10.27.2009

Mixed feelings!

The door came! (Not stained yet) I love it!
But hate the big ding that came in the frame. :-(
Back to the manufacturer to be fixed... maybe we'll see it again in a week or so? Hopefully the next time it graces our presence it'll be untainted!

Playing catch-up again...

Two weeks ago we finished up re-sheathing the front of the house. Same process as before ~ Tear off the old...
...pop the windows out...
... take a moment to ooh and aah over the cute kitty peering out the window hole. :)
Cut the sheathing to fit...
Nail the sheathing in, pop the next window out and repeat!
Peter finishes up the middle section ~
Then we unroll and staple the house-wrap...
... and cut the holes for the windows to fit them back in!
We only managed to break one window in the process... Not bad, huh? :-)
Then we sit and wait for our recently ordered windows to arrive! All in a Saturday's work! :-)

10.13.2009

Random wedding weekend pictures!

I forgot to post these! Enjoy a few of our shots from the days before Del & Jill's wedding...
Linz & Chloe with their bed-heads. :)
Chloe was quite the cuddle bug with Pops!
Some of us girls pampered ourselves on Saturday morning pre-wedding. Pedicures!
My first one... ever!
Grams & Moms first one ever too! :)
Auntie Sandra, Shauna and Cori. Linz's right shoulder made it into the pic too!
Sisters... Cute!
Shauna in her weddin' get-up. We went shopping about 2 hours before the wedding and both found new outfits! Some shoes I brought along matched her outfit perfectly!
Cute shoes!
...and cute toes! :)
Jake, Del's best man, in his prized posession... his Scion xB.
Cute lil' Chloe
This was quite the production... Shauna skyped Sarah, Eldon & Rhys in Australia, so we could all chat with them. I'm shaking a monkey because Rhys would mimmick the monkey sound when we did this... adorable!! We were far away in miles, but close in heart!
'Nuf said. :)

10.11.2009

Weekend adventures!

My husband is SOO amazing! He took a vacation day from work on Friday & accomplished oodles on the house! I left for work that morning with at a house that was fully sided on the front... and came home to this! Well, not quite actually. That tree there below, well...
-It was gone. :)
This is more like what I came home to. :)
He also framed out the exterior outlet box.
Oh, and did I mention that the rock is finished?! (sans grout)
.. and lights!! LIGHTS! I love these. Actually, I love everything about the way the garage front of the house has turned out. It is amazing!
The old sheathing came off...
Oh, and we had a BEAUTIFUL sunset tonight!
-Working late tonight- I <3 him.
1/2 of the old sheathing has been replaced! Notice there are no windows in the bottom half? Dozer thought it was pretty cool to be able to just jump out the window - it was quite adorable if I do say so myself. :)
Re-sheathed, new Ty-vek is up & the old windows are back in! The new ones are on order - they should be here in about 2 weeks! Maybe tomorrow after meeting we'll get the upper 1/2 done...?
After a long days work... with the new lights in the background! :)
Did I mention that I love these?! They'll match the style of our new windows too!
11:30... time for some snoozing... Happy Saturday, Sunday & Columbus Day y'all!

10.06.2009

:-)

The rock's done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (almost...) It needs to be grouted, but doesn't it look AMAZING?!
Peter took the shutters off this weekend...
...and we picked out a new front door!! I couldn't find a model of our exact door, but ours will looks mostly like this, just without all the black hardware!! I LOVE it!
From afar... the tree will soon be gone!
The old is ready to come out... and our new one is on order!
I feel all GIDDY! :) Over a door... isn't that silly?

10.04.2009

More from paradise!

Some more pictures from Aruba!
Has anyone ever eaten here?? SOOO good!
Pre-dinner self-photo. :)
Oh for cute...
Liesl & one of the meat guys - if you leave hungry it's your own fault!
Another good shot!
Mmm, dessert! We were all too full for it, but ordered and ate it anyway. :)
Post-dinner big bellies/big cheeks! :-)
Here's some more snorkeling photos:
A lobster!
Spotted, lip-puckering fish. :) He actually has a name but I can't remember!
Big, black & yellow striped fish. :)
My sunglasses (which I was borrowing from Liesl) broke. *sigh
Another self-photo! I wish I had Peter's tan skin. :(
I love this shot!! That's an old abandoned boat out there... we snorkeled around it later.
Starfish!! How cool is this?!
A sea snake! Also amazing!
See the fuzzy worm?
A close-up of the ship... this was fun to snorkel around, but it was REALLY shallow, which made for some stressful moments trying to slide over the coral!
Another starfish! We hit the jackpot on our snorkeling trips!
Liesl and I & our fish-faces :)
Too bad for the water spot!!
Enlarge this picture and laugh with me at the little chick-a-dee getting drunk, sipping on the caps of the alcohol bottles!!
Mmmm, nothing better on a HOT tropical beach stroll!!!
I LOVE this water!
... seems, so does he! :-)
Our last night in town us girlies got all "dolled-up" & went to a fancy dinner with our hubbies! So fun!
Ready to go! Isn't Liesl's dress incredible?!
Fancy, schmancy!
Hubby n' I. :)
K&L - good one!
My sweet hubby!
The restaurant overlooks the island and we timed it perfectly to be there for the sunset. Beautiful!

Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Ha!
Whew - I think now between this post and the first Aruba one that we covered most of the vacation! I can't wait to go back!