Relaxation

Andy and Jason had helped a guy with some brick work in turn for a weekend at the lake and this last weekend was just that. We spent our time fishing, swimming, eating, and sleeping. It was a great weekend.

Here I am with my perch.

Here you can see how I spent most of my time in the lounger with a book and this is the view. The deck was shaded most of the day which was nice by the afternoon when it started to get warm.

Here is the view over the rail.

This is what the cabin looks like. It was absolutely amazing.

The guys place for the weekend. As you can see it was a little cold in the mornings.

Check out my new teeth

We got this idea from a poster we saw and we just had to try it. Brinkley was such a great sport. We hope it makes you laugh just as much as we did.

New Babies

I am SOOOO excited as last night 7-7-08 my older brother and his wife told us that they are going to have their first baby due in the first part of February. We are so excited as this is something they have longed for. We wish them all the best and we cannot wait to become Aunt Abby and Uncle Andy.

For those of you that don't know this is Leslie (maid of honor and college roommate). She and her husband are pregnant with their first child due in November. We are so excited for them. They came over in June for a comic book convention and we did some great baby clothes shopping.

Also, as Julie has posted I would like to send a congrats to the Schloemer family we are so excited for another beautiful February baby.

Subaru Meet

A couple of weekends ago we went to a Subaru Meet around Coeurdalene (30 min. from our home). Andy, his friend Jason, and I went. As you can see by the photos it was a fairly good turn out. We met near the state line. Did a drive through some curving back roads and ended at a park for lunch. It was a beautiful day.

Start of the drive

End of the drive heading to the park
Andy and Jason after the drive (Andy's car is the white one and Jason's is the blue one directly behind Andy's)

A DAY IN THE DIRT

We spent Monday (Memorial Day weekend) out at the ORV park here in Spokane and it was a beautiful day. Andy and his friend Jason wanted to go riding and I wanted to take some photos so it worked out great.

Jason and Andy chatting it up.

Andy making an amazing roster tail.

Andy flying by me.

Wide open spaces.

SMORES...MMMMM

Lately we have been having small family get-togethers which have included smores. We love to all sit around a fire talking and eating these yummy things. Actually at this get-together it started to rain and none of noticed until it started to down pour; we were to interested in the warm fire and treats.

Dinner with Gina's (older brother's wife) family.

Andy melted the chocolate on his stick and than smeared that on a marshmellow for something different.

Just a great fire shot Andy took.

Okay this is kind of creepy...do you see the face in the flames????

We Are Ready For Summer

We decided our Spring/Summer project would be to add on/update our deck. We found after living here for a year that we wanted to be outside more eating dinner and etc. so what better way to to that than with a deck.

Here is our old deck

We decided to use Rhino Decking so that we would not have the yearly upkeep with wood.

Andy did most of the work himself, but we were very thankful for the help that we did get. Thank you Dave, Jason, Heath, and Josh. I tried the best I could with deck removal and staining, but when it came to actually putting in the boards I was a little worried about using the drill and messing something up.

Andy and Jason putting some of the boards on

The deck turned out amazing and we were out there almost the entire day today.

The New Deck
The decorated table. I found the top (metal) table mats at Pier One. They are so helpful in holding down the actual table mats.

A closer view of the gazebo

A closer view of our table

I just had to share this photo of Oscar...as you can tell he was exhausted from all the work
We hope to see you for a Summer dinner