Facetime Surprise

The other night the phone rang funny..........we were getting a FACETIME call.  

Cam and Josiah were on the line.  She's feeling BETTER !!  Yeah !!!  and they were out on Cam's front lawn, on a blanket, watching a movie on the laptop, and carving PUMPKINS !!!

 

Very nice !!!   We love you guys !!

The Pump House

Remember this ?  July 24th, we traveled to Herriman to take a shed down and haul it home.  

After we got it home, we took everything, walls and all, roof, etc.  entirely apart, and then proceeded to rebuild it in the shop. It is a little bit bigger than the one we took down.   The original plan was to rebuild down at the Property right then, but the water table was too high at that point, and we didn't want to waste time by waiting, so went to work re-building in the shop.  

 

It was done in pieces, so that it could be taken apart again easily.  The base, 4 walls, one middle wall, and the truss system.  All built very sturdy, because we knew it would have to be taken apart again and put back together 

It slowly came together, and we reused 95% of the original shed material, and some extra wood we had on hand, and only had to buy a little extra.  We even got some free used Trex decking for the front porch.  After it was finished, and after the water table went down (1st part of October), we pulled it out of the shed (in one piece) with the tractor.  That trusty old John Deere came through !!
 

Meanwhile, down at the Property we dug the pumps out of the ground, and the water level had subsided enough that the pipes could be re-routed.  

Everything was re-buried and the dimensions were staked out

Pavers were laid down to place the building upon

All of the building pieces were set down at the Property.  The sides, and base were picked up and trailered down. 

Working around the wet well.

Kind of like putting a jigsaw puzzle back together.  A very well built jigsaw puzzle. 

Getting the roof back on took 3 tries, but again, our trusty old John Deere was a champ.  

It started out as a cold day - October 24th (exactly 3 months from the day we took the shed down in Herriman), but we got the truss system back on, and proceeded with the plywood on the roof.  Thatcher had a great time hanging with his dad and Grandpa Roger.  

The back of the shed - approx. 6 x 12 is where the pumps will be housed.  We'll put that all back together next spring.  Now we just need to get the back double door on (taken from original shed). 

By the end of the day, it had warmed up nicely.  Thatch better measure right !!  

And here we are at the end - ran out of plywood, so...............

When we woke up to THIS the next day, we weren't very happy.  We were hoping to get it all dried in before snow hit.  Hopefully it will clear up and warm up this coming week, and we can proceed. 

October so far

Football is officially over.  Tagg's last game in the playoffs happened on a beautiful Saturday, but the game itself WAS NOT beautiful.  I think they lost 28 to zip.  

Landon is working hard on the flooring in their basement.  

We tried our first ever BOMB from Bingham's Meats.  Chicken Cordon Bleu Bomb.  It was Delicious ! 

Payson, Bright and Bexlee had a great time at Grandma Carol's Halloween Party

Tagg had a DRUM CONCERT.   We couldn't go (COVID), but it sure looked fun.  

I'm going to try and make these today - Hope they turn out.  Roger loves meat loaf, but I'm not sure about FEET LOAF.

My co-workers gifted me with treasures from Morgan Merc.  A beautiful apron, a lighted miniature Salt Lake Temple (see in far background), and yummy cinnamon rolls.  It was Boss Day - they are the best employees, and I sure appreciate them.  We are more like friends than Boss/employee. 

The deer hunt has started, and TAGG has a TAG to fill.....

Landon and Kacey and kids had a beautiful family picture taken.  Turned out so good. 

Manda and Bren's remodel is coming together !  Love the new cabinets/island and tile. 

No luck so far on the hunt........... Sure hope he can get one, it would make Tagg so happy. 

 

Someone is sick with Mono :(

Our girl is sick with Mono.  She's been pretty miserable, and will continue to be so until it passes...........which is hopefully in a couple of weeks.  Until then.  No work, No leaving the house, resting, and lots of water.  Mono is a virus, so nothing to take to make it better.  Her tonsils grew so big though, the Dr. prescribed some prednisone to help with that.  We are so sorry she is suffering.  

Her throat is pretty bad - DANG !! 

 

Happy Birthday - how can it be 4 years already?

Sweet Tenzin - The years may come, the Years may go, and time will pass it's true.
But Time will never change the LOVE within our hearts for YOU

We love and miss this sweet baby boy who would have turned 4 years old today.  

Who would you have been?  Which big brother would you have looked like?  Acted like? Talked like?

 

One day we will have you again sweet baby.  

Odds and Ends

Protecting my poor spindly trees from the deer.  Hope it works !

Grandson Treyson is quite the guitar player.  Check him out on instagram.  He practices daily, and has really gotten very good. 

Manda and Bren's remodel is coming along.  Cabinets go in next week. 

The water dropped enough that they were able to get the pumps out of the ground, pipes re-routed, and the ground ready to go for the shed. 

Cam and Josiah

Lawnmowing is almost done, and sprinkler winterization has started up.  

We helped to cut back the grapes, which didn't produce too well this year.  

Remember this?  I never was able to make this work for me.  Not even with the quote :(

I've done more canning this year than I ever have before.  These bottles of stewed tomatoes is the last of it (bottling).  I puree them for spaghetti sauce, and use the spaghetti sauce I bottled for Pizza sauce !! Go figure :) 

Thatch's team went undefeated, and they were featured in the Morgan County News, which is back in business.    

Almost voting time.  So grateful that I will have a job for another 4 years, without the worry of being defeated in the election.  

As I said..........I just couldn't make it work, and in less that 3 hours on Morgan Classified, had it sold and gone.  The extra room in the garage is nice.  

These crazy kids love the trampoline.  It's about time to take ours down, probably tomorrow.