2013 Staycation

This year the Pinnell family had a staycation in SLC.  We went to Lagoon (Grandma and Gramps stayed home with all the babies-- thank you!!!!!!) went fishing/swimming at Pineview Reservoir, rented a bounce-house for Grandma's yard, had a slip-n-slide that Nat and I pulled and flung the kids across with the hose, and did a lot of indoor projects.  It was so fun, and Avery loved being with her cousins. 

I didn't take many phone-photos but there are a few.  I didn't get photos of Gramps, Beth, Moya, Alee, or Asher.
Grandma with crying kids, an inevitable part of every family vacation, lol:


It's hard to tell by the photo, but Jamie was "woooo-hooo"ing like a little kid.  I think he had as much fun as his kids did on this one. :)







The little boys loved this ride.


Griff, my waterslide and rollercoaster partner staring into the sun:


The cool brave older cousins (not including Asher.)


Avery the chunky monkey.  She loved the lake!

Avery is 8.something months

Avery is so much fun at this age.  She says, "Mama" all the time and "Dada" sometimes.  She gives hi-fives and claps her hands.  Today I asked her to say Banana and she said, "Ba-mama."  It was probably a fluke, kids don't usually talk this early.  Or maybe she is just brilliant. :)

She stands and can take steps if she's holding on to something, but hasn't figured out crawling yet.  She'll sometimes push herself across the room backwards attempting to crawl and get frustrated.  She'll eat a banana like an adult- just chomp big bites right off the fruit.  And she still loves putting things in her mouth and snuggling up to her stuffed animal Unicorn.

Every night she's lip-to-lip with Unicorn.

Pupils still different sizes.

Remodel Update

We've been living in chaos at the new house for several weeks now but are getting close to finishing the remodel.

On top of living without a kitchen or floors and living out of boxes, with construction workers in and out most days, we realized we were probably exposed to asbestos.  That was not fun.

I took a sample of linoleum-glue to a lab where it tested positive for asbestos.  It was from the linoleum we'd just spent hours chipping away at and ripping out.  So we bought some special cleaning equipment, took Avery to a sitter, and spent 12 hours with hepa-masks on vacuuming and wiping down everything in our house.  EVERYTHING.  I mean every pencil, piece of paper, tool, wall, ceiling, everything.  And now I feel mostly safe to live here.  We are hiring an environmental consultant to do an air test and confirm that the problem is taken care of.  But man, what a headache.

Anyhow, we are really excited about our progress!  here are a couple photos of the kitchen:

Original:

Wall out (we had to leave a pillar for that vent):

Drywall and lights in:

Tile floor, and cabinets ready for install: