Continuation of our Home

We are STILL working on our house. Next month it will be an enitre year that we have worked on it. It's getting closer....but still not quite there yet. It gets very frustrating at times. Dad took two weeks off of work...so the only thing we have done the past week is work on the house. It seems like that's all we ever do around here anymore.

This is the home teacher room. You still can't see the color very well.

This is the fire place.

This is the kitchen floor tile.

This is my room. What do you think of the black trim?

This is the color of the laundry room. It's a goldish yellow color.

This is the master bath.

This is the master shower.

Chipmunk

Sorry it's taken me so long to update my blog. For two weeks I had three different jobs. It was very hectic. And now, Mom and I are sick. We just can not get over our stupid little colds! :( I am finally posting the final pictures of my chipmunk. It was hard to let him go, but now he is much happier!

Goodbye Chipmunk

Tomorrow is fianlly the day when I let my chipmunk go...it will be sad, but I'm very greatful for the short time I spent raising him. He is the cutest little thing. Fast too. :) The other day, Logan had him out of his cage and the chipmunk got away. Well, Logan and I spent atleast 20 minutes searching for him! He is just too quick to catch! Hopefully I don't cry. I have become pretty attatched to the little guy though. Jeez Lex, why did I get the kind and caring genes like you? ;) I will try to get a few last pictures of him. He has changed. He is much bigger now. Hopefully big enough to make it on his own.

I decided it was about time to update my blog. Our house is still coming along. Still too slow for my parents and the rest of the family. Sorry, the picture is a little crooked. :) I'm not the best photographer.... haha
Here is the top of the arch. I will put up a better picture when the brick layer moves his tools.

Mom started painting... this is the beginning of the kitchen area. That little "nook" right there is the pantry.

This is our future cabinets against the paint even though the paint looks white...it really isn't. It is actually the brownish color that you can see in all the other pictures.
Here is just another picture of the paint. Honestly...everywhere you turn, it looks like a different color because of the difference in lighting.
This is the dining room. It's a red color. The lighting makes it look like there's a streak in the paint but it's not really a streak.

Chipmunk

When I went to the family reunion, I found a baby chipmunk on the trail. Its mother was no where in site. We tried leaving it there for a few hours. But when we went back to the safe place we had placed him, he was cold and very inactive. We were afraid he was going to die if we left him there.......SO........I brought him home. :)

I am feeding it with a syringe. It seems to be doing ok, but I am no chipmunk expert.

Walker Reunion

This weekend I [Taylor] went to the Walker Reunion in American Fork. The reunion was held up by Timpanogos Cave. Everyone had a great time. It was wonderful to see everyone again. This is Luke's little boy. He is so cute!

The boys loved playing with the bubbles.

Girls Camp

I had the wonderful opportunity to go to Girls' Camp last week. (Heber Valley Camp) It was a blast!! You can feel the spirit so strongly there. It really isn't camping. There is electricty, running water, and cabins like you would never imagine. I am really glad that I went this year. It might have been my last year going to camp. I haven't decided if I am going next year or not.

The animals are pretty tame.
They walk right through the camp sites.
Our theme this year was "No Ward Is an Island". So we had a luau and we got to "dress up" for the occasion. :)

There are many activities at Heber Valley Camp. In the picture below I am with my friend Sarah. We went to Legacy Lake one day. When everybody was out on the water we had a moment of silence...we were able to listen to the quiet and think about all of the blessings the Lord has given us, including the mountains and wildlife.

Right behind me, there is a hiking trail that you can't see. It was a pretty long hike. I was in charge of the second year hike...man, those girls like to complain. ;)
Left to Right: Sarah, me, and Angela. Sarah and I were always together. She wasn't planning on going to Girls' Camp...but I threatened her.
There were so many other things we did at camp that I didn't take pictures of. :( For example, there is a pretty big challenge course that we went to. You had to climb to the top of a log, then walk across a log, and then you got to go down a zip line. (of course we had really good safety equipment.) I had so much fun. It's so great because you can go and have a great time, but the Spirit is always there. The camp is truly a gift from God to his Daughters.