Baptism & House Warming

We went up to Afton Wyoming yesterday to see my cousin Holly's daughter Hannah be baptised. It was a really fun trip because Mark and Holly just bought a beautiful home on 5 acres with a beautiful view of the mountains. Montana and Hannah went riding around on their 4 wheeler on their property. Holly is used to it and it didn't bother her a bit- but I look out the window and Hannah is driving in her baptism dress, Montana is on the back, in her dress holding on for life. They were splashing thru the mud and having all kinds of fun. Montana had the biggest smile ever.

The church the baptism was at was the most beautiful LDS church I have ever seen. It was like a castle. I had to take pictures of it.

Also we went to Uncle John and Aunt Sherma's cabin after for some chit chat. We absolutely love it up there and go every chance we get. It's a small town and mountains all around. If we could take our jobs with us, we would move there in a heartbeat.

Sierra's ShowTeam Dance

This isn't the greatest quality but you get the general idea. Most of the time she is front and center.

http://www.youtube.com/v/POONvxgxyLU&hl=en%22

Hard Work

Cute little backyard corner

Brick pavers for our new patio

Newly painted doors (yes, it's black, and I love it!)

Front yard flowers

We have been trying to spruce up our yard the last few days. We trimmed our way overgrown tree in the front yard, planted some flowers, reseeded some bare patches of grass, and we are still in planning mode for our patio in the backyard. Eric hauled home 1200 red brick pavers from someone at his work who donated them to us for- FREE- We love anything that is free. So they are sitting there looking pretty in a pile. It took about 800 trips to get them all from the trailer to the back yard because they are quite heavy. It was a family project. I am not looking forward to moving them again- but we are determined to get the yard looking good this year. Wish us luck!

Eric's Tokyo Pics

More Tokyo Pics

What a weekend !!

Friday I got a wild hair and decided to start painting a project I have had in the works for a long time. I painted my front door, stair railings, house numbers and the garage door. I thought (like I always do) that I could get it done in no time. It took forever and almost 24 hours for the front door to totally dry. It still needs another coat but I think it turned out great. I hope Eric likes it. I also tore down the wallpaper in the kitchen to kick start our efforts in that room as well. I have been watching way too many home improvement shows. But it will be so nice when it is done. (Does it ever get done?)

Sierra had a dance competition yesterday and they kicked some major butt. They took first in everything! They even scored a trophy for best routine of the day- out of about 300 routines. Needless to say it way a very long day, but we had a fun time. We have been trying to get the digital video from my mom and dads camera to a DVD or something. So as soon as our three brains can figure out how to make it work I will post the video. I think if I hijack the camera I can probably figure it out- but we will see.

Eric is on his way home tonight. Finally! It seems like he has been gone for a month. I forget how much he does for our family until he is out of the picture and I am left juggling everything. He is so underappreciated. He deserves a big medal and a parade when he gets home. We love you daddy. Hurry home to us!

Tokyo Day 3

Today the fun begins. At 10:00am we will be picked up to go to a lunchen with Golden Gate Capital and some high level distributors. After that it is back to the hotel to change into the Tux and back to a dinner party. I really wont' be doing much but smiling.

Let me tell you about dinner last night. One of our former co-workers from Unicity met up with us for dinner. He took us to a Korean BBQ. WOW!!!!! best food on the planet. Pricey but fantastic. We talked about the old days, laughed a lot, and I got to hear stories about Preston- my boss. Dirt on the boss is always a good thing.

My meeting went okay yesterday. I am not sure if we will do business with them. The filter they have isn't as great we hoped. I could tell my boss was not impressed and I felt like it was a waste of time and money having me here. One the up side we found out more in 2 hours than we have in 2 months of trading emails. So I guess that is something.

I need to get moving but just thought I would give an update.