Our New Backyard

We had our backyard worked on by David Margetts (a contractor in my ward) and he did a spectacular job. The work included extending the concrete slab across the length of the back of the house, grass in more of the backyard, a concrete pad for our shed, a concrete sidewalk to the gate, and an attached shed. They also replaced the barely living grass in the front yard and put in a gate on the side of the house where there wasn't one. The project is almost done. All that is left is the roofer coming out to put the concrete shingles on the shed roof. We are very pleased and Dave is looking forward to moving the contents of the garage into the shed.

This is the sidewalk along the side of the house.

This is the slab across the back the day after it was poured. The center slab where all the stuff is sitting was already there.

Our new shed from the backyard.

The new shed behind the new gate on the left side of the house. Also you can see our living grass in the front.

We added these prints to the cement while it was still wet. On the right is Jacob's handprits and on the left is Evan's foot smear.

Evan

Evan is rolling over consistently now. He is such a sweet baby. He loves to look around and to watch and laugh at Jacob.

So what do you think? Who does Evan look like? David or Katy?

Traveling

So far this summer, the boys and I have been to California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Now we are ready to stay home for a while.

California was a fun Crookston reunion. Unfortunately Dave could not attend because of work. We were blessed to have Mary and Rachel help us in our travels.

Evan, Jacob, and I flew to Arizona to visit family. We spent a week in Tucson. I ran into my sister-in-law, Mary, at Wal-Mart. What a suprise for her because she didn't know I was in town. Jacob spend the week being his Grandpa Zimmer's shadow which his Grandpa utterly enjoyed. My parents had all of their windows replaced while we were there. We spend a day in the smoltering heat with ALL of the windows out. Is smoltering a word? Eh, it is now.

We went to Albuquerque for a baby shower and a birthday party. Dave again was unable to come. Poor Dave, we keep ditching him. But we really do love him and we miss him while we are gone. The baby shower was for my nephew and his girlfriend. They are due with a boy in November. Michael's birthday was on September 5th and my parents flew in to help celebrate. Jacob and Evan had a good time with family. They both received tons of attention. Joe rubbed Evan's head whenever he saw him and Evan really loved it. I had the explorer worked on at Joe's shop (by the way, he is my brother-in-law) and Jacob found it rather disturbing that mommy's car was broken and the wheels were off. He asked his Uncle Joe to put the wheels back on.