a big house for 2 big dogs

Our poor dogs have shared an igloo for the past 3 years, so we finally built them a penthouse. It wasn't meant to be quite this big, but I was worried they would be too squishy, so Scott made it 4 feet by 8 feet. It's insulated, has a summer porch and inside winter quarters, shingled roof. I think we need to send a picture into Jay Leno, but the dogs love it.

Watch out for that spit!

It was a little tight painting the inside of the doghouse! We let the girls help paint the doghouse too, but they were bored after about 15 minutes.

Korie coming over to check out the progress


Look at all that insulation

Margaret and Ruby testing it out.

Happy Halloween

Annie was a vampire, Margaret a skeleton, Ellie a witch and Eva a pumpkin

This year Halloween was really rainy, but the girls still had a great time going trick or treating and to Aunt Nancy's party.

Our annual Yellowstone Trip

We love our annual trip to my parents cabin and Yellowstone.Sweet Eva
Margaret and Ellie Mae playing in the loft

It was so cold we had to let the dogs sleep inside. I had to wash all the walls when we left, it was so gross.

My cute family

Mags kept trying to sneak and touch the water, so I let her and Annie freaked out because she might get burned. I touched it first, but Annie is so cute and motherly.

Mags holding her nose!

So funny! Never gets old!

We saw many animals, but my favorite was the bear eating berries right by the road!

Me and Ellie Mae

Mags and Annie

So stinkin cute

Hot Dogs with the Bellamys

We went up to Fernwood with the Bellamy's for dinner. I have never been to Fernwood. It is just off the highway in Layton. It has a great picnic area and a hike. We can't wait to go on the hike. There was a fire restriction on, so we had to grill the hot dogs instead, but they were still great. The kids had fun running around. They kept talking about a purple monster and Mason really wanted to find it. We played the candy bar game. It was fun, but I don't think the kids are ready to play that for a few years. There were many tears. The more I blog I realize that I'm a very distracted photographer. I always forget to take pics of half the people and I'm never patient enough to wait for the really good ones.


I had the hardest time getting a cute picture of the kids. I should have been patient and followed them around instead because this one wasn't so great. I had to include it because it was the only pic of Annie and Maggie.

The kids didn't care we didn't have smores. Ellie and Ethan eating cookies and marshmallows.

Mason looking for the perfect stick.

Ellie having a great time!

Eva loving her hot dog bun.

Baby Zach and Spencer

Nap Time

I put Eva down for a nap and went to jog and when I came back a half hour later this is how I found her. I can't believe how big she is. This is the first time she has pulled herself to standing all by herself. She is almost 8 months.