Erik, Jenn, Tyler & Mason

Besides teaching junior primary sharing time and senior primary sharing time tomorrow I'm also giving a talk in Sacrament. I've pretty much lost my voice from being so sick we'll have to pray that I can actually speak tomorrow. Here it is, hot off the presses, my Fathers Day talk BEFORE it is available to the public! Click here to view my talk

My jeep broke down yesterday while I was alone driving to Renton to close a sale. We aren't sure what's wrong with it but we're just grateful it was a fairly uneventful problem. It was a blessing that I was able to steer it out of the way of traffic by myself and that Erik was able to leave work and come help me try to start it. We ended up having to get a tow truck but it was free because our insurance covered it. Hopefully Erik can fix it and it won't cost too much to do. The good news is, I hopped in Erik's Jeep when he got there and closed the sale (Pizza Time in Renton, my third Pizza time this week!). So things are looking up at least!

Ok I am finally ready to put the first round of before and after pictures of the inside of our house. There are many more to come as we have been very busy doing remodeling and paiting and decorating but at least now I can put SOMETHING up. The picture (above) is what the family room looked like when we bought the house. Peach paint, orange bricks and wood paneling behind the TV. This is the same place with a fresh coat of paint on the wall. I ended up changing my mind though so don't get too attached to that color. Here is a picture of the family room and dining room the day we moved in. Here is the entry way which was colorless and the door had a flimsy border and needed to be painted. The picture (above) is Erik ripping out the same orange bricks that were on the fireplace from the entry way floor. You can see that I had painted the entry way as well. Here is the finished entry way. We put new baseboards, new floor, new paint and new trim around the door. You may also notice ...

I decided to only let my friends and family read my blog. I'm sick of getting random Chinese characters as comments. So that's why you got an invitation to read my blog, because you are my friend or my family. :) PS If I forgot anyone let me know, I'm sure I did.