Tadd's Birthday

Tadd is 2!!!

Ask Sarah why his candle says "6".

Tadd enjoying Grandma & Grandpa Snowder's gift

(wearing Eric & Tracie's shirt)

Video of blowing out the candle.

Monday Halloween Activity

We just had a fun evening at Farnsworth Farm & Cider Mill. We enjoyed hay rides, bounce house, carnival games, outdoor movie (It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown), and won a gallon of fresh apple cider.

Arrgh!!!!

Happy Halloween

14-sec video of bounce house

Tadd Hot-Tubbing After a Long Day

Oct 17 Weekend

Finally, a relaxing weekend. . .

Cara and Teya had their last soccer games for the fall season. Cara's team finished undefeated, with Cara scoring 2 goals in the last game's win at 3-1. Cara was scared because her team was down 0-1 at the half. She has a good knack for the game, and made some very good passes and defense plays.

Teya was all smiles as she ran around during her game. She had some pretty good kicks and blocks, but was most proud that it was her turn to bring treats to the game for her teammates.

With soccer season over, that leaves Kyle as the only active one. He is on the pre-comp swim team and is loving it. When we finally got him a racing swimsuit, he couldn't believe how much drag was eliminated.

We've been a little worried about Tadd's limited vocabulary. He turns 2 in a couple of weeks but can only say a few words: Mom, Dad, I, milk, Wii, apple, please, no, yes, dog, play, hi, bye, and uh-oh. However, last night, he said his first sentence, "Mom, I play Wii?" Even though it is not our first choice in what we want his first sentence to be, we were happy to finally hear him talk. Nevertheless, the answer was "no".

On Sunday, it was a joy to attend Stake Conference. It was one of the broadcast sessions where we were able to hear from the prophet, Elder Hales, Elder Costa, Sis. Matsumori, and the local temple presidents. With four temples in the valley, we were encouraged to attend the temple weekly. Where else but along the Wasatch Front would that even be possible?

Anyway, we are doing well at the Snowder home. Again, much thanks to everyone helping out lately.

House Update (Ready for Appraisal)

We've completed enough of our house for the appraisal, and will spend the next few years finishing everything else. We owe a special thanks to Grandpa & Grandma Lewis for a lot of work they put in the last few weeks to finish it. We received a lot of help from several people. Tiff & Terry helped design it, paint the interior, and build the food storage shelving. Eric and Tracy Snowder helped lay the sod. THANKS EVERYBODY!!!!!!

Sarah made a video of the interior on Friday but recorded it on HDTV quality (to big to post). Besides, I don't think that Grandma wants to be seen crashed on our couch or wandering sleep deprived through our house. Since then, the kids have run amok with toys scattered all over. We'll make another video to post, and then we can be done talking about our house forever!!! Until then, we find the "before" and "after" pictures of the exterior pretty fun.

March 2009 (Before)

October 2009 (After)

House photos

Someday we'll post more than just house photos. We are almost done.

We love the outside

and . . .

the inside.


It's even kind of fun at night.



But then again, a home isn't a home without . . .


FAMILY!

Updated house pictures

We hope to have the work completed by the end of September. The exterior rock work should be done this week. We've already finished the mud room and we are now ready to paint the rest of the house.

The unfinished exterior will be rock finish with a metal roof on the shed

Mud room. Yeah!!!!

Weekend Pictures

Teya's soccer game

Cooling Cara off

Oh, Dad!

After a long day.

The kids got tired of waiting for the house to be finished, so they built their own to sleep in.

Real Salt Lake - 4; Chivas USA - 0

We had another fun excursion on August 26 at the Real Soccer Game. (Pronounced REE-AL for all non-soccer fans). It was Kids Night sponsored by the school district, and we walked away with free hotdogs, drinks, popcorn, and bike helmets. Not to mention an action packed 4-0 win.

We made new friends.



Enjoyed the concessions.

Half-time

Tadd celebrating one of the four goals by RSL

Beautiful sunset

Salt Lake County Fair

After finishing our morning work on Saturday, August 8th, Jeremie took the kids to the County Fair. Sarah stayed home to work on the house and finished framing out a kitchen closet. The fair was a blast, and the kids enjoyed the carnival rides, petting zoo, exhibits, and fried corn dogs. Cara, Kyle, and Teya went on the Gravitron without Dad, and had so much fun, the girls did it again. Kyle wanted to go on the ride again, but after puking after the first time, Jeremie wouldn't let him get on it again. Teya also refused to use the port-o-potty, saying that they were too gross. I wonder where she gets that from. After Jeremie noticed that her pants were a little wet, she was sent back to the port-o-potty.

Look at Teya's expression

Tadd's favorite part was the petting zoo

Tractor Tadd!
(He has a mouth full of candy he took from an exhibit)

That's a funny looking sheep

What can you feed the birds?

Wouldn't it be nice if . . .

House Updates

Our home addition is coming along nicely. We've had a couple of setbacks, but construction is never as simple as it looks on paper.

A new window was added to the south side of the old part of the house for Teya's bedroom.

The new siding is looking great.

New upstairs hallway through Kyle's and Tadd's former room.

Laundry room at left. Hooray!

Vaulted addition

Basement addition

Basement addition
(Cara's room in back)

Basement addition

(New family room with fireplace)

Tadd earning his keep

Working on adding a shower to the basement bathroom

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

Eternal families are sealed together here.