Our House... on the corner of the street... our house.....

it's a really great place to meet!

It has been suggested that people who have never been to our house, or don't know what the house looks like (or haven't heard that we live in the purple house...) might like to see photos. So... here's the front of the house. There's not picture of the garage, because the photo was taken before we actually closed on the house, and I seem to remember doing a "drive-by" photo shoot. We do love the house though, and we've been able to make some floral and other adjustments to the front of the house. For instance - we now have a white picket fence to accent the rest of the white on the house... we have air conditioning!!! something i'm quite certain I would NOT have been able to live without during this heat wave that we're having; and we no longer have a bug problem. That was taken care of shortly after we moved in.

So I heard today that it takes 5 years to become completely settled in a house once you move in... I'm not sure I like that thought, because I'm sure we won't be in this house for that long, but at least I'll not have to unpack all the boxes! I mean, really... if it takes 5 years to undo all the boxes, might as well just unpack the necessary ones and either get rid of the rest, or store them until you get into a permanent spot, right???

Oh well. The inside of the house is coming together... we just ordered some doors to help keep the heat out of the upstairs, and we'll start (I use the term "we" very loosly, since Andrew will, I'm sure, do most of the work) doing the inside remodel sometime... I'll post pictures as they come available.

Linda

Water, Water, everywhere...

Andrew, Savannah and I just spent a MARVELOUS weekend in Utah. Savannah especially enjoyed the day that we spent at 7-Peaks water park in Provo. It was a great day. The sun came out long enough for us to spend all day at the park, and we all got a little more color.

It was fun to take Andrew's sister, Rachel with us. We all enjoyed splashing in the water and generally being able to spend time together.

I wasn't allowed to go down any of the water slides - something about not letting pregnant women do that kind of thing... and it didn't bother me AT ALL! I have no desire to be thrust under water not knowing which direction is up or down... Savannah didn't seem to mind at all though. After going down the big water slide with Dad, she decided that she was ready to go down "all by herself". Imagine my surprise when she really did!!! Her favorite part of the day was either the lazy river, or the water slide, depending on when you ask her. The answer is always different. If we ask her if she wants to go to another water park, her answer is ALWAYS - "lets go today!"

She spent most of the drive back from Utah sleeping off the effects of playing in the water all day... a relief from her incessant questions...

Took lots of pictures, but they're all film - I'll post some when they come back from the printers!

Enjoy the day!

Savannah and her "husdband" (best friend, really- Cal)

Wish on a new Stahr...

Yep. You did read that right! Looking for a new Stahr to arrive in Canby sometime in February. We've been told either February 21 or February 24 (really sometime that week...).

And for those who are curious, we have this fairly strong belief that there are two true surprises left in this world - so we're leaving the finding out to the birthday celebration. If you're one of those who doesn't like waiting for that surprise...

Savannah's reaction? "I want a baby brother! No... I want a baby Sister! I just want both." Since she's been telling everyone anyway, we'll wait to see if she really can predict things like that - although we have decided that having twins wouldn't be a bad idea - lots of work, but nothing that we couldn't handle.

So... we'll keep you posted!
Linda

P.S. Here's some of those photos you've all been asking for!