Sun Spider Outbreak....YIKES!

We have sprayed twice in the last month that we have been here and are still having run in's with creepy crawlers! I hate Spiders and I think as tough as Nick is he hates them too! We have killed at least one a day whether it be in the garage or outside. Well last night I noticed another one of these sun spiders in my entry way to the front door and I knew it was to high for me to reach so I called Nick and made him kill it first thing the next morning. So here is Nick (shirtless lol) on the latter with a broomstick with paper towel taped to the end to squish the huge spider. I always am getting a kick out of my cute hubby!

The Best Kitchen Towels Ever!

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So here is an explanation about why am posting this. First of all you have to know that I love nice linens and sheets! My sheets are Ralph Lauren satin sheets with a very high thread count! Love them. Well my mother in law came across Eurow and Oreilly's Dish Towels at Costco like a year ago or something. (could have been sooner, but I have been envying them forever it seems like) Ever since I used them at her house doing dishes etc I have been on the hunt. I looked at costco, william sonoma, department stores etc. Well ta dah I finally found them on the internet at www.euroworeilly.com! They are 3 for $7.99 which I was totally willing to pay because these are seriously the best! I get tired of my dish towels not soaking up enough and also not being soft. So here they are if anyone wants to benefit from my searching efforts! I think whoever buys them will fall in love!

Putting the family to work!

We are so thankful to my wonderful family that came down this week and worked so hard. We painted our entire home in 2 days! We have installed appliances, shower doors etc. We are so tired but here are a few pics of the painting process! Mckay and Amy just pooped out on us haha. Sorry I forgot to turn the pic, but this is my dad rolling the sealing! He got the hardest job and the ceilings are way high so it took a lot of hard work! Thanks dad I hope your shoulders and back start feeling better!

Bentley...he was kind of a mischief maker! He would pick up screws, crawl in boxes etc. I got him in the paint box here.

Here he was pulling off the tape after my mom would get it on the wall. Lil Stinker!

Here is my wonderful mom! She came early to help me with Bentley so we could get some things done.

Heidi and Morgan also came from Vegas, but I failed to get pictures of them. Thanks to all! It looks great. Once I get moved in and decorated I will post more pictures of our new home!

Catching Up!

Well now that I have had a few moments to sit down and relax I figured that I would post about our Lake powell trip 2 weeks ago. The funny thing is that later tonight Nick and I are headed up to St. George to go to Lake powell tomorrow with my family :)! So there will be more when I get back next week. This picture is of Nick getting ready to ski! He was a little rusty at first but he got up and was sore the next day from it. We didn't have a bath tub on the house boat only showers so this was where Bentley ended up every night. He really enjoyed trying to get out.

This is aunt Stef, cousin JT and Bentley. JT was so cute he wanted help holding his cousin Bentley.

Thanks to the Ence's we were invited to swim in there mini pool on top of their boat. Bentley had fun playing with little Eva.

This is Nick wake surfing! It is easy to get up, but hard to balance and let the wake push you with out holding onto the rope, hence surfing. Good job babe!

Grandma Westbrook bought this nice life jacket for Bentley. I was so glad and he liked floating in the water and kicking his legs.

Here he is just kicking away. I kept telling daddy to hold on to him, but he wanted to let him do it by himself.

Like father like son!

Here are the cousins playing in the family room. Halle is really good at playing with JT and Bentley. They love her.

Aunt Kristen holding Bentley on a boat ride.

Thanks to Nick's family we were and are able to enjoy vacations at Lake Powell! We love it there and look forward to going back tomorrow!

ok so I have had family here for the week and we have been painting, painting and more painting. I have been so busy with moving and remodeling. But we are having a great time and had a good 4th of July. I will post later today some pics of our progress.

We are off!

So after moving all day we just packed our bags and are on our way to St. George. From there we are heading to Lake Powell... our favorite place! Today has been so hectic, but we got through it. We still have tons to do when we get back on Saturday. Well just thought I would pop in and say hell0! I'll post more when we return.

Sunday

Today is one of my favorite days of the week! It started out with Bentley sleeping in until 10 am!!! This is amazing for him. I was just a little stressed about giving my last young womens lesson, wrapping Sophia's baby gift, getting Bentley ready and myself all before church at 11. It's kind of a bitter sweet day, I love the calling that I have had and I will truly miss the relationship with my beehives! We had so many fun memories together! I team tought with Sister Sherman today and the spirit was there! It was amazing to see the girls faces as we talked about eternal perspectives. Thanks Manzanita YW for letting me serve you!

On a side note I am way stressed out because we have been up late painting the last few nights and we are running out of time. We leave Tuesday for Lake Powell which will be a blast, but at the same time that only leaves us one day when we get back to move into our new home. We don't want to miss the lake trip so we are spreading ourselves thin and working super hard to get everything done. The paint looks so good at our new home. It is called nomadic desert which is a tan color and were doing white trim and doors. It's amazing to me how much paint can change a home and dress it up.

Well thats all so far today...we just got home from church and Bentley is sleeping. I think I will read and take my afternoon snooze!