Saturday, August 21, 2010

Rain or Shine

So 2 weekends ago (you know that one when it was pouring down rain?) Bear, Jon, Em and I were off meeting Aksel but Jeff was hard at work. We (and I say "we" here because even though I was not up there in the rain, I did put my time in - ie 10:00pm stapling paper the Thursday night prior and who do you think picked up every single one of the old shingles?). Anyway, "we" put up a new roof. The roof was in OK shape...but it would probably be something to haggle over if we were to sell in the next few years. Honestly, my husband amazes me, he works so hard and it constantly surprises me that not only does he actually know what he is doing, but he does it all really, really well. Anyway, the "we" above also includes more that just Jeff and me. The brothers pitched in to help - thanks Jay and Eric!

The "we" also includes Kyle...I don't even pretend to understand the weird and complex friendship between those two and why Kyle would voluntarily subject himself to roofing on a rainy Saturday with Jeff. After subjecting Jeff to an urban study on Kyle's amazing friendship, I remain just as confused as ever (men!) there was no exchange of labor, cash, wrestling singlets circa new years eve 2004, or even deep conversation, just beer and really, really hard work - in the rain. Regardless, I am so grateful and my 'ode to Kyle and his pumpkin moving, self portrait snapping, ultimate wrestling, clean house keeping, dirty story telling, cougar loving, and now roofing continues...Thanks Kyle!

Ladies...did I mention he is really funny?


Sunday, August 15, 2010

Aksel

Last weekend Bear and I got to meet the very beautiful, gorgeous and sweet Aksel Emil. Aksel his and proud parents were all smiles. Congrats Annika & Chet!

Isn't he adorable?

The proud mommy

Honestly...adorable!!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Evolution

Bear spent a few months doing the what we referred to as the Army Crawl

He graduated to the Wounded Soldier for a few weeks

Then went on to All 4's

Shortly after that he started The Proposer


Now...he walks! Well kind of... It has taken me a few weeks
just to snap a socially acceptable pic because so far
Bear is only trying to walk in very dangerous places
and of course, he refuses to walk on command.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Entry

After a super busy weekend we spent part of Sunday hard at work adding a little charm to the front of the house. This project has including a lot of pointing, laughing, drawing, "discussions" oh, and one fall off the roof. It also included a lot of learning. Jeff designed and had the Corbels custom made. You can't tell yet, but they are going to look great!

Abe and Gus were pretty entertained by all of the commotion.

Front Entry before (you can't really tell but the
original overhang is this odd metal contraption)

In progress

Calling it a day, the front entry for now.

We snap quick pick tonight, while chatting about all
of the work still yet to be started!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Rock the Vote

It's time for a a little audience participation! Jeff and I are tyring to narrow down some house colors and we are taking your votes! The three choices are: Restful, Simply Sage and Beach Glass.

See poll on the right side of this page or post a comment below, send me an email, a text or give me a ring.

EVERYONE is welcome to participate, you know who you are...yes, you! Vote!


Sunday, July 25, 2010

Let there be light!

We spent part of Saturday working to install french doors in the master bedroom. We are still working on some other big projects so once the doors were on we hit pause and moved on to some serious planning. Below are a few pics I snapped on Saturday.

The (inside) before shot

The (outside) before shot

Bear had a great view of the action.

Jeff worked so hard in the HOT sun!

And inside the HOT room.

In progress (outside). Look at that mess!

Outside - for now... 

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Abe's 1st Birthday

A very belated post and not related to the disaster we are calling home these days but SO worth a mention! We had a small family lunch to celebrate Abe's first birthday.

Friends mark your calendar - we will celebrate year number two with a big party (without a sea of rusty nails littering the lawn, in a painted house, with absolutely no hazardous tools or dust bunnies in sight)!

The Birthday Boy