Let there be light!

We've been toying with the idea of adding windows to our family room and the master bedroom.  Apparently the people who were originally building the house were trolls and decided it would be great to live in a dungeon.  Well, after almost 3 years, it hit the top of the to-do list!

If you, too, would like some new windows . . . first, gather your tools . . .

. . . assemble your audience . . .

. . . and then follow these simple steps:

Step 1~ Draw some lines on the wall.

Step 2 ~ Cut along the lines.

Step 3 ~ Make a box-shape in the wall with wood and a huge mess.

Step 4 ~ Close your eyes tightly and cut through the outside wall.  Gasp!

Step 5 ~ Put the window in the hole and be amazed by your incredible husband since it fits on the first try.

Step 6 ~  Enjoy the view!

Repeat steps 1 - 6 in the bedroom.

Next, add a fireplace.  :)

Moving Fran

Fransesca Gibson has a new home - Riverbend Ranch in Riverton, Utah. - Yes, she's still Sarah's, just moved into her new pad.

Click the links for the videography (most clips are less than 30 seconds). 

What?  You want me to do What?
Uh, no. (Let's try putting a friend in the trailer.  Maybe then she'll get in.)
Uh uh.  Still too scary.
Oh, all right.
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Arrival of the Diva
The new barn
Where the heck am I?
Backing out is worse than getting in! (Watch her back feet - poor baby)
Really, mom?  This is all for ME?
Hmmm . . . This is interesting.
Now I'm running over here.
Where to now, mom?
Oh, now this really DOES look interesting!
Running free . . . Finally! (First time in her eight years of life should could totally cut loose!  

Frannie and her new diva girlfriends (two gorgeous Andalusian mares are the faves) are having a great time establishing their rule over her new kingdom.  

Thank you, Vicki and Mark, for giving her a wonderful home for the past four years, and making this dream possible for Sarah.  We love you.  

And, a special thanks to our friend, Vern, who came to our rescue AGAIN and getting Fran to her new digs!

The Saga of the Weenie-melon - Season Finale

We picked the first of six weenie-melons a few weeks ago! Despite its shape (round) and color (very distinctly striped yellow and green), the weenie-melon had seeds - much to Brian's dismay. It was semi-sweet. All in all, very weenie-like - opposite of predictions, oddly shaped, and semi-sweet. :) It was a fun tribute to him. We'll likely plant seeds from one of the melons in the same spot for next year. Hmmm . . . when does one plant watermelon seeds? Sarah had a good idea to water it with sugar-water and see if the fruit turns out sweeter. We'll try that!