Moving Day

Moving Day was finally here.  After commuting our kids out to Saratoga Shores Elementary for 5 wks, I was ready to get this move done!  We are desperately going to miss our Cedar Hills neighborhood and ward, but we are ready for our own home and to to start our new normal.

 The ward had a great turn out with help.  Thank you for that!  The girls also had a great time spending a few more hours with their friends before saying good bye.  We will still be around to see each other, but good bye for now.

322 W. Landview Dr

This is our new home in Saratoga Springs.  We had David Brown (bro-in-law) help put in some sprinklers in the front yard.  Next spring we hope to get some sod in and begin work on the back yard.

Lots of work to be done on this blank slate.

House is a mess, sorry...

Living Room

Family Room

Sorry I'm too lazy to get the big camera out for better pictures, the phone pics are so much easier to upload.

Kitchen

I love how this turned out.  Suppose to be an L shaped kitchen, but we did a bump out and now have the U shape.  Kitchen is where we all hang out...

Upstairs is Master and two bedrooms 

Downstairs is another 3 bedrooms and a bathroom

We only finished half of the basement.  So this will be my project to finish.  But it's still functional.  It's a walk out basement, can't see the door to the left.

I have so much to do to this house, I wish I had a ba-jillion dollars to do it all now!  But we plan to be here til kids finish school so a good 10+ years to work on that!

James Taylor In Concert

What a great opportunity to go to the Conference Center and see James Taylor in Concert with the Utah Symphony and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  I was a fun night with.  My brother Jeff had tickets so I invited Kiley (Trent's sister) and her friend Lori.  Thank you big brother!!

Terrible pictures I know, but still evidence that the guy is still kickin' and singing his awesome songs.

Afterwards, I met my brother in the electronics room and hung out for a bit.  Yeah they were finishing watching the BYU football game...

Soccer Season Begins

Another dose of soccer.  4 will be involved this year, and wow, did I forget how much driving there was for practices and games.  This is Northern Utah County league so we are still all over the valley!  Oh well, they really love it.  Trent is Ammon's coach this year and enjoyed it.  Ammon is still learning to have "dad" as coach and that he is dividing his attention with all the kids...it will work out.

 Coach Trent with Team "Dragons"

Tarin's team practicing the "Black Widows"

Rian and Raegan are also playing this season.  Raegan's team is the "Pink Panthers", while Rian's team is kind of young and chose the "Green Ninja Hulks"  a little weird, but a good team.

Labor Day Hike In Corner Canyon

Wanted to try a hike we haven't done yet.  Trent found a simple one called Ghost Falls up in Corner Canyon by the Draper Temple.  It was fun and very easy for those non hikers in our family.

The trail was shaded most of the way and the overcast was nice.  Ammon was my front runner...but Jarom was my trail blazer.  He kept a good pace for all of us.

Every now and then the trail would pop out to see the view of Salt Lake Valley.  It was also neat to see the temple in the horizon.  Seriously, I wish I had a better portable camera...phone pics are depressing.  It was spectacular.

 Finally we made it to the falls...but...that is the falls?  A little disappointing.  A little bit of running water over some rocks.  Maybe that is why it's ghost falls?  Can't see it?  :o/  I over heard another family say they use to be able to play in it...but it was barricaded off.  I'm sure in the spring there would be more run off and it would be more of a spectacle.  Oh well, it was a fun, refreshing hike.

 Altogether on the bridge ready to loop back around.