Yahoo, we are finally back home!!

Jeremy and I took a two week vacation! We went to Oregon for the first week for the National fastpitch softball tournament. It was awesome! Jeremy's team won the "B" league. Last year they won it in the "C" league. We will see what happens next year, maybe the "A" league!

Ryan came to most of the games and helped out with Austin a TON! I was nervous about going to a tournament by myself with such a wiggle worm, but Ryan took Austin on walks and played with him so that Austin was entertained and I could watch the games. Here the umpire was asking Ryan if the bat was legal! haha. Ryan loved being a part of the team and wished he could have played out there with Jeremy. Ryan also got to drive his favorite car, a "Dodger" (Dodge Charger).

These pictures are for Ryan:

Newest addition to the family

Lily Elizabeth Griffin born July 13th, 2010. 19 1/2 inches long 7 lbs

Very short labor, maybe 4 hours.

She is the 14th cousin! Girls are winning 8-6.

Colby Cutler 15 months old!!!

Look how cute my nephew is!

Values Bike Ride

The Young Women in my ward were doing a Values Bike Ride and they got to come to my house for the value Good Works. (What a cute idea huh?) I just talked for a few minutes on the value Good Works and then we ate bananas (because Good Works is the color yellow) dipped in chocolate. Austin and I both wore yellow and I made this little sign with scriptures dealing with Good Works. Ignore my paint job. The crown molding is soon to come.

Here are a few pictures of our house before I painted the rooms. i still haven't taken the after photos.

Many projects...Before & After

I wanted to paint a wall REALLY badly with stripes, so...here it is.
Before:


My design:

Austin helped pull the tape off for awhile...

But then he had to stop to text his friend...

After:
Before:

Beautiful handcrafted mirror-frame! I love the details and colors, but the colors don't match anything of mine.

Say goodbye to the colors...

check out the price tag!! I got it for $4 at the DI!!!

During:
After:

white with black glaze

Before:

beautiful (sarcastic) orange frame (from the DI for a couple of bucks!)

After:

spray painted white with black glaze (again)

Watching fireworks

Austin crawls like Mowgli from Jungle Book!!! He doesn't use his knees (I think because they get so scratched up and he can crawl faster this way), what a crazy kid! I LOVE HIM!!!

Annual 4th of July wheelbarrow races...

I honestly don't know if I've ever seen Austin so excited! When we got him out, he just kept trying to climb back in!

I ended up winning the race, but only because Austin kept trying to sit up while Jeremy was pushing him, so Jeremy had to keep stopping!

Look what I can do...

ha ha, Daddy styled my hair, but that's not what I wanted you to see...keep scrolling down!!

I crawled up the stairs all by myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it was only my second time trying! The first time I fell down them, but I was only on the first or second step.

SOOOO CUTE!

I JUST LOVE HIM...

Happy 3rd of July!!!!!!

Austin loved the fireworks last night. Air supply was playing down the street from us, so we walked over to see what was going on and then stayed and watched the fireworks after. I was very impressed with the fireworks! A lot better than I was expecting, (but then again, how can you not be impressed by huge bombs exploding colorfully in the air!) Austin got a little scared at first and climbed up on daddy's shoulder, but then the rest of the time he just stared at them, with no expression. I think he was in awe. These are pictures from the parade this morning. There will be more fireworks tonight, so I'm excited to see them.