Our neighborhood pool opened up on Memorial Day weekend and the kids have been bugging us to take them ever since. Today we needed a break from planting and the weather was plenty warm so I decided to round everyone up and go to the pool. The pool was crowded but not terribly so. Diana… Continue reading Swimming Fun
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Landscape Diary
The landscapers put in new sod a couple of days ago and are finally finished. Unfortunately, the weather is getting hotter and hotter (it was mid 80s today) so even though I’m watering the sod three times a day it is starting to dry up. Oh well, in our old house we planted the sod… Continue reading Landscape Diary
The Blending Badge
Sam finally got his Blending Badge at Challenger School. When Nancy picked him up he had a big grin on his face. The blending badge is given after the student can blend the various consonant and vowel sounds such as *ow (now, pow, wow), *as (has, was), *in (bin, tin, rin), etc. Sam has been… Continue reading The Blending Badge
Too busy for my own good…
I had a big presentation due at work today so I’ve been pretty busy the past few days and let my posting slack off. Fortunately, Nancy is getting the hang of blogging and has picked up the slack. My sister likes to send out the email questionairre spam things to all her family and friends.… Continue reading Too busy for my own good…
Landscape Diary
The landscapers put the weed barrier down in the flowerbeds today and started on the flagstone paths and patio. . Nancy was excited when the truck pulled up with the stone. A few weeks ago we went down to American Stone and picked out the kind we liked – an Idaho quartzite called “buckskin” We… Continue reading Landscape Diary
Landscape Diary
Today they hooked up the electricity and water to the waterfall. The pump is nice and quiet – in fact, you can’t hear it at all. It also has a low-water valve that is hooked to the sprinkler system so that the water will automatically refill itself if it gets too low. The top part… Continue reading Landscape Diary
PTA Carnival
The elementary school held it’s PTA Carnival tonight. The girls wanted to go quite badly. I could tell Nancy didn’t want to take them so she ask me to take them and she went with Samuel to his final T-ball game of the season. The carnival was your typical PTA fundraiser – inflatable rides, sno-cones,… Continue reading PTA Carnival
New Artwork
We made our second-ever artwork purchase when we decorated our front room (our first was our purchase of some paintings on our trip to China). Nancy and I both really liked this print when we saw it at the furniture gallery. For some reason, the print wasn’t delivered with the furniture but it finally arrived… Continue reading New Artwork
Landscape Diary
Today the landscapers put the rock wall into place. Our front yard had a bit of a slope in it so we decided to level it off with a rock wall. Some of the houses in our neighborhood have large multi-level rock walls but we didn’t need anything that fancy – just something big enough… Continue reading Landscape Diary
Singing Sam
Sam had is annual Spring Sing at Challenger School today. I worked from home in the morning so that I could go with Nancy to see the program. Sam did a good job of singing and dancing this year. Last year he fell and scraped his knee on his way into school and so he… Continue reading Singing Sam