Well. Okay. Not for us! It's been crazy as heck.
My sister got engaged at the beginning of summer and I was the photographer/ invitation maker/ hairstylist/ maid of honor so we spent a bit of time preparing for that and then she moved up the date a month so then it got really crazy.
We have all of our birthdays in the summer with the exception of Doug's in February. Evie in July, Hylton and I in August, and Sterling in September. (Who planned this anyway?!)
Evie wanted a Hello Kitty party and we obliged. Earlier in the year our ward had a service auction and I won the services of a great confectioner, so she made Evie an awesome Hello Kitty Cake! We also went to the park and had a whole to-do with her friends.
For Hylton we kept it simple. Just cake and family.
I'm a bit birthday-ed out, so I have procrastinated doing something for Sterling's birthday (which is tomorrow). At this rate he may be lucky to get presents. Although I know he wants a pirate party, so we'll see...
We had our family campout at Honeyman's. It was a great campground with lots of vegetation (if you recall our last campout, you'll know why this was such a hit!). The only flaw (for me) was that I thought it was right on the beach when really it was right on a bazillion acres of sand dunes! We hiked up three steep sand dunes expecting to see the surf only to discover an entire panorama of sand, sand, and more sand! So, we never actually saw the beach while we were down there and itrained torrential down-poured one whole day, but we still had fun.
I also took it upon myself to buy Doug a shotgun since he has been wanting one for SO LONG! I bought it before this camping trip thinking that we could shoot it, but when we drove out of town to shoot it, we couldn't find anywhere and ran into a few groups of bow hunters (it being the very first day of bow hunting) so we decided not to tick them off and left. So we finally got to shoot it this week (two weeks later).
And my brother let me shoot his .40 which I preferred since it didn't give me bruises and I was actually able to hit the target occasionally.
Meanwhile, we decided since things weren't quite busy enough for us, we should buy a HOUSE! Not just any house, but one that will require work from now 'til doomsday. Lucky for us, the seller is making several repairs. We drive by everyday to check the progress and today we went in with our Realtor to look it over. Frankly, they are doing crummy work, but when a contractor makes a bid that cheap for so much work, you gotta know how it's gonna come out. In any case, if it passes muster with the appraiser we may close a bit earlier than expected.
New Roof
More attic ventilation
Doug checking things out with the inspector
Like my mint-green master bedroom?
The kitchen. Hmph.
And what do you think about my tavern doors here?
My sister got engaged at the beginning of summer and I was the photographer/ invitation maker/ hairstylist/ maid of honor so we spent a bit of time preparing for that and then she moved up the date a month so then it got really crazy.
We have all of our birthdays in the summer with the exception of Doug's in February. Evie in July, Hylton and I in August, and Sterling in September. (Who planned this anyway?!)
Evie wanted a Hello Kitty party and we obliged. Earlier in the year our ward had a service auction and I won the services of a great confectioner, so she made Evie an awesome Hello Kitty Cake! We also went to the park and had a whole to-do with her friends.
For Hylton we kept it simple. Just cake and family.
I'm a bit birthday-ed out, so I have procrastinated doing something for Sterling's birthday (which is tomorrow). At this rate he may be lucky to get presents. Although I know he wants a pirate party, so we'll see...
We had our family campout at Honeyman's. It was a great campground with lots of vegetation (if you recall our last campout, you'll know why this was such a hit!). The only flaw (for me) was that I thought it was right on the beach when really it was right on a bazillion acres of sand dunes! We hiked up three steep sand dunes expecting to see the surf only to discover an entire panorama of sand, sand, and more sand! So, we never actually saw the beach while we were down there and it
I also took it upon myself to buy Doug a shotgun since he has been wanting one for SO LONG! I bought it before this camping trip thinking that we could shoot it, but when we drove out of town to shoot it, we couldn't find anywhere and ran into a few groups of bow hunters (it being the very first day of bow hunting) so we decided not to tick them off and left. So we finally got to shoot it this week (two weeks later).
And my brother let me shoot his .40 which I preferred since it didn't give me bruises and I was actually able to hit the target occasionally.
Meanwhile, we decided since things weren't quite busy enough for us, we should buy a HOUSE! Not just any house, but one that will require work from now 'til doomsday. Lucky for us, the seller is making several repairs. We drive by everyday to check the progress and today we went in with our Realtor to look it over. Frankly, they are doing crummy work, but when a contractor makes a bid that cheap for so much work, you gotta know how it's gonna come out. In any case, if it passes muster with the appraiser we may close a bit earlier than expected.
New Roof
More attic ventilation
Doug checking things out with the inspector
Like my mint-green master bedroom?
The kitchen. Hmph.
And what do you think about my tavern doors here?
