kosovo or kaysville??

the demolition continues, what have we got ourselves into?

Home Sweet Home, where art thou?

the remodel has started and there is no turning back now. it is going to be a long couple of months but hopefully we will pull through unscathed and have a practically new home to enjoy. here are the most recent pics from the demolition that started thursday, february 14.


view from kitchen where staircase used to be.
















staircase before floor was filled in



















southeast corner of basement
















basement fireplace.












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holidays norm and penny style

my sister penny and her husband norman have hosted a family party for as long as i can remember. the unique thing about this party is that only siblings are invited so all those annoying kids and grandkids are out of site and out of mind. it is always a great time and almost always everyone attends. we did miss my sister debbie this year.

soup kitchen bond style

we had our annual christmas party with madelyns family a few weeks ago and as always it was very nice. most of the bond family was out in force with a few exceptions. we missed the alfords from happy valley, but the rest of the roudy crew were there. traditionaly soup is the main attractiojn and this year was no disappointment. there was all sorts of varieties but this guy always looks forward to bonnies clam chowder, although it was difficult to make a bad choice and from the chili to the cheese soup it was all excellent. it is always nice to see everyone during the holidays and my hat goes off to paul and jennifer for hosting this for the past few years. they are brave souls and we want them to know we appreciate it.

gobble gobble

thanksgiving was a bit different this year since corey was the only child with the decency to show up, and considering she lives with us , well how many options did she really have? although we missed the crowd and the screaming grandkids we still had much to be thankful for. it was great having mads folks here and of course pie and jeopardy later were great.

the sky is falling!!!

i am realizing more than ever the amount of leaves these trees produce. honestly the need to be picked up at least 3 times a week or they get way out of control. fortunately the cub cadet does the job in a fraction of the time it would take to rake. but emptying the bagger 10 times is a bit of a hassel.









this was all clean the day before.

getting jazzy with the jakey

on monday nov19 . madelyn scored some jazz tickets for three november birthday boys. we all went to see the jazz take on new jersey, and it was a blast.













here is brian, jake, and madelyn before the game. this was right after carlos boozer was showing jake the fundementals of dunking. ( shame i missed that photo op)











although the game sorta sucked, a jazz blowout from the git go, nothing sucked about the food in the autoliv suite. as jake puts away another slice. like he said " the suite was sweet".














all in all it was a great time. thanks madelyn, and thanks autoliv.