Bye Bye Bob!

Eric decided it was time to start siding the rest of the garage this weekend.  Its been covered in “Bob’s Lumber” paper since October, so I’m quite glad that this is finally happening.  I’m sick of looking out the window and seeing Bob.  And I’m sure that people passing by are happy to see the end of Bob as well!  He was quite the eyesore. 

  Dylan was the foreman, as usual.  I was the supervisor.  Avery just walked around and looked pretty. 

Here is some of the progress!  You’re outta here Bob!

 

 

It was a good thing I was there to help or Mr Eric would have screwed up a few times.  I know of only one mistake made.  But I saved him from a few others!  You’re welcome, honey! : ) I enjoyed listening to the explanations and instructions on putting up siding.  It was like watching my very own episode of Holmes on Homes right here before my eyes! 

  Dylan took the opportunity to snap a few pics. 

Do you see anyone in this pic????

 

 

Dylan is checking his work to make sure it is correct.  If we wouldn’t have been there – I dunno how this would have turned out. ; )

Avos couldn’t believe how exciting putting up siding was! 

They both enjoyed the box that the new swing came in more than the swing itself!  Only kidding, Gpa Danny!  They like it…

Dylan declared this “the peanut box.”  “Because this is where we eat peanuts.”  And yes, I am aware that Avery is too young for peanuts because she could choke, but you try telling that to her!  This is Brutus we’re talking about here!  You tell her no and you could get bitten or screamed at!  I pick my battles.  However, I know for a fact that she wasn’t chewing all of them up.  Mom detective work…if you know what I mean. ; )

 

Avery decided that instead of a haircut (her bangs are getting kinda long) that we might go this route instead for a bit and see how it goes.  Only problem is her hair is super fine like mine and barrettes tend to just slip right out.  So we’ll see.  I’m testing out the waters on my little guinea pig. 

 

Here is the new swing from Grandpa Danny!  We’re liking it so far!  Just needs a little sandpaper and some stain and we’ll be all set.

I don’t care what Eric says – its still a nice view even with the rice.  Just imagine what it COULD look like though.  Sigh.

Here is the new and improved view out my kitchen window!  Eric says he “spoiled” me today by doing this portion first so I didn’t have to look at Bob anymore while standing at the sink.  How sweet of him!

 

And here is the finished front portion.  Is it too late to go with plan B, Eric?  Cuz now I’m starting to think that a different siding on top might look better.  ???

Well, that’s it for now.  Time to get these kiddies in bed and reeeeellllllaaaaxxxx. 

Under Construction

Please bear with me while I’m under construction.  My old background disappeared on me the other day so something had to be done about it!  It was time anyway.  I have no idea what to do about the jumbled state of my previous posts tho.  Does anyone know?  Short of going back and redoing them all?  Cuz that doesn’t sound too fun.  Hopefully I can get this all straightened out in the next few days!

Rotten Tomatoes

Someone tell me what is going on with these tomatoes!  Thats seven (plus one more that I found this evening) that are not going to be in my belly at some point!  Grrrrrrrrr.  

 

 

 

My neighbor thinks its some sort of fungus.  Gross!  

I still have a TON of tomatoes on these 2 plants, but still!  

Ah well, what can you do?  Make waffles, I say!  I got these at Teal’s in Cass Lake (of all places, Teals has this pancake mix – who would have thought that!  Seriously!) and we whipped up the flapjacks on Grandpa Puppy’s new grill/griddle combo while we were camping.  And since we LOVE waffles around here – I couldn’t wait til Pancake Saturday to try out the waffle version (we flip flop between waffles and pancakes on Saturdays).  Well, they were everything I thought they would be.  So delicious!  Look em up online – they are very nutritious and have all natural ingredients.   

I’m kinda bummed I didn’t take a fancified picture of our waffles like the ones on the website!  Mine looks so sad sitting there with no fun toppings!  I assure you there were toppings and I probably could have dolled it up with fresh raspberries or something.  Next time maybe.

Here’s one of my satisfied customers.  She never lets me down though.  She will eat most anything I throw her way unless there is a nasty little tooth bothering her.  Waffles were not going to be an exception.  

Grandma Toni is going to say she looks like her Auntie Susan.  I think she kinda does in these photos!  If only we had a pic of baby Susan to put next to these!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, that’s all for now.  Tomorrow I will most likely have pictures of a very exciting project that had been on hold for several months but is back on track now.  Can anyone guess what it is?  (For a hint: look at the picture of the pancake box)

Cass Lake 2010

Well, we have returned from Cass Lake with more than a few pictures to share.  As usual, I had to pare it down for blog purposes, but plan to have a hefty Facebook album in the near future with more pics – for those who care and have a Facebook account.  The rest of you – too bad!  

