The side of our house is what you see first as you pull up. It will be nice when this is landscaped because it still doesn't look like anyone lives here yet. We are going to put in the landscaping in the spring, so we'll just have to get used to the dirt for a few months longer I guess. 

This is our back patio. Not much but enough for maybe a barbeque.  

Here is the left side of the garage before we moved in. All the stuff we took from storage initially was put right here and then we cleaned them as we brought it in. Everything from storage had a layer of dust so we didn't want it moved right in. The move was uneventful except for a box of apricot juice that had a couple bottles break and get apricot juice everywhere.  

Here is the other half of the garage. There is a utility sink and an access door. 

Here we go downstairs. The landing down there is carpeted with a single door to the left and a double door to the right. The left side will mostly be storage and the right side is big and open. Anyone want to play hockey? 

Here is one side of the downstairs. The other side is just wide open (see below). This is just hte water heater, furnace, and all that good stuff. 

This is what the downstairs looks like. They wrapped the ceiling but that is about it. This will be for projects way down the road when our family doesn't fit upstairs anymore.  

BYU Football time again! October 6th, 2006

It was time to go to Lavell's place again and watch the BYU football team play San Diego State. 

Rise and shout the cougars are out!! 

Everyone's favorite cool cat Cosmo! 

Here is the George Q. Cannon Crew! They did quite a few pushups in this game. 

It was fun to be so close and watch the players warm up. Here is Curtis Brown one of the stars on the team. 

There is John Beck quarterbacking the cougars on a scoring drive. We had sweet seats on the front row in the end zone. 

Uh oh, Fui is out in the open! He'll fake right but go left. One guy can't take him! 

And he's in! 

Score!! Well done Fui Vakapuna! We love this guy. He is seriously crazy, with his eyes wide open. He runs all over people. 

Thanks to Josh and Rosie, we got all these pictures from them.  

Here's the scoreboard with the game just about over. Well done cougars. 

BYU Football

Did you see that?!! It's BYU football time! This year we got tickets with Michelle's parents (Ralph and Annette) and sister (Kimberly and Brandon) along with some friends Josh and Rosie. Josh is pictured here getting excited over a great play. Hopefully BYU can get some momentum going this season. 

Rah rah, rah rah rah... gooooo cougars!! 

Before the start of each game, the players get together and do the Hakkah(sp). Ralph tells us it is an ancient ritual that the old warriors would do after they burned their canoes and are preparing for battle. It's definitely a crowd pleaser, we love it.  

Here we are with Josh and Rosie. Go cougars! 

Both home games so far have been a blowout, so we've had plenty of reasons to rise and shout! All we need is some more luck away from home. 

Carpet Walkthrough -- September 22, 2006

Finally! It is time for our carpet walkthrough. This means that the house is just about done. Everything is in and almost finished. This meeting was the blue-tape meeting. We went through and inspected the house to see if there were things that weren't quite right or nicks and stuff from construction. Michelle had a good time, so by the end there were little blue spots all over the house. After we have gone through, then the construction manager will go through again, and then they have to take their boss through before we close to make sure it passes his scrutiny. We were super excited to walk in our house, because the move is coming soon! 

Here is the back of our house. We won't do the landscaping until spring, but they will at least clean up and give it a final grade.