Water Line & Kaleb's Blessing

So in December(December 23 to be exact)we woke up hearing water running. Jake looked around and finally discovered that our main water line to our house broke! Our crawl space was full of water. So Jake and his dad dug out in the yard about 5 feet until they found the broken pipe. They put on a temporary piece. Since it was December, and the ground was frozen and covered in snow, that is about all they could do.
So a couple Saturdays ago we finally fixed the whole line. We checked around for pricing, and it would cost about $2,000- $3,000 to have someone do it. So Jake decided he would do it himself. He such a handy man. He impresses me everyday! We rented a backhoe, and had the help of our families. It was quite the project, but it went quite well. Thank you so much to our families. We couldn't have done it without you! We are so blessed to have such good families!

Jake and his dad digging in December






A couple weeks ago


I even ran the backhoe...it was pretty fun :)


We tore out some bushes and a stump since we had the backhoe




I thought i would take some pics of our rose bushes since they looked so pretty!

















The next day June 7th my sweet nephew Kaleb was blessed. His dad Bryson gave him a beautiful blessing, and then we had some yummy lunch!

This is too funny! I don't think anyone was ready :)


Me and sweet Kaleb

I Heart Taylor Swift

We went to the Taylor Swift concert on Tuesday night. It was freaking awesome. She is such a good entertainer, and truly a genuine, nice person. We were up pretty high, but it was still really good. We had so much fun!



This is how high we were up, but they had big screens you could look at.


She performed one of her songs up in the stands. Then she made her way down the steps and hugged everyone along the way.


Then she performed at the other end of the arena for a few songs.


Enjoying the show!


She came out in a Jazz jersey for her encore songs.


Then it rained on the stage. It was pretty awesome!

NYC Trip

OK, i am finally posting our pictures from New York (only about 2 months later). Any way we had a lot of fun despite me getting a fever, streap throat, and throwing up. Just a warning there are a million pictures. That is why it took me so long to post.
Oh and my spelling check is not working. So don't mind my mistakes:)

Time Square








The Brooklyn Bridge


We waited in line for about two hours to get on to the ferry to go to The Statue of Liberity



The view of the city from the island


Ellis Island




Ground Zero... It's just a construcion site






Grand Central Sation. This is on I Am Legend, and probably a lot of other movies.


The Empire State Building. This is the view from our hotel room.


On top of the Empire State Building


The Empire State Building at night. They change the color of the lights for different holidays and stuff, but they were just white while we were there.



Little Mermaid on Broadway...it was really good!


Pink Berry in NYC


We had dinner with Trent (Jake's cousin) he is going to school there to become a doctor. It started pouring rain while walking to the subway. That is why they are all wet.


The Plaza Hotel


Central Park




This stage is on August Rush. There was a group of students performing there. They were really good!


This is the bridge on Home Alone 2








This is on 27 Dresses


We went to FAO Swartz. It is a giant toy store.
This is me eating a giant soilder made out of jelly beeans.


Playing the piano from BIG


Batman made out of legos. They also had Darth Vadar, and Harry Potter characters.