When we arrived at Cass Lake, it was a beautiful day - perfect for setting up our new tent!  Avery and I were going to be staying in the tent for one night as my parents weren’t coming until the next day with their motorhome.  So we needed a bigger tent to fit all 4 of us.  We got our campsite all set up and settled in.  Suddenly some dark clouds came rollin’ in that no one seemed to think looked too threatening.  So we all sat around in our camp chairs and put the boats in thinking that nothing was going to happen.  Suddenly out of nowhere the wind picked up and you could literally SEE the storm moving quickly towards us across the lake.  We all jumped up and ran into Danny and Kim’s Winnebago before the storm hit our campsites.  It was kind of funny at first because we all had to really book it to cram into the tiny Winnie.  Then we noticed that Patty the Pontoon was not properly secured in the water and was on the move.  So Eric, Chandler and Eric’s friend Jason raced to the shore to rescue Patty.  The rest of us stayed in the Winnie to keep warm and dry until we noticed that the tents were starting to go.  So then Lisa and Kelli ran out to save their tent.  I stayed in the Winnie and just assumed that our tent was fine – it was new, after all.  So I didn’t really think much of it.  I actually had thought about laying Avery down for bed right before the storm hit, but decided to keep her up since she was on vacation.  So the storm had a lull and we all got out to assess the damage.  There were tree branches and twigs everywhere.  Then we walked over to our campsite to see how our tents were.  Here is what we found – our brand new tent completely upside down with all our gear inside.  Yep, 400 or so pounds of our crap wasn’t enough to hold the tent down.  And apparently a 20 pound baby girl wouldn’t have held it down either.  Her pack and play was completely upside down!  Good thing I didn’t lay her down before!!

Our tent had been set up right were I was standing.  It was damaged in the storm – one of the sides ripped.  We actually didn’t have too much water on the inside of the tent.  A few things got wet, but it really wasn’t as bad as it looked.  Of course, the item that got the most wet was my Perfect Pillow which is pretty much like a sponge when it comes in contact with water.  It took 3 days for the dang thing to dry out!  Grrrrrr.  So, all in all, a great way to start out the week!  Ha!

Here is one of many trees that fell during the storm.  The next morning on our run, we came across 5 trees laying on the bike trail.  It was crazy that it was that windy!  

Here is Dylan pleading his case for a second Smore.  I don’t think he won his argument.

I had to post this picture because when I took it and looked at it, it reminded me of how he looked when he was a really little boy.  

The motorhome – my saving grace!  : )    Here is the view from our campsites.

I like to get fancy for camping.  I know that everyone was jealous of my ruffles.

 

Avos matched Lulu’s rug!  Had to have a picture of that!

And here are the pictures of Avery and Easton’s Cass Lake baptism.  We lucked out again as the weather was great that day and not so much the rest of the trip! 

Here is Avery with Grandpa Danny.  Notice how Avery kept a stone face for pretty much the entire baptism.

 

Kelli and Addi were having fun tho!

Dejavu anyone?  Look familiar???  We were not able to have the same views as our wedding (not that you can tell that much) because the island was quite busy with other boaters and swimmers.  For those that know me well, thats the reason I have a crabby, forced smile on my face.  These dang people were ruining my photos!!!

Avery getting baptized – she did better than I thought she would.  Normally someone messing with her makes her mad!  But she did okay.

Easton, his parents and his godparents.

  Avery, us and her godparents.

I think there might be a smile on her face here.  Hard to tell.

Couldn’t get Dylan to take pictures with us for very long.  Immediately following these pictures, he threw himself into the water totally squashing my hopes for a re-creation of one of wedding photos that had the 3 of us walking hand in hand on the beach.  I had wanted one with the 4 of us, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be.  Between the drenched child and the random dogs and people on the island – it just wasn’t going to happen. 

 

 

 

Booooo.

Here is Eric waterskiing. 

Some of the pink ladies!  (and Reed)

Some of the boys (and Ella).

Here is Eric celebrating our 2 year wedding anniversary with some of the champagne leftover from the wedding.  A round of mimosas followed!

Back on the island!

Avos had had enough!

Dylan learned to ride without training wheels while we were at Cass Lake!  First he went with just one training wheel and then he decided to try with NO training wheels and took right off.  He’s officially a big boy now!!

Avery went on the tube!  She’s too young to know better.  ; )

This was the last day at Cass Lake.  We went on a marathon boat ride and trip to Star Island.  Dylan was so tired he actually fell asleep on the tube behind the boat.  It was definitely time to end the week at Cass, I guess!  Time to get back to reality and our normal schedules! 

Think that’s about it for the blog post on Cass.  As I said above, I’ll post a giant album of pictures of Facebook and will let the pictures tell the story that was Cass Lake 2010. 

Adios Readers!