Weekend projects

The past few days my parents came out for a visit. Dad cannot stand to not to be busy, so on Friday, he and Caleb cleaned out the garage. They moved everything and built new shelves on the wall. Caleb also got an early birthday present, a new tool chest, to help with all the organization. In the end it looks great and it is amazing how much more space there is in there. 

While they were busy in the garage, Mom and I kept busy making curtains for the baby's room. We made roman shades for the two windows with green striped fabric. Then we made some sheers to soften up the room. I think they turned out pretty cute. While my parents were still here we also picked out some furniture for the room. The crib is ordered and we brought home the dresser (espresso color). I am excited to put it all together finally. The past few days my parents came out for a visit. Dad cannot stand to not to be busy, so on Friday, he and Caleb cleaned out the garage. They moved everything and built new shelves on the wall. Caleb also got an early birthday present, a new tool chest, to help with all the organization. In the end it looks great and it is amazing how much more space there is in there.

Yellow Watermelon

I had never heard of a yellow watermelon before. A couple weeks a go a friend from our ward stayed at our house for a night. On his way he stopped at a roadside farmer's stand and bought this watermelon. On the outside it looks like your average watermelon but once you cut into is, Surprise! It is bright yellow. It tasted normal and was actually very sweet and juicy. Very fun.

New Car

This is a picture of our new car. It is a Subaru Outback turbo (thus the scoop--which actually functions). We got it a couple weeks ago. Now that I am only working a few days a week and Caleb is 45 minutes away in Brockport, we needed two cars so I wasn't stuck at home. It should be great for the snowy winter here with all wheel drive. We have a gate in the back to keep the dogs back there. So far they are not too fond of the restriction of freedom. They especially don't like not being able to stick their heads out the window. Sorry I forgot to tell you what kind of car it is. It is a Subaru Outback 2.5XT Limited.

Alphabet cross stitch

This is a cross stitch that Caleb's mom made when he was little. She gave it to us and we got it framed to put in the baby's room.

Dean’s List

I received a letter in the mail the other day from my school. I thought oh great another bill. But to my surprise it was a letter stating that I made the dean's list. I was shocked because it was one of my harder course loads and I really did not try that hard in some of my classes. None the less I made it so I had to brag a little.

Washington D.C.

During my week of vacation, we drove down and met my parents in Washington, D.C., to do a little sightseeing. Completely unplanned it happened to be Memorial Day weekend so we ended up getting to see some things that aren't normally going on. We got around by subway and tons of walking.

Our first day there we hit a couple of museums. Caleb's favorite was the air and space museum. We went to the National Archives and saw the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. We also went to the Holocaust museum. It was very crowded and very sobering.

Our second day was all about memorials. In the morning we went to Arlington National Cemetary. Because of Memorial Day, all of the grave markers had flags. While there we watched the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. And then they also did a couple of wreath ceremonies That evening we went to a improv play at the Kennedy Center and had a neat view of as schools presented wreaths to lay at the tomb and they played taps. Next we went to the Washington monument, WWII memorial, Thomas Jefferson, and FDR memorials. D.C. at night from the top of the building.

Our third day we went to the Lincoln and Korean War Memorials. At the Vietnam war memorial we saw a presentation by a group of veterans in memory of people they had served with. A park ranger stood on top of the monument and played taps. We went to the National Museum of the American Indian. There they were also doing a presentaion in the atrium. We ate lunch there--they had a huge variety of native food from different parts of the country. Then as we were walking around we found out that there was going to be a dress rehersal for the PBS Memorial Day concert on the lawn of the Capitol. This was open to the public and so we waited around to watch. It was pretty neat. A few parts were kind of funny because the real performers weren't there and the stand-ins were so different.

The next day we headed home. When we got home we watched the concert on tv to see how it was different from what we had seen the night before. It was a very fun and busy trip. Thanks Mom and Dad.

One other funny thing about the trip was that there was an annual motorcycle rally "Rolling Thunder" that weekend. This means that there were tons of bikers. Caleb and Dad had to check out a few of the crazier bikes.

Ceiling fan

Our house does not have central air and so each year we pull out all the fans and eventually window AC units to help us stay cool during the summer months. This year we decided that a ceiling fan would better circulate the air in our bedroom. So Caleb got to install one. The difficult part of this was that there was not any wiring and so he had to get wiring up the wall and across the ceiling so the fan would have power. It took half a day but now that it is done it is definitely worth it.