Quickie

Not much time to write a lot tonight, so this'll be mostly catching up on pictures from the last week or so! :)

We spent most of last weekend in Portland at the Rose Cup races! One of the contractors at Peter's work sponsored the races, so we were able to get some tickets. It was LOTS of fun! We both got a bit sunburned, but enjoyed the 90 degree sunshine!
Here are some action shots: Click on the photos for a bigger, clearer image...
The Canadian Porsche was FAST...
Corvette trying to catch the Jag -
Nice assortment of cars...
Two of my favorite cars there - they were racing partners, but the yellow one didn't make it past the first lap! They're called Lola's... I'd never seen them before - pretty sweet ride!Mmm...
We never saw this one race, but it sure was pretty sitting there!
Fastest by FAR of the Formula Series races - he even lapped the #2 position!
Of course, we had to get a pic of Microsoft's sponsorship! 2004 Porsche GT3
This 'vette was SO loud! Fast too... she came in # 2 behind the Jaguar (see pic below)
Jaguar: Super fast car! I think they maybe had a few aftermarket parts on this one... :)
Dodge Viper - This one often raced w/her sister car, which looked exactly the same except the other's spoiler was orange...
This one's for Peter... Sherrie's Birthday @ Casa El Mirador - Last week! And her Birthday tarts!
I'm looking forward to Parma Convention this weekend!

Weekend Festivities!

First off, I'll post some over-due pictures of the newest addition to our family...

Peter now has a work truck! This thing's a BEAST... Big, & LOUD! :-)And here's more proof that we live in one of the prettiest places! The fields are close to harvesting now, so it's just beautiful, everywhere! (click on the pic, and you'll see the crop circle in the distance) Fri - Mon we camped up at Pinehollow Resort... It's about 45 minutes SE of The Dalles... so, close enough that we could come back for meeting Sun. a.m.. I'm not sure "resort" really is the word for it, but we had a nice time! We rented a little cabin, right on the lake front that kept us nice and cozy at night (until the heater quit - hmph)... that's my kind of camping! :)
Peter out in the boat with Doug (they work together) and his daughter Ashley.

We thought we'd buy a little piece of investment property up there - you like? (kidding...)
We stayed in the Annie Oakley cabin:
Inside our cabin
More inside our cabin - it had all the necessities!
View out the sliding doors of the cabin... that's Mt. Hood in the distance
And that about wraps it up! We had a nice barbecue this evening with some friends, and now are just kickin' back... hope everyone had a nice weekend too!

Memorial Day Weekend

Hey there!

We're off to funeral in Spokane tomorrow (Friday) and then we'll be camping for the rest of the weekend... hopefully we'll come home w/some pictures to share!

Happy Memorial Day!

Lots to catch up on!!

Hello... I have a bit to catch up on! I'll start with the most recent and work my way back through the week...

SUNDAY 5.13.07:
Had a nice morning meeting and then came home to some beautiful weather!
Peter worked outside for awhile, rotating tires, arranging flower beds, killing weeds & resealing the gutter...

Here's the flower bed:

I "worked" inside on my homework and test for the week. My homework is always due on Sunday night, as well as a quiz each week, and inevitably I save it until the last minute!
Dan and Julie Parsons had called on Saturday wondering if we wanted to go find some trails with them on Sunday... so pending on me getting my homework done, we were to join them... and we did! :-) That's good motivation to get in gear with homework!

My sweet hubby on his ride:

Then Dan pulling lil' Neena! (that's their baby girl... she's SO cute!)And Julie cruisin' along...Here I am, holding up the caboose... I think we live in one of the "prettiest places on earth!" Here's a great shot of Bonneville Dam. The long piece that comes the furthest out is the fish ladder...

SATURDAY 5.12.07:
We were invited to Richard and Beth's wedding. Peter works with Rich down at O2... It was nice to be with them on their special day... They were married at Skamania Lodge, which I might add is a beautiful place! It was a nice day, a little bit overcast and some wind, but at least not wet!! The wedding was at 3:00, with lots of food to follow!

Here comes the bride... Beth and her pops:

And here they are "doin' their thing"... Rich & Beth:The Cake! (she was a bit more organized than I - she didn't forget cake plates ...)I liked this one... these candles were lighting up the cake on either side:

We gave them a bar-be-que picnic kit...

THIS & LAST SATURDAY 5.5.07 & 5.12.07:
Peter's work is coming right along! Here's the progress of our sprinkler system... The double check back-flow preventer valve (that was a mouthful) is in, so trenching is next... Wahoo! Grass here we come!

The double-check-back-flow-preventer valve (say that one 5 times fast!)

We're looking forward to some company this weekend!!! Hope y'alls have a GREAT week!

I love it here!

It was 88 degrees today! SO beautiful and warm!!! I'm ready for summer!

My Mac's Here!

It arrived, in all it's glory and I've been playing on it all evening! Here's some pictures of the newest addition to our family. :-PLook, it even has a remote! I can lock it like a car...

