1st Saturdays

Home Depot does a little free project the first Saturday of every month.  We have been going most months for a year or more now.  Jake does very well, but I'm not too sure how much longer he'll be interested.  So far so good; I'm just thinking that many are getting a bit too easy for him.

This is a birdfeeder with suction cups to attach to a window. 

As you can see, we were the first ones there.  Jake is often awake early on the weekends, yet he has trouble waking up later during the week.  Go figure.



The Borsts came to town last week and we spent a little time together.  Unfortunately, I didn't take a whole lot of pictures...

Here is Anna beside a saguaro cactus.

Gail, Anna and Jake relaxing on a bech at the Desert Botanical Gardens.

Lunch at Chevy's with Gramma, too.

The Arizona Science Center is always entertaining. Matt and Anna are using their shadows to interact with virtual beads.

Jake was launching balls in jets of water

Matt tried his luck at it.

 

And managed to get one to 'float' in the air.

After all that fun, there was more fun to be had.

at Gramma's pool.

I didn't get anything with Erik in it - he did spend time with the Borsts, though!

New Paint

This was the house shortly after we moved in. 

If I knew how much better the house would look, I would have done this years ago.  Probably should have replaced the shingles earlier, also.

That front section had four panels of glass for windows.  Not exactly the best idea as the summer heat practically comes right through them.  Now it is a single double pane window.

Back is now coming along and the sides, well, they're next.

Here is the most recent shot of the family.  The boys would say this isn't our whole family - Scampi, our rescue shelter cat isn't in it. 

This was taken during Spring Break week 2012 when we visited Vegas for a couple days.  We went to a magic/comedy show which was pretty good.