Just for Fun

I looked out the window yesterday and saw Joe, Scott and Joey sitting on their front porch. By the time I got the camera and peeked out the front door, Joey had moved -it was still kind of cute. He caught his first fish at Hordeman Pond. He got a pole, reel and tackle box from Fish and Game.

Can you take a baby to a golf course?

Seth and I celebrated our fourth anniversary on Thursday. We went to dinner at the New Hong Kong and then crossed the border to Pullman and got Blizzards at Dairy Queen. We wanted to go to the golf course and hit a bucket of balls but it was pretty grizzly outside. We decided to save it for Saturday because the forecast promised sunshine, and we actually saw the sun!!! We decided to take the whole family. Weston was so excited!!! We hit a couple of buckets of balls and they even had a smaller club for Weston. It was Koper's naptime so he stayed in the stroller thankfully and didn't cry while we were playing. I was so afraid he was going to start screaming and I would have to run him back to the car. I was the only female at the driving range and I was the only one pushing a stroller, but it was good family fun. I'm sure we'll do it again. My back pooped out after a couple of swings but I enjoyed the putt-putt.

As you have probably seen, I have been busy with the website and figure out software and computers. It's been cool to learn everything. I started with absolutely no knowledge of my software and the programs I would be using and Kevin has been able to help me. But sometimes I'll just be sitting there and something will come to me about how to do something. Today I was sitting in church and figured out how to use my clipart CD without having to spend a fortune on Adobe Illustrator. Hopefully, this all means I'm moving in the right direction.

Seth is finishing with his classes this week, it's supposed to be dead week but I don't think that exists anymore. He'll be done with his finals next Wednesday!!!

Anyone know how to find a leak?

I said "find" a leak.


So a couple times this week we noticed a "zit" between the drywall and paint in our kitchen. I lanced it with my pocketknife. No puss, just water.


But, we're not sure where it's coming from. Directly above the leak are the toilet and bathtub drains. We changed the wax seal on the toilet and it still leaked. Next step... cut into the kitchen ceiling to investigate the bathtub drain???


Oh yeah, Lisa wanted to list the house this week. Think we can sell it before the leak gets any worse?





We went with our realtor to look at houses on Friday night. We're in not position to buy right now, but it was still fun to window shop. We saw one house with a floor plan that we liked and it was within our price range. Too bad that the back yard was literally 8' deep. Couldn't we just
offer to buy 10' from the neighbors?

The second picture is of Braxton at his kindergarten's Farm Program. They sang songs and each kid shared a computer picture he drew about a farm animal.

End of an Era

The roofer is coming tomorrow so Seth and I took the backboard down on Saturday. Even the neighbors made comments about it being gone. We will leave it down until the "grand kids" get old enough to use it and then we might put it back up again. I am staying home from work tomorrow to remove and replace all the fascia boards. I kept trying to convince myself the old ones were good enough but when you look close at them they are pretty well shot. Seth is coming over after his last class to help me put the new ones up. It wouldn't be such a bad job if they weren't 20 feet in the air. The new shingles will be almost black. We think they should look great. The roofer is going to do our roof and Joe's at the same time so it should give us time to get the trim boards up before he starts with the new shingles.

Saturday was a beautiful day. We got lots done. It was also Josh Boydston's reception. We had great plans but didn't make it. We'll send it in the mail.

Shane and Tracey got a new Ford F-350 yesterday. They drove up to cow patty flats to check on the camping and there was still about 3' of snow. Scott said he was up to 4-corners the other day and couldn't find the blue gate. He was kicking around in the snow and hit it with his foot. He was standing on top of it. There's lots of snow up there. Hopefully we will have a slow melt and it wall all stay in the mountains.

That's it for now. We'll send more pictures of the roof as it happens.

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Not much new on our home front. Les finished Spring Cleaning. She downsized the rooms and got rid of a lot of junk that had accumulated over the winter. Yes, I married a good woman. She keeps us fed, clothed and happy.

Brant

T-rav wins!

This weekend Trav had a karate tournament. He participated in 2 events: forms (which is a fancy word for routine-like a dance routine) and sparring. His form went very well and he remembered all of his steps and when to bow and what to say. But unfortunately for him, Trav was the only guy who showed up to play in his weight class/age group, so he had to spar (aka fight) with a guy twice his girth (not fat, just a big dude). I was afraid. During the nail-biting match, the score was 3-4 (Trav down 1), when Trav finished him off with a roundhouse kick to the head for...TWO POINTS to win the match! He was awarded 2 trophies: a 1st place for winning the match and a 2nd place for his form. He's happy because he has a jammed finger and slightly bruised eye to show for it. Congratulations T-rav!