Sunday, August 26, 2007

The Day After...

ok...so we're (I'm) going one day at a time here. I'll post new pics as I get the rooms finished. My goal is to do the boys first since they are on vacation this week and might come home Wednesday...So you'll have to keep checking back! :)

This is the scene looking in from the kitchen into the dining room. My computer is to the left with a window that looks out to the school and the back door is to the right.



This is the kitchen...one cabinet...microwave and small pantry to the right...




...the other cabinet...hahahahaha



...looking in the dining room from the living room. Gourmet kitchen is to the left of the fridge...



...livingroom and "central a/c" in window...haha...



...standing in the doorway to the closet and bathroom, looking into the livingroom. Doorway to the dining room...



...looking from the doorway I was just in at the living room. Doorway to the closet, bathroom and my shop...



...The boys room...



...bathroom to the left...looking into the living room...



...from the living room, looking into my room...tv to the left of the doors, stereo to the right...door to bathroom to the right...



...from my room to the clothes closet we share...



...the boys side of the closet...my side fell down. Apparently I have a few of G'mas coats that need to be hung else where...haha



...front door in closet. We won't ever use it tho...



...boys room, looking from the closet...the closet is about 6 inches deep, so we won't be using that either...haha Doorway to my shop to the right...



...standing in the boys room looking into my shop...



...looking FROM my shop end into the boys room. Closet/front door to the left...



...Can you tell who I'm related to? This is my PINK shop...seems to be the "catch all" room for now...back door to the right...(don't worry, I have a nice pull down attic in this room!!)



...shop. back door to the left, washer/dryer, door to bathroom and closet to the right...



...the bathroom, looking in from the living room door...



...the bathroom, looking in from the shop side...

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Last minute trip HOME...


So I decided at the last minute, last Friday morning that we were gonna go home after all. I've said for the past 10 or so years that I wanted to go back for the festival and had mentioned it to D. So one thing lead to another and we were fortunate enough to be able to go.

Zach had to get his face painted...what do you mean, "of what?" a FLAG of course!

...This is the horse Chris, Patrick and Zach rode...

...this is the horse that almost threw Chris, Patrick and Zach off! Long story short, we were ending the little ride thru town, talking about how nice and quiet it was...coming out of an alley and the truck turning into the alley in front of us didn't see us as he was BACKING OUT!!! ...yep, backed right into the horse! All I could do was grab the boys and think about jumping out! The horse rared up just enough so the truck bumped the harness and not her...THANK GOD. I had goose-bumps I was so scared! Anywho...everyone was fine...just another added adventure for our trip! ;)

When we first got home, we went to Backbone Rock...kinda dark once we got back in the woods...so as tuff as my boys think I am...I was ready to go soon! haha

Of course, they were ready to go on a bear hunt! ...I just didn't wanna find a real one!...

...This is why I'm glad I have boys! No matter WHERE we go, someone ALWAYS has to GO!

...wait! zach says "what's that?!"...

The real reason we came to Backbone was to hunt for crawdads...didn't find any this time, but Patrick found 2 when we came back!

...and Zach had a good time finding snails!...

...posing by a pretty purple flower for mommie!

...we came back in the afternoon and had much better luck with the crawdads! Patrick found 3!

..."Zach, don't go in too far...I don't want you to fall in!"

...oops...typical. just typical.

...strike a pose!...


If you zoom in on this pic, I think it looks JUST like me and one of my moods!!! It cracked me up!! ...and of course made me so proud...haha ...This is White's Mill...I used to go fishing here when I was a kid...

We went to TCBY on our last day. I've never seen the color Zach got! Looks just like playdough!

overall, it was a great trip. Always is. And I never wanna come home. Coming back to reality sucks. I wonder what it'd be like if we moved back. Part of me knows nothing would be the same...part of me wonders 'what if...'

We ended 3 & 1!!!

...Mr. Patrick went out with a BANG on his last game!!



...This is what I get for letting him see me 'sneak' his picture!



Patrick made his first "inside the park home run" with this hit!! His first one ever!!



...outta cups, so he's gotta improvise!



This is serious business. No time to say cheese!



Since we were the American's, you can see how the dugout was decorated...and who got the leftovers!! haha



Final score, 21-13...Awesome end to an awesome game!

Can't win 'em all...

Well, they played their little hearts out...but it was a night game, we didn't have good lights on the field, the ball got slick from dew and the other team played sneaky. (That's what I'm going with anyway!)



Patrick made an AWESOME play at the plate!!! I think it was even a double when he got someone out! I was talking to Deb on the phone and am wondering if she can hear in that ear yet...I kinda screamed a little...in all the excitement!



...These car pics are actually from the first game...



We were down 9-0 then came back in the last 2 innings and it ended 9-7!!



...Zach will usually find one way or another to amuse us. This time Miss Carol (in the background) bought some sour candy he just HAD to try! haha



The game didn't start til 8pm...as you can see, my lil' man played his lil' heart out and was passed out asleep before we could get home!



...Zach's in here too...somewhere...