Visiting Family

I am again behind on the blog! I spent the past two weekends visiting my family in Utah. John stayed home to work, and also made great progress on our apartment. UTAH Many years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to do taxes, and even went so far as to earn a Master's degree in Taxation. However, I rarely use this knowledge anymore, but love to do so every chance I get. After trying to answer questions from family members over the phone, I decided I should go out to offer help in person- thus the trip. Sadly, I forgot to take pictures of our tax sessions. Many smiles, many large refund checks. One evening, as part of family bonding, the girls all watched our brothers ride four-wheelers and the go-cart. I didn't take any pictures of Rob, because I was too scared- I thought one of those wheelies would be the end of him. I am still trying to forgot seeing those. All of the go-cart pictures were blurry (should have guessed, huh?). Here is one of Dave's stunts gone wrong. He had landed on his backside just moments earlier. Hailey was worried, but Katie kept a strong composure. Afterward, we played some pool in our parents' garage that the brothers have converted to a game house. Here we have team "Younger Kids" (the younger four siblings, less Ali) Rob, Liz, & Emily. Rob cleared the table. On the right are the Uncles Dave and Rob with Hailey. There is no picture of team "Old Foggies"(the oldest four, less Ned). We (Dave, Katie, and I) lost miserably to our junior siblings. We all hid in shame. Since I was home, we decided to throw a baby shower for my sister Alice. Ali and Liz are both expecting babies, both due June 29. Here is Hailey, arriving in style. She is very interested in accessories. In the group photo: l-r are two of Alice's friends, our Mom, cousin Rebekah, Aunt Susan, Grandma Price, Shelby's Mom, and Grandma Williams. And on the other side of me were cousins Beth and Libbey. RENOVATIONS The latest major accomplishments on our place are that we had our floors refinished, John put up our dining room chandelier, and John and our friends Spencer Y. and John P. continued to put up mouldings. Our furniture will arrive on Saturday, and soon we will have all of our rugs. Maybe tomorrow we will finally catch up on laundry. To the right is one of the many changes to our home that I LOVE. My closet is so organized! This is so unlike our student housing closets. I love how easy it is to put things away (especially when all my clothes are on the floor in the front room). Below are current pictures of the dining room and living room. I probably should have replaced the radiator covers, it makes a huge difference. So close!