Couples Retreat to the Cabin

We had another great trip to the Cabin! The weather was good, snow was plentiful, food was delicious! Thank you to the Kannas' for the use of your Cabin! And thank you to all our friends that were able to go...we had a great time!

Here are some of the highlights:

The frost

The babies

The game

The cake

Grant Connelly Brodegard

Born December 28th, 2010 at 6:47pm

Weight: 7 lbs 3 oz

Height: 21 inches

Grant is absolutely amazing! He even came with hair for a great mo-hawk (I will post pictures of it soon). Everyday he creates a new adventure for us. We love him tremendously!

We had the baby!

He is amazing! We love him so much already!

Boy's U11 Soccer

The season is well over, but I just ran into the pictures so I thought I would share.

Bill and his friend Hyrum coached a Park & Rec city team this fall. I helped coach as well, but my role eventually evolved into the "team mom". These kids were amazing soccer players...they won almost every game by 10-15 points. Unfortunately, they were not very disciplined...they lost in the playoffs by one point due to a team breakdown.

The whole experience was great for both Bill and I (and hopefully the kids too). Through the season, they scored about 70 goals, ate about 300 cookies, and broke one arm. I love soccer!

Fun in DC

We were out visiting our friends, Randy and Chrissy, in Washington DC last weekend. It was a ton of fun! Thanks for letting us invade your weekend! (And James is just so cute)

We also got to hangout with Bill's brother, Jon, which is always fun (I am still sad that Becca and the girls were out of town).

And to make everything a little more fun, we also spent some time with Josh, one of Bill's roommates from BYU, who lives in Randy and Chrissy's ward. We met his wife, Cali, and their cute little girl, Piper.

The whole weekend was awesome. There was Medieval Times, a bike ride to DC, blue-buck pancakes, swimming, tennis, a Beatles concert, and root-beer floats. Thanks for a great weekend everyone!

more pictures of Basement

These are the first pictures we took. A lot has changed already.

look at that nasty floor!

this is what we looked like after we removed the floor. pretty gross, huh?

Finishing our Basement

This has been a fun project so far...The differences are amazing already.

We tore out the old floor and laid tile.

We put up the framing for a new wall (with the help our good friend Curtis).

We have installed new light fixtures.

And Bill is currently doing the wiring for the new lights.

There is still a lot of work to do...but we hope to be done in another 4-6 weeks. I will post more pictures later.

(Who would ever want to cover up that old wall? :-) The fist picture is Bill wiring the lights)