Updates, Updates and more Updates

I will make this as short and sweet as possible. Yet again a lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. I will probably forget a ton, but this will be a good start.

Nate started school as is doing ok. He is having fun trying to takes notes with his hand. Right now the doctor has him in a splint, but we have to go back tomorrow to find out if we have to go and see an ortho doctor. I hope we don't!!!! He has been working it ton these past couple weeks, so it could be iffy. I will keep you updated. Overall it looks pretty good and he says it feels pretty good.

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FAIR TIME

Nate and I went to the Fair at the first of the month. It was fun as usual. We love just watching people and walking around to all the boothes. This year we "reserved" our tickets for the Demo Derby to make sure that we got in. Nate has got me hooked on this. There is just something about red necks ramming each other and watching the cars fall apart. Mom called me at the last second and asked if her and dad could come with us (yes I had invited them long before). We did not have more Demo Derby tickets, so they came in hopes of getting some. Needless to say they were sold out and mom and dad wondered outside while Nate and I watched. Mom kept calling asking if it was done yet. We finally left just after the women drove the cars. Next year we will have to get tickets for them ahead of time. I felt really bad, but I think they still had fun.
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ANNIVERSAY and BIRTHDAY

It was mom and dad's 32nd wedding anniversary on September 11th. Congratulations!!!

The next day was dad's birthday so we planned a little get together. Michelle and her family came to grandma and grandpas to surprise him. We ended up going to The Crossing for some yummy burgers. Then we headed to mom and dads for some home made cake.

Here is the cake:



While we were at the fair dad saw a "spaghetti and meatball" cake done by one of the 4H kids. He thought it was the greatest, so I did my best to attempt it. It must have been pretty good cause he thought Michelle made it. It was a pretty fun night and I think dad had a good time.
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TUPPERWARE PARTY

The tupperware party went really well. After it was all said and done, I made out like a bandit. I got about $200-$250 of free for about $25.00. It was well worth the time and effort. Needless to say I have enough Tupperware to last quite a while. :)

Here is a picture of my "haul"

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MORE HOUSE ISSUES

I took the last couple of days off from work to just relax and rest. I feel so tired and exhausted since Convention. I don't think I fully caught up from that and I have just been go go go. Needless to say I was doing the dishes yesterday morning and I turned on the disposal and noticed that it was shaking. I stopped and looked closer and found that the sink had come unglued from the granite countertop. It was small at first, but within a couple of hours the sink was hanging on by a thread. I put a canning pot underneath the sink to try and keep it held up. We called the construction company and within a couple of hours they were there to fix it. They were extremely nice and did it quickly......but they were not able to set the sink back up. They could only fix the sink. So now we called the construction company back and asked when they were sending the plummer to fix the sink. I was NOT going all weekend without a sink. Needless to say a couple hours more....the guy showed up and fixed the sink totally. Keep in mind for the next post that this was all happening when we were throwing a party. It looks good now and the guy swears that we can stand in the sink and it will not fall.


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WE HAVE GRASS!!!

Let me start by just saying THANK YOU to all those that helped lay sod last night. It went so fast! I honestly thought it would take us about 4 hours. No way...not with our incredible crew....we did it all in 2 hours!!! That is a record in my book. we started at 5 and ended just before 7. Mom did great at burning....I mean cooking the hamburgers (love you mom). The grill was too "manly" for her. We had a ton of Nate's family and friends to help. Dad and also a couple people from the ward came, so again thank you to everyone. It looks fabulous. Nate and I have a couple border areas that we have to finish up, but that will not take long. It has been pouring rain all day, so we have not been able to do that yet. Maybe later today. It feels so good to have grass!!! Dirt is just not fun to look at :(

Here is our beautiful yard.





I hope everyone is having a good week. This week will go extremely fast. I have trainings, meetings and an offsite this week. Then on Saturday we are going to Lagoon, so I hope it is nice weather. Talk to everyone soon.