Watering the Lawns

So here are a couple more pictures from the storm two nights ago. Dad, you might think this looks like we are just watering our lawns, but we don't do it like you do at home.

Mall deconstruction

This is an update of what is happening across the street. They started tearing away at the building that is next to the ZCMI Mall. It has been fascinating to watch them systematically take things down. As I said before, some material is being recycled. So sometimes the machines would go through the rubble, trying to find the material they needed to keep. Talk about finding a needle in a haystack. We have been waiting for the satellite dish and small building atop the roof to fall. It will probably happen on Saturday when no one is around to witness it. The orange machine looks a little like a long-necked dinosaur. What do you think? Can you see it's eyes and mouth? While it's given me great fun this week, the rest of the 8th floor and most of the building think so to. And people walking down the sidewalk in front of our building can't help but stand and look at what is happening. It will be a grand 5 years.

Pioneer Day 5K Walk

We continued our tradtion of the 5K walk to Liberty Park. We finished in 47 minutes. We are sooooooo fast.

Harry Potter

I did stay up late last night, but not to read the book. Just hung out with Sarah Weaver, her two girls, and her niece. We went to Border's and watched the many people waiting the midnight release of the book. Mostly adults! It was crazy. I will be reading the book as soon as Sarah is done. Probably next week.

Mall Construction

This week construction or destruction started on the ZCMI Mall. It has been closed for probably a month or so. On Tuesday the entrance, which I can see from my building, started to come down. The big machine (don't know what it's called) would break the glass then tear away the other material. Most of the materials are being recycled! It's a little depressing to see it all go away. And more depressing when I think of the 5 years it will be under construction. But how much it will be to see it come together. I'll post pictures every now and then.

Here's one to give you an idea. Not much to look at yet.

Marnell

I just posted the link to Marnell's blog. Thought everyone would like to see what they are up to.

Marnell

I just posted the link to Marnell's post. Thought everyone would like to see what they are up to.

Kiss Me Kate

The Osthed's and I went to Orem last night to see Scott in his latest creative part. He was awesome. Who knew he could sing and dance so well.

Hola!

Well, I guess this means we get a chance to brag about our kids (clean them up a bit) and try to make up something exciting about our lives.

David started the ball rolling with his blog. So here is the debut of the B&V Bunch blog. Happy posting!