Memorial day

On Memorial day weekend Kari and I went up on the rim by Happy Jack Lodge to camp out with Mom and Dad, Angie and Justin, and their friends. We went up Sunday after church and missed all of the big rain storms and mud. Here we are just chit chatting and lunching on Monday.

There a a little log cabin somene had built that Kari did not think it was upto snuff, so Kari, Carson, Kai, Camden, and Chance tore it down and rebuilt it, until it got to lifting up the big logs on the upper rows. They first took a union pee break and then came and asked for some help with the big logs. Justin and I helped with those. Warren came by and check it for structual integrity, gave us a thumbs up and walked off. Just as the boys finished putting pine needles on the top the girls got off of the quads so the boys ran off to have a turn. So instead of haveing pictures of the boys in the club house the girls took the chance to be photogenic.

Riley and Riley hanging out in the log cabin.

Trip to Big Lake

Last weekend Kari and I went up to the White Mountains by Show Low, Sunrise ski resort. I needed to go up and look for camping spots for our scout camp this summer. After we spent 4 hours driving around the forest by the lake we found a really nice spot. On the way out, Kari and I decided to stop for some lunch by the lake. It got cloudy and started to sprinkle so we thought it was really nice, so we sat on a big rock and enjoyed the weather. Everyone else on the lake decided it was time to go and hide. It was a really nice day, much better that the 106 degrees and sunny in Mesa.

Magic Mountain reload

While trying to add some text to the photobucket slide show some how it was disconnect/terminating the link the the slide show. Any ideas why that would be???? Any who we have just a few pics from some of the kiddie stuff. I guess we were to busy having fun.

Camporee

We had our annual District Camporee this last Saturday. These are two of my Scouts. For a full write up and more pics check out my BSATroop367 blog. It is on my sidebar.

Easter

Easter was fun. The Wednesday before Easter Kari's brother asked if we wanted to come over to his house for Easter, we said sure but we had plans at Mom and Dad Sorensen for dinner. So Friday after work we drove over to California for a day of fun. Saturday we went to Magic Mountain with Matt and Becca and their kids and Kirk(Marcus), Erica, and Livvy. We spent the Morning and afternoon with the kids in the kids area, later in the afternoon Matt wanted to take Robert, who is 7, on some of the roller coasters. So we made a list of all the roller coasters that he could go on and rode those, including one that had a loop, yeeee haaaaaa. After that it was getting to be around dinner time and so we left for dinner. We went to the stone fire grill and had some really yummy food. We took the ladies and the kids back to the house and the big boys went back to hit some of the more intense roller coasters. Sooooo much fun. Sunday we woke and had breakfast and the kids looked for Easter baskets, and to our surprise the Cardons had a Easter basket for Kari and I. Big surprise. Thank you! shortly after that it was time to drive back to Arizona so we could make it in time for dinner with the Sorensen's. More fun. Dinner, talking dirt bikes, and a fun game. Then it was time for home and some sleep. Thank you for all the fun everyone. I love being with our families.

Recycling or reclaiming?

If you have been by the house lately you know there have been some changes. About two months ago Kirk and I tore down the little blue house in the back yard. I am reclaiming the majority of the wood from there to use to build walls on the shop. Warren helped me put up the first 2 walls, may I say that it would be much easier to tear down the whole thing and start from scratch as opposed to filling existing holes. It is just a lot of cut to fit instead of just building from lumber that is all the same size and standard to each other. Anyway this is all about saving money and reusing lumber. So here is what we have been up to......

Here Kari and I are also tearing down a wall that enclosed our carport. More free lumber.

The last piece is coming down.

Here I am using some old and some new lumber.

The wall is done and going up.

The framing and sheeting is done. The window is also reused from the little blue house. So far I have spent less than $100 for lumber and nails and such. I love being thrifty.