The Basement

We just finished our Basement! YAY! We did about half of it ourselves and hired out about half. I'm just so excited it's done. It was finished in the nick of time. We had family stay there the same day the carpet was installed.

The last big thing we did ourselves was paint it. Tom sprayed most of it, but rolled the top of the stairs. Ainsley was thrilled to be able to help. Below are some great pics of messy Tom (crazy boy even paints in flip flops) and Ainsley helping out. :)

One Month and Three Years

My talented sister in law Anna, the photographer, was in Vegas while I was there, so I took advantage of the situation. :) I'm posting some of my favorites, but you can see a bunch more here.

Enjoy the cuteness below!

Eleanor Anna

Ainsley Hazel

the St. George part of the summer

ok, almost a month later.. wow... i'm getting bad.

Let's see.. when I last left you I was in Las Vegas for swim lessons. Then on the 19th of July, (my mom's birthday) my sister had a baby. A little girl named Scarlett. LOVE the name. Dang Sister, giving my mom a grandchild for her birthday.. now all future presents will fail to compare. lol
So, since I was only an hour and a half away, I decided to ditch Vegas early and spend the weekend in St. George with the fam, leaving Tom to work. The weekend quickly became the next week as I was having too much fun to go home. :)

Eleanor and Scarlett, One Month Apart

Grandma Cinda was there to see Scarlett, so we got to see her too. All her granddaughters in one place was more than she could refuse and she extended her trip a couple days, and then so did I.

All the Granddaughters!

pretending they are all sleeping..

well, the older two are pretending anyway

The Mumfords came up for the weekend to meet Scarlett.

Brooklyn and Ainsley made a castle.

Ains and her Great Grandma playing.

I was even lucky enough to be there when my brother
came into town with his cute wife and little boy.
(Candice & Scarlett, Matt&JaNae, Me&Nora)

They have a great water play area in st. george. Gavin, Wes and Ainsley loved it.
I definitely suggest checking it out!
It was a great week, so much fun to see my family and meet my new little niece!