Well, we’re in Monroe, Utah for a quick visit with family. We left Denver on Friday afternoon and pulled into town about 1am Saturday morning. Mom had a nice room set up for Andrew & Haley to sleep in – but did they sleep? Oh no — they stayed up all night long, dragging enough toys into the room to make it seem like an explosion in a toy factory, and then they went hunting videos to watch on the t.v. in the room. Jennifer & kids were at my parents too, and they woke up their cousins around 6am. I wouldn’t have believed they would have done this, but now I know! Needless to say they both had naps after lunch – Andrew slept about FOUR hours. Unfortunately Tom & I were upstairs and didn’t hear any of their exploits or there would have been major scolding going on and children sleeping...
First off, do you like our new look? I had to browbeat Spencer to get him to do something new. He’s not impressed because it only took him a few minutes to design it – if it doesn’t take four hours, it’s not worth it!! We had a surprise visit from Mom & Dad Cottle this past weekend. It was great to see them! Dad finished pulling the tree root out of the ground for Tom, so we were soooo grateful for that. The last time Tom came in from digging and chopping, he said “that tree is winning!”. My neighbor, who is a landscaper, came over on Monday and offered to take it to the dump, so it is even out of our yard! I love having it gone. Now the dogwood can really do its thing. I have had a few not so great weeks. While the depression medicine has really been making a difference over...
We (well, really I, since Tom never does post) haven’t said much lately, so I guess it’s time to update again! Yesterday (after sleeping in – yea!) Tom and I got busy getting ready to host a BBQ for Alex, Andrew & families. Tom made a HUGE batch of his famous salsa. I did a quick run-through of the house (vacuuming, putting things away, trying to finish the laundry, cleaning the HUGE mess that is our kitchen 90% of the time). Then we attacked the yard. I really am going to post pictures, because we’re so proud of all our hard work. A couple of weeks ago (or has it been a month?) we took up all the railroad tie garden beds in our yard. Tom cut them all down into shorter lengths and we have been standing them on edge around our new, larger, in the middle of the sun, garden bed. We’ve planted...