Archive for August, 2009

The Best Airport Visit Ever!

On August 21st, I (and part of my family) experienced the best airport visit ever.  I know it’s a little late to blog about it, but now that I have a cold I can finally excuse myself from sitting on my butt and blogging while there is laundry to be done.
There is a small airport [...]

Concave Carrot Cake

Baking at high altitude is challenging; cakes fall randomly, cookies can be extremely dry and things like brownies, that should be pretty easy, can sometimes turn into giant hockey pucks.  But for my Have the Cake challenge this month, I didn’t think that altitude was challenging enough.
Instead, I thought it would be even more challenging [...]

This Week in Pictures

It’s been a busy week, and while I haven’t gotten pictures of it all, I do have some photos to share.
We went to Belleview Park twice in the past week. It’s pretty awesome; there’s a train, petting farm and a place to wade in a shallow stream.  Anna really liked the wading part:
Of course the [...]

Family Update – The old people

Seriously, I feel old. How sad is it that at 35 my back aches when I get up in the morning some days?
Not that we’re as cute as Anna, but I have do have updates on Mike and I anyway.
Mike has just returned yesterday from salmon fishing in Canada with my father and uncle.  My [...]

Another Family Update – Anna’s Chapter

It’s time once again for a family update.  I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I like them because I can cram a lot of information about all of us in and then feel pretty satisfied with myself.
As usual, let’s start with the cutie:
Anna will be 16 months on Wednesday.  She’s buzzing [...]

The 99% complete deck…

Our new deck is almost done, and honestly, since this odyssey began July 3rd, I am so ready for it to be done.
We knew when we moved in that the deck was in need of repair – it had several wonky boards, screws coming up out of it and it had never been stained or [...]