Pioneer Day and Downtown Jonesborough

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately (now that we're not rushing to finish the basement). We went to a church activity for Pioneer day where they had tons of great food, performances, and swimming! For some reason I only took pictures of the swimming. Last Monday we took a family outing out to downtown Jonesborough to look at some of the shops and play at a small park we discovered a while back. Also I took some pictures last week while we were lounging around the house and Jeffrey had a stomach virus that wasn't very much fun. Enjoy looking at pictures that aren't just of our basement! -Shelly- p.s. I accidently lost our baby name poll when I changed the template again (doh!). I don't think I'll put it up again, the last time I checked Megan Kimberly was still ahead with Megan Sue not far behind and surprisingly Megan Samantha has been quite popular as well lately!

Ben swinging on a tire swing and loving it!

My boys on the tire swing (it was a hot day so Jeffrey's face that he's making is because the swing is hot)

Daddy and his boys on a tire swing at a tiny park we found.

Jeffrey enjoyed riding in the stroller as we were walking in downtown Jonesborough.

Mommy and Ben take a break from walking. Ben is loving his whistle pop.

Daddy and Ben at a candy shop in downtown Jonesborough.

Daddy crashed out with Jeffrey on the couch.

My handsome little man after church on Sunday.

Jeffrey had a 24 hour stomach virus that we didn't want to spread around church so he got to stay home with Mommy.

I could tell he was feeling better when he was giggling all around the house playing with all of Ben's toys. I finally found him crashed out laying on his brother's cool race car bed and just living it up. :)

We brought the car seats in side for a day and as you can see, the boys weren't very sad about it.

Daddy is worn out after throwing the boys around.

What we have to resort to when Ben runs out of diapers. :)

Daddy and Ben FREEZING after getting out of the water.

Super Daddy swimming with both boys.

Brian helps Jeffrey swim at our church Pioneer Day celebration.

Before and After pictures!

Okay, so for everyone that wanted to see just exactly how much work had to be done to finish our basement I've decided to dig up the old pictures and show you some before and after shots. These will be the last pictures I post on our blog of the basement beings that the Wilhite's moved in on Saturday and I will not be taking anymore pictures of the basement which is their home now. :) We are officially DONE with this project and hopefully will be done with "projects" like this for a LONG time. Our next "smaller" project will be painting and re-decorating the boys' new room and baby Megan's future room....pictures to come whenever we get around it. Thanks for taking an interest in our crazy projects and lives! -Shelly-

Unfinished Kitchen (area)

Finished Kitchen and Pantry

The Poll

Okay, so I've had some requests (I'll let you guess who did the requesting) to have two more choices on our poll of names for the new baby. I apologize to everyone that already voted, you may vote again, I had to delete the poll and create a new one to modify it. There is no voters registration to vote on our blog, it is just on the honor system that everyone will vote only once (unless of course you're voting for Megan Sue!). Happy voting! -Shelly-

The much anticipated pictures of the basement!

Okay, so I finally went downstairs and decided I didn't care that it wasn't cleaned up down there, I was going to take some pictures to show everyone what we've been working on all summer long. Painting has already began, and there are a few odds and ends to finish up here and there, but overall, you can really see what it's going to look like, so enjoy! Just a side note-all of the flooring down there except for the two bedrooms is tile thanks to the detriment of Grandpa Mike's knees and back I'm sure. It turned out just lovely, thanks Grandma Jan for letting us steal Grandpa Mike from you! He did an EXCELLENT job!

New Blog template and more pictures from Grandpa Mike's visit.

