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A Matt-tastic weekend!

July 25, 2011 ML

Our buddy Matty wanted to make some custom curtains for his kitchen so I told him to come over and I’d teach him how to use my sewing machine. Well, as luck would have it, after he showed up and we started working, the freaking machine started being finicky and messing up all over the place. PLUS, because I’m pregnant my brain will NOT function properly so I screwed up some of the measurements and then had to try and pull some magic out of thin air to fix my mistakes. Woops. So what should have taken a day to do, ended up taking both days over the weekend so Matty basically lived at our house and hung out with Henry while I sat at the sewing machine cussing up a storm (Not Matty’s fault – I’m just a slight control freak) and Tom busted his ass trying to get a stump out of the yard. We got some good rain though so that was nice – and Henry of course had a great time chasing Matt all over the place.

Family

Saturday Night Swimming and Grandpa’s 79th er….78th Birthday!!

July 17, 2011 ML

Had a long overdue reunion with our crew last night and got some delicious food and swimming in. Henry had a ball and swam for most of the night…and of course threw a fit when we pulled him out. This kid is crazy about water. Today was a good day also – went down to Grandpa’s house to celebrate his 79th birthday. However, upon arrival he let the cat out of the bag and told us it was actually his *78th* birthday. No big deal, right? Well unfortunately, the cake couldn’t be changed. HAHA! He always keeps suprises up his sleeve for us. 🙂 LOVE YOU GRANDPA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Trips

Happy 4th of July from San Diego!

July 5, 2011 ML

We took a completely spontaneous trip to San Diego last Friday after finding out that Tommy would have four days off for the holiday weekend. Our original plan was to head up to the White Mountains but after discovering that everything was either closed or on fire, we decided to make the trip out to the coast to catch some waves and head to the zoo. We had a great time and it was nice to get away from the ridiculous heat of Tucson! We’ve also discovered that Henry is absolutely OBSESSED with water – he couldn’t get enough of the ocean and nearly drowned a couple times from just running in to the waves with no fear! He would stay in until he was shaking, freezing and blue but threw a fit when we tried to take him out. Tommy literally had to drag him back to the towel with him kicking and screaming and yelling “WATER!” all the way back. On the last night of our stay we had dinner out on the pier and he kept saying “water, water, water, water, water” through the whole thing because we had promised him to stop by the beach before we went back to the hotel. Tommy and I were ready to jump off the pier!! I have no idea where his love for water comes from but it’s clear that he’s not going to find any here in the desert so it’s something that we’ll hopefully remedy some time in the near future? We’ll see. 🙂

House

Men at Work

June 12, 2011 ML

Had a pretty productive weekend – the tree in the back yard is pretty much dead from the freezing weather that came through this past winter. Tommy finally got around to pruning it and cutting most of it down. There is still a pretty big totem pole in the back yard but we need to borrow our friends chainsaw to get it out. Tommy also worked on the bedroom wall today – just filling in some seams with mud so we can texture next weekend. And as you can see, our little turkey was a big help too. 🙂

Men at work — Tommy climbing the branches to take off the top

House

Happy Father’s Day!

June 11, 2011 ML

Well, after living in this house for 6 years, we finally tackled the master bedroom. I’m not sure why we neglected it for so long but after remodeling the bathroom, the bedroom could no longer be ignored. We patched up the new wall, added some paint and rearranged the furniture to give it a facelift. Eventually we’ll add new windows and we’re putting in a new ceiling fan. We love the new look.