May 2008

I'm excited that my dear friend Sara is finally up and running with her job share. This means we get to meet up and gossip a bit more...I mean let the kids play. Meredith likes to practice her big-sister skills out on Sam once in a while.

Congrats to:

The Reinhard Family on the arrival of their baby girl Veda Pearl!

The Dahlberg Family on the arrival of their baby boy Keaton!

And to Heather and Ryan Skene who are adding another GIRL to the bunch!

Sunset Magazine agrees....McCall is Awesome!

Read the article here, they even mention Jesse's favorite hangout Lardos. I think one more rough night there and he's not going to be welcome back. At least not with Jeremy or Ryan.

The 8th Wonder of the World. The "Rooster Tail" hasn't appeared since 2006. We battled half of Boise and pelting rain to see this. Meredith kept wanting to se more of the "Chicken Tail".

Slowly but surely the snow pile is receeding. Not quick enough I say! We headed up to McCall for a work weekend. Since I can't nest at home really, I took on the closets and garage at the cabin. Low and behold I found my missing box of Christmas presents from two years ago!
Not quite summer yet...
We didn't see another soul on the beach the whole weekend.
Back in town on Sunday the Bordners hosted a fun BBQ. The kids are outnumbering the parents which is scary! Here are some lovely ladies and Ryder testing out the new couch...
So the adults could eat in peace we tried to get all the kids to watch a movie. This lasted approx. 3 minutes. From left to right:
Morgan (3.5), Ryder (3), Aiden (1), Margo (2), Meredith (2), Alex (3)
Not pictured are Elanore (4mo) and Fiona (7mo)

We just finished up a nice four day visit from Grandma KK, or Karan as most people like to call my mom. What a great time we had, it's always nice for Meredith to see her Grandparents. Jesse helped John take his raft on it's maiden voyage down the Main Payette this weekend. Looks cold and dirty to me, but they claim it was great.

No dry suit for this guy, he's too tough.
On Saturday the Kearneys had a fun BBQ. The 95 degree weather did not stop the kids from bouncing. Meredith wouldn't get out. She only got out once to ask for water, I thought she might pass out!
Jeremy offered her some beer, but my smart little girl knows not to accept drinks from strange men.
Meredith and Aiden taking a breather. Look at those red cheeks, it was a scorcher.
Grandma KK and Meredith test out the new double jogger/trailer. I'm not sure how Meredith is going to feel about sharing her new ride with her sister.
Pre-bedtime melt down on the porch.
Speaking of bellies...this Sunday at church there was another pregnant woman sitting behind us. Meredith looked at her, then looked at me and said "My Mom has the biggest belly I've ever seen!". She might be right...

Happy Mothers Day to all you moms out there. We spent the weekend in McCall with Jesses mom and her husband Mike. I need to get the pictures she took! In the meantime, here I am at 27 weeks - officially in my 3rd trimester. Meredith and I look a little worse for the wear after a long day...

She still has that blonde hair!
I think I'm bigger this time around.
We had a nice dinner at Papa Gene and Grandma Danas house on Sunday. We snuck across the street to check out our new house. We're still waiting on some huge beam to be delivered so the front porch can be framed. And that darn bay window needs to fixed...
Stairs going up, from the dining room.
Our crazy geo-thermal heating. We'll have radiant floor heat on all three levels heated by the hot water from the Warm Springs area.
The framing for the fireplace and built-ins in the living room.
My kitchen, across the hall from the living room.




Looking at the living room from the kitchen.
Going up to the second story.
View from the upstairs front bedroom, you can see our old house right across the stree! The kids are going to have the best views. I think I'll be able to watch them walk to school from the second floor.
Back of the house, we'll have a covered patio out there. The little window is a pass through from the kitchen. The 2 windows on the left are in our master bath.
Side of the house, we'll have a big patio/grass area here.





I've never been in the alley before! The garage has yet to be framed. We are adding a second story for storage.
Big doors off the living room onto the patio.
The basement will house the laundry room, playroom, living room, guest bedroom and bathroom. And at Jesse's insistence, a little wet bar.
That's all for now, hopefully it will all make more sense when they get the sheet rock hung. Porch this week - windows next week!

Finally a nice weekend in Boise! A good way to start out the month of May. How is it May already? Only 14 (at the latest) weeks to go until we meet our new baby girl. Meredith felt the baby kick for the first time this week and thought it was the funniest thing ever. Our 1st baby girl is busy doing big girl things, like walking along the ledge in front of our house and watering the flowers. Meredith is sporting the latest in bubble skirts (thanks Aunt Kortney!).

The beginning of May is always fun - it's Jesses birthday on the 5th! The Bordners had us over for dinner and I used the birthday as an excuse to make a yummy chocolate cake.
Four pregnant ladies enjoying some non-alcoholic beer. Marjorie is due in November 5th, Kirstin the day after me, and Heather October 5th (left to right). Lots of designated drivers this summer. So far there are 2 girls being born in August, we'll see if Marjorie and Heather can even things out by the fall!

No candles, so we resorted to using a looong match. Happy Birthday Jesse!
The rest of the weekend was spent at various plumbing supply stores. I now have the entire Kholer catalog memorized and can chat with anyone about the horse-power in standard garbage disposals. Meredith calls it "horse-powder".