Well I've officially been welcomed into the creative blog background club. I changed it once and then decided I didn't like the colors, then I changed it to this purple template. I think I'll leave it this way for a while. Grandpa Mike is now gone and we miss him already! We had such a great time while he was here and hope he made it back safe! Having any family visit is just so nice, we miss everyone so much. Here are a couple of pictures from our last few days with him. Just a side note, I know I've announced that the new baby will be named Megan Kimberly Nyberg, but I've since decided that I like the name Megan Sue Nyberg. I like both names almost equally as well and of course Brian still thinks Megan Kimberly is the better choice, so I'd like to leave it up to the good people out there that check our blog. I'm posting a poll for everyone to vote on, so be sure and vote! Thanks! -Shelly-

These beautiful lillies came from our front yard, Ben helped pick them for me, they smell absolutely wonderful!

Brian helps Ben eat some Raisin Bran (this usually ends up in disaster).

How cute is this?! Grandpa Mike holding Ben's hand in the parking lot at Home Depot.

A beautiful view of the mountains from a house in Jonesborough.

Grandpa Mike, Jeffrey, and Brian putting up with me taking random pictures. :)

My silly boys and Grandpa Mike comes to visit!!!!

Here are a couple of recent pictures of the boys just being themselves along with Jeffrey's "Ode to Dadda" video. Grandpa Mike got here Monday afternoon around 4:30pm and he left Castle Valley, Utah around 10am Sunday morning! Great time!!!! We weren't quite ready for him, but got ready quick enough. He is here to help carry us to the finishline of our finished basement marathon. It's been really great having family here and he and Brian are working hard to finish as soon as possible. Ben keeps waking up in the morning and looking at Mike as if to say "oh, you're going to be here a while huh?" He's got lots of words for Grandpa Mike and Jeffrey has been showing off his masterfull eating skills. Anyway, here are some pictures of the men working in the basement and a few of the missionaries from when they were helping us finish sanding the dry-wall. Last, but certainly not least, Ben wanted to make Grammy Jan a card to tell her that he misses her. We can't wait to see you in November Grammy!!!

We LOVE having Grandpa Mike here, but we also miss Grandma, so Ben decided to make a card for Grandma (pardon the sideways photo!)

Jeffrey just wanted the world to know how much he loves his Daddy, so this is his "Ode to Dadda."

Jeffrey is tickled pink to be getting his picture taken in Ben's chair.

Jeffrey "chilling" in Ben's Lightning McQueen chair while Ben entertains him.

Ben wanted to show his super cute smile for the camera.

I couldn't resist putting this picture up of Jeffrey showing all of his teeth.

My handsome boys after church.

They're actually tiling the kitchen in this picture.

Grandpa Mike trying to decide how the heck they're going to lay the tile.

Brian helping lay tile down.

Elder Openshaw felt like he needed some assistance from his inhalor after working so hard at the Nyberg's!

Elder Cox shocked at how messy he is!

We sent the Elders home a little dirty after they helped us sand dry-wall in the basement. :)

Happy 4th of July!

We had a fun filled 4th of July, Brian and I spent a lot of it sanding dry-wall and putting primer on the walls of our NEARLY FINISHED basement. After we got cleaned up we headed out to Science Hill High School to go watch the 4th of July celebration/fireworks. The boys had a blast eating kettle corn, I played Phase10 with some friends and Brian almost got to go play some football, but got lost instead. We had another "you know you're in East Tennessee" moment while we were there. About 20 minutes before the fireworks were going to start, they had a band on the stage and the announcer announced that everyone needed to stand up and show some respect by taking their hats off for "our" National Anthem. Well....in East Tennessee they sing the national anthem a little "funny." Of course by funny, they mean they sing the song "Rocky Top Tennessee" which happens to be the University of Tennessee fight song. It was pretty funny. Anyway, a great time was had by all and the fireworks were AMAZING.

Jeffrey waiting to go to the high school grounds to celebrate the 4th in our new van.

I just couldn't resist getting a picture of Brian next to the GIANT MOTORIZED Food City "buggy."

Ben watching the LOUD fireworks.

Ben spilled the last of the kettle corn on the ground and decided not to waste it.

The boys hanging onto Brian like little Monkey's at the 4th of July show.