Nilsson News

 It has been kind of a minute since we have been on the blog so I'm going to illustrate with photos and bounce from one thing to the next.

We did some remodeling this summer and one those projects was the tiny bathroom in the boys bedroom.  It was in dire need of an update!

The other big project we tackled was the removal of some big trees in the front.  I had no idea that doing this would create such a stir in the neighborhood but it has been the talk of the town!  The big spruce is gone, along with a massive, rotting poplar, and two maples.  We ended up with a ginormous pile of wood chips which led us to the next phase of the project...

We brought in four dump truck loads of topsoil and Dane thought he had died and gone to heaven.  Forget about any toys, a kid just needs some dirt in order to have is day full of happiness!  We formed a berm with the dirt (what's a berm you ask? A mound of dirt.) and then covered it with the wood chips and leftover logs.  In the spring we will start planting it up with trees and shrubs.

We did do some other actual "fun" things this summer, though projects and work are fun according to Ruth.

Fishing and crawdad catching is one of the obsessions right now.  Henry will talk your ear off about all things fish.  He got a 55 gallon fish tank last week and he has some fish related to the dinosaurs and he just discovered that one of his fish laid eggs so now we have that new adventure to look forward to.

Addy and I were able to go see Ian perform in Footloose and it was amazing.  It might have barely been a step up from when Ruth accompanied her high school performance of it.

We hiked to Mesa Falls for Emerson's birthday and it was so nice!

We have been going on field trips with the Harts as part of our science studies.  We went to Yellowstone and saw some elk, right on the road, a bison, and a even a big bear!  You couldn't have asked for a more gorgeous day!

I've made it a practice to cut a new flower arrangement every week and it has been so fulfilling.  I highly recommend!  Addy put together a lovely and tasty charceuterie board for general conference.

This was another field trip we took to Craters of the Moon.  It is such a fun place and the kids had a blast looking at all the cool rocks everywhere.  Because of the government shut down, the caves were all closed off but we were able to enjoy some other hikes.

Happy fall y'all!  We didn't grow any watermelons this year but boy, did we have an abundant pumpkin harvest!