The Joys of Grandparenting

Owen & Clara love watching "Follow That Bird" from Becca's bed.

Grandma loves playing games with the grandkids!

Emmaline loves to dance. See those teasing eyes!

Lunch time

Owen & Clara love to eat Grandma's treats

Snakes!

Ruth found a garter snake in our back yard!

Rex wanted to have a look too.

Snake!

We have a resident garter snake in our garden. Actually there may be more than one. Verla took these pictures when Lisa was here with Ruth and Rex in May.

The Little White house in Springville

Dad's little white house at 133E. 700S., Springville, Utah isn't white anymore. The thought of painting the house and then repainting in another ten years just didn't seem cost effective. In addition the 60 year old windows were beginning to fall out of their wooden frames. So with some spare time on my hands and some help from Rachel's friend Nefi Acosta, I started on the residing project in August.
First the old siding was stripped off and hauled to the dump. (see photos)
Next, we removed some sheathing to add some wiring for additional outlets needed in the living room, kitchen and bedroom. Then we blew some cellulose insulation in the side walls. While blowing the insulation at the back of the house, I blew out my knee. I was stepping off the ladder and stepped in a low spot on the flagstone patio and hyper-extended my left knee. It was then that Paul Jackson, my nephew came to the rescue. He worked with Nefi for the rest of the Fall and completed the vinyl siding project. Shown below are photos of the project in progress.