Me - Trying to figure it out... it's a bit of a learning curve coming from a PC!
Enuf for now! (By the way, iPhoto is a cool free photo editing tool, from what I can tell so far)

I'm getting a new laptop!

My new MacBook Pro should be delivered tomorrow or Wednesday... pictures to come! :-)

Update (5-1-07 6:33 pm PST): Looks like it'll be Wednesday... Grrr... I don't know if I'm that patient! :-P

Happy # 50 Crystie

This weekend was the big event of The Dalles for the year... Cherry Festival! :) Peter was "volunteered" to volunteer for a few hours down there on Saturday morning... so here's a bit of his enthusiasm:

We spent the rest of our weekend (ie: Saturday afternoon/evening) helping Crystie turn 50. That's a big job! :-) Here some pics of the fun, and CUTE kids!

Natalie made this awesome apricot cheesecake...YUM-O
I'll apologize ahead of time that I didn't get ANY good pictures of the birthday girl, but I will assure you that 50 looks good on her!

Like brother, like sister... (Amy & Daniel Anderson)We played "throw the bean bag in the hole" for awhile... I'm sure there's an official name for it, it's kind like golfing minus the golf clubs & balls, w/bean bags instead. Hmm, maybe it's more like shot-put...?

This was my ONLY one that made it in the hole. I was SO proud... :-)Audrey with great-grandbaby JacqueKat showing us how it's all supposed to happen...Jacque workin' out!Cousins! Alanna, Kat & Lucy - (sorry I couldn't get the reflection on Kat's glasses to go away)

Peter's down with a cold again... :-( Daniel was kind enough to share the germs. :-) And tonight was our workers last gospel meeting, they're on their way back to Burns now, and then off for convention preps!
Hope you all had a nice weekend!

Update: Our Life 101

I do believe I am quite a pathetic excuse for a blogger! I will wear my cool blogger sweatshirt in shame now.

However, I will TRY to redeem myself in this update!

Life has been SO busy... where to start? Maybe where I left off in the last update:
The point of renting the rototiller 2 weeks ago was to get the soil ready for a new driveway / sprinkler system / GRASS! Anywho, none of that is in yet, but we do have some great ideas! Peter bought some round-up the other day (that stuff is spendy by the way), and is working on eradicating all of our stubborn weeds. After a very expensive quote to have a sprinkler system installed for us, I think maybe Peter's going to try to do it "a la carte." (any volunteers/ditch diggers would be greatly appreciated) After the sprinklers are in, we will look into getting the driveway poured... then comes the hydroseeding. - So that's the progress in the landscaping arena.
The last two weekends Peter has been working hard at his folks place. He's been replacing all the sinks/faucets, shower heads and light fixtures. He did a great job, it has turned out so nice! Last Friday we spent the night at Tom and Audrey's, so he could get an early start on the project. (if you want to hear about his early start, you'll have to email him, as he tells the story so much better than I!) After an afternoon of work, (him working on the house, myself on homework) Christy, Mara & Pammie and girls came over for a lasagna feast. Peter promptly went back to work. With one faucet, one light and two shower heads left, low-and-behold his work pager goes off. So, we drop all and race back to The Dalles. (~1 1/2 hr drive) Arrive home 11:30-ish and crash in bed. So, today we ran back out there and Peter finished up the rest of the fixtures. Here's some pics of his bee-ewe-tea-ful work:

Bathroom Faucets (4)Shower Heads (2)

Bathroom Light Fixtures (3)

Dining Room Chandeliers (2)

Kitchen Faucet (1) - (insert Peter's faucet saga here)

After he finished there, we headed over to NWOMS (an oral suregeon that Peter does IT work for) and he cleaned up some of their problems.

Then, off shopping! I haven't been in quite a long time, and it was SO fun! That is one thing that I miss living here, is the amount (or lack thereof) of retail shopping! :-) But Portland isn't too far... Here's some of my finds:

I LOVE this!!!New Running Shoes! They make me WANT to run!Ok, I best wrap this up... Hope you all had a great weekend!

Busy Saturday...

Peter rented a rototiller for the weekend, and churned up the property... it's looking so much better! We spent the better part of the day (after he rototilled) raking and raking and raking. I think we would have been better off starting a rock quarry on this place! There's more rock here than dirt. After a few hours of sifting through the rock (with hopes of finding some dirt), it started raining. Now, don't get me wrong, I do like the rain, but NOT RIGHT AFTER THE SOIL'S BEEN TILLED! Argh!!! Alas, we continued to rake in the rain. I admit, it was refreshing, but it just weighted down the soil making it heavy to sift through...
Anyway, every muscle in my body hurts, but I'm making the best of it by complaining to any listening ears.
Oh, here's pictures of the progress.
BEFORE:
From the deck downstairs...
First sweep with the rototiller. Don't be fooled, the green is not grass, just weeds!
AFTER:
The water puddle is from the 'tiller getting washed. This will all be grass soon... hopefully!Up top... All the dirt areas in this pic should be grass too...From below, looking up. The "driveway" looking part in the middle will be paved, and on either side of it will be grass.That's all folks. Hope everyone has a nice Sunday...