words to explain Ben.

Allyssa's is actually the best one! (the darkest face)

(Posted by Allyssa)

Peach days

The morning of peach days Andrea and I ran the 10k race. It was a pretty good course.

The girls watching the parade.

These little cuties were waiting for candy to come their way.

I had more pictures of those watching the parade and the guys driving Gary's truck and Ern's jeeps, but most of them came out blurry. That's what you get when a 15 year old or a tired, blind women taking the pictures. But we had a great time and after the parade we all headed over to Bear River to the Stacey family reunion.

Back to School

What a way to start the first day of school. Rain, rain, rain!
This was a hard year for me to send the girls. Lyssa started High School and Erin started her last year of Elementary School. I can't believe how fast time has gone! They both said they loved their classes and Lyssa gets the day off today.

Top of Utah half marathon

Saturday was the day Andrea and I have been training for. I can't believe I made it to the finish line. I would'nt have if Andrea wasn't right next to me keeping me going.

My computer is broken so I borrowed some pictures from Katie's blog. Probably a good thing, they weren't exactly pretty. Look at Andrea go!

Some of our support group that day!
We were so exhausted by the end but seeing everyone cheering us on helped me pick up the pace and even put a smile on my face. Thanks to everyone who came it meant a lot to see your smiling faces!

I hope they call me on a mission

It's official! My mom and Jim received their mission papers and are headed to the MTC Sept. 6th. Luckily for us they are coming a week early so we can visit with them.
Mom, Jim we are so excited for you and thank you for being such great examples to us!

Swimming

This week has been tons of fun! Kira and Maci have been spending the week with us. We have visited the horses and cows numerous times, the girls spent a day at Andrea's playing (Thanks Andrea and Kenz) and yesterday my sister Leigh and I took them to the pool. I was very impressed with Erin and Kira, they played with Ruthie and Maci a lot of the time.

Inception

It's been a while since I came out of a movie theater and said WOW! Well this movie is WOW! This movie kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I think I will see it again!

Happy Birthday Nana

Today is my mom's birthday. Happy Happy Birthday Mom!!! We love you and are so excited for you and Jim to start your mission calling. Hope you have a great birthday with Apey and fam.

Eclipse

I completely forgot to post about Eclipse. Heather, Andrea, Katie, Kenz, Lyssa and I went to go see it a few weeks ago. This is my least favorite book so I was not sure what to think. I still am not sure what to think. I am not a big fan of the love triangle, but I did like the fight with the vampires. Not my favorite summer movie. And to make it even a better night, Katie lost her purse somewhere on Hwy 38. Anyone seen a cute little gray purse with flowers and a camera inside? Thank goodness her wallet was not inside!
Sorry Katie!!!

The sorcerer's apprentice

This summer is turning out to be a movie summer. Andrea and I took the kids to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice today. Erin and I both really liked it. I am not sure if Andrea liked it, she was busy keeping up with Bisa. She is my new hero!

How to celebrate Erin's bday (Tuesday)

Erin woke up on her birthday to find banana, chocolate chip, Star Wars pancakes awaiting her.

Erin in her birthday dress, light saber and all.

April, Kira and Maci met us at the theater to see Airbender in 3D. Then we headed over to Maddox for some yummy ice cream.

Kira came home with us. Here they are eating nachos while watching Alice and Wonderland that Apey gave her.

We always love it when Melanie is around to get out the fireworks.

I think she has had a great birthday!

How to celebrate Erin's bday (Sunday)

Erin picked a yummy ice cream cake from Cold Stone to eat on Sunday.

We let her open most of her presents that day. Among them my parents and Carla's parents gave her Star Wars cookie cutters and Star Wars pancake shapes.

We finally gave in and gave her that DS that she has been begging for.

Thanks Papa, Mums, Donna and Carl for the awesome presents!