New Bathroom

Finally,
The dragonfly wallpaper is down out of our downstairs bathroom! It actually took me a couple days to get the wallpaper off , then I started painting the walls. After 2 coats of primer and two coats of blue, Paul helped me on the wainscoating. It is tongue and groove so we had to put in piece by piece. Then I painted that with two coats of primer and two coats of white---lots of painting, but man do I love it! We put in a new vanity and we already had the towel bar and toilet paper holder, mirror and lights . Yeah, I'm so happy. The boys say it is the best bathroom ever and they say they will even try to keep the toothpaste out of the sink after they get done brushing their teeth! I told them---good, cause that is gross!

Deer stand/ Club house

The moment has arrived. After many, many weeks of back breaking work, sweat and tears (Paul and Ben's), the deer stand/clubhouse is finally finished! Walls are up, roof on, windows and door on, and caulking all the cracks just about finished, just in time for hunting. Paul got windows from his Dad's trailer, and my parents just got a new door on their house, so Paul took the old one and put it on the deerstand--now it really feels like "home" for me! The guys really did a fantastic job building this huge thing. They had to make it very sturdy b/c there are going to be kids going up and down those stairs and using that. Hopefully it was prove to be useful this fall--deer season is just in a couple of weeks. Here the deer stand, and while Andrew and I were walking back to the house, there was this big beautiful owl just sitting in the tree watching us walk by. I can't believe he didn't try to fly away.

Rain Gutter Regatta

Monday night Andrew had his first Cub Scout outing. We went Mike Miller Park for the Rain Gutter Regatta. Not being from a family of scouts, I had no idea what this was all about. But it was pretty cool for the kids. When we got there, Andrew sat next to his buddy Cameron and they make these "boats" out of styrofoam, a wooden dowel, and a coffee filter for a sail. When all the kids were done, they had 4 rain gutters full of water sitting on the picnic tables. So, 2 by 2 they faced off. They had to blow their boats with a straw but you couldn't push your boat with your straw, just good old fashioned hot air! Then the winners faced off . Andrew won against his opponent, then he won again against all his cub scout group, then he was in the championship round against a boy scout who was in the 4th or 5th grade. You could feel the tension (not really), Andrew's legs were like jello and were kind of "shakey". They called go, and BAM!!!! andrew blew his boat and beat that big boy by 2-3 inches. Wow, what a moment! We had one proud little boy, and we were very proud of him too. Paul said Andrew had a talent, we're not for sure how he is going to use it, but we're proud of him anyway. Andrew received two ribbons, one for first place in his pack, then one for the overall winner! Then everyone got to enjoy ice cream .

Paul's Class Reunion

The last weekend in September we headed back to MO for Paul's class reunion--20 years! They had 4 years combined for the classes of 88-91. Paul's real good friend Larry was there and his wife Laurie, and Paul's cousin Todd who just happened to marry one of my best friends from back home--Penny. I'm so glad they were there, we had a really good time. I met some new people and paul had a good time talking with everyone again and reliving those "glory days at Scott City High"! Friday night we went to the football game also. Here are Paul, Penny, Todd, and me. Isn't Todd disgusting? That's why I just love him! Then here is Penny and me. I must have been holding someone else' s adult beverage--how did that get in the picture? Can't wait to see you guys at Thanksgiving!

BBQ on the River

Wow, it has been a long time since I have blogged! Well, BBQ on the River was here again at the end of September. We LOVE BBQ on the river! Paul had to work in the kettle korn stand for church, so while he worked, the kids and I got to walk around and eat, and eat, and eat,.......you get the point? But first, we had to get Adam's face painted. Every year he gets his face painted, but not Andrew!! This year he was a green dragon--as always, it was way cool! Then we went to go eat--Adam had his absolute favorite--ribs, and I had my favorite, BBQ nachos. Andrew had his favorite too--a hot dog! Then we walked around and the boys wanted these water balloon yo-yos. They were a thick rubbery stuff and as of today (10/12) they still haven't busted. Then we had fried elephant ears, ice cream , kettle korn, and I think that's all! Yummy.....