Otter Crest

Our trip to Otter Crest (a picture is worth a thousand words so I will use very few)

Max and Gwen love the river.

Ice-cream for lunch

A baby show for little Cleatus Rash

More sand

The big party

Max can name all the chess pieces

Gwen rocks ladder golf

More sand

Costume party where Max and Gwen were my evil minions.

We are so tired now!

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Ill es Finis

Ok it has been a long time since I took any language class but that is what I exclaimed happily so that is the title of the blog.
It is finished.
Max and Gwen's room is actually finally done.

Today I went through the room ruthlessly removing anything which they no longer use or really should have been stored elsewhere.
Now I just have to get all the crap out of the computer room!
Any way here it is...

The art is going to come down, I am hoping to find two bold Dr. Seuss type prints. The mirror is staying on the floor unless it seems unstable then I will create some sort of mounting for it but still keep it low on the wall.
And, the curtains have got to go. Yeah way to baby and not working in the color scheme. Anyway that is all after thoughts.

Beaching it Up

Max, Gwen and I went to the beach today and it was beautiful. Almost hot, slight breeze, tide way out and even a nifty new spout on the stream.



















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Actually Done for Real!

Now the furniture is actually really done. The dresser has all the knobs (two were defective and had to be returned). The bed has all its screws (umm oops forgot those but they are in now :)
I did enjoy redoing the furniture. It just took lots of patience and the babies got to watch lots of movies.
Love the red dresser! The original thought was to stain it dark but I had an inspiring moment and chose the color in less then 2 minutes at Lowe's (with two grumpy babies in the cart).
The crib will move out after Otter Crest and there might be some shifting once the change table is gone but the work is done!






Ok I might make some more dignified curtains too.






The mirror is going to live on the floor. How could they see themselves if I put it back on the dresser?





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Almost there!

Bed done!



Dresser needs one more coat on the drawers!




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Summertime!

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My Solider

Jeff's graduation was an interesting, rewarding and educational experience. He graduated from the 1/79th C Battery on Friday.
There was a 5:30am PT we got to watch and then run. It started out as a full brigade run but luckily Jeff's battery broke off so we only had to run a mile.





Later that day we watched a demonstration by the battery. Mostly drills and marching. There was a moving moment when soldiers who are from other countries got their american citizenship for serving.
After that we got to hang out with the soldiers on the battery pad and meet all their buddies.
Incase you did not know the armys ASU (army service uniform) is now blues (not greens anymore). Here he is in his class B ASU.





They did a lot of standing in formation while the Drill sgts. Told them not to be stupid while they had their day pass.






Day of graduation: Jeff in Class A ASU
Note they are big on the hats: you have to wear them at all times outside but never inside. Jeff almost gave me a heart attack when he jumped because a drill sgt. was headed his way (we were outside) and his hat was not on.







At the PX






Leaving the hotel. All the stuff he is holding is his luggage. We had to get an extra army cammo duffle to fit the stuff.





On the bus to the airport.





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