Wall Paper recap

Photos are kind of in order, from September until Jan/Feb we worked on removing just wallpaper. 

Front Living Room.

Wallpaper covering the ceilings, curves and all the walls. 

The wool, blue carpet was quite lush. 

Realities of remodeling with tiny children. 

It's always a danger zone. 

Details of the wallpaper on the ceiling in the coved area. 

My favorite wallpaper that we discovered in the entry. There were MANY layers hiding here. 

I think this was the day we bought the house...since that darn giant blue couch is still in this room. 

I hated this pink fireplace...all it does is blow out AC air now. 

We thought we'd get lucky and this family room didn't need to have any wallpaper removed. Wrong. Come to find out...it's white wallpaper. But luckily, it was only one layer deep. Yes, it was also on the ceiling. 

After two solid months, the wallpaper was finally all gone. Really, there wasn't too much damage on the walls. A few cracks and a moldy spot, but nothing we couldn't fix. 

I can't remember how pregnant I was here, but I remember falling asleep with the babies on this mattress in the master room while everyone else was working. Moving and remodeling is hard. 

Some things I don't wnat to forget

We were down at the gateway, having a little fmaily night. After going to the German Festival, we went to this local market called Salt & Honey.

The market blew my mind, so many good things!

Then, on our way back we got corraled into this weird concert. The singers were good, so we sat down. Aiko was sitting next to her dad and placed her hand on her leg. She's never done anything quite grown-up like. It was adorable!

Orion is the sweetest thing ever. He loves Aiko. He cries if she isn't with him. Always tries to hug her, even though she doesn't want any hugs at all. Orion always says whatever Aiko says. He even looks to her if he wants to do something. When she says something, he'll listen, then step up, and say exactly what she just said. little birdie.

Orion is now in charge of putting away the toothbrushes. Once we are all done flossing and brushing he grabs the brushes and puts them in the drawer. 

Both kids don't like green peppers for some reason.

Aiko seems to have some skin issues with Oats and we are currently testing it with Wheat. Her skin on her forearms, thighs and lower back gets extremely dry.

Aiko seems to have night terrors as of late. Something to do with Spiders.

If Orion is crying Aiko promptly tells me what he wants.

Aiko can sing the ABC, I am a child of god, and happy birthday is her favorite.

Derek still works for Perfectly Posh. He either rides the bus or carpools. 

Both kids LOVe to play in the snow! We get all the snow gear out and they just run around, asking me if they can sit in the snow.

Aiko's favorite books are the little Critter Books, I can do it myself and Grover goes to the farm.

Memorial Weekend in Cedar City

The Walker family is very serious about Memorial Day. It's tradition to visit all the graves, take flowers, clean and trim up the landscape. It's a new tradition to me. The kids especially love it as they get to see all their cousins.

Milford, Utah.

Usually, Tom will go with his siblings or Carol to go visit his side of the family in Minersville and Milford. This time, we all decided to go, since I'd never been and the husband hadn't been in a long time.

Taking the long route home.

The other half of the Memorial Tradition is to bike Cedar Canyon and play at the park along the way.

The water is always mucky coming down this river. But that's Cedar Creek for you.