Happy 7th birthday Ezra!

Back from vaca!

For most of October we were either in nepal, Abu Dhabi or Cairo. It was a fabulous vacation and while we had a great time and met new people from all over- more importantly it was an excellent reminder that we are such a fortunate country. More pics to come!

Ha! A marty egg! Go marty go!

Obviously it's the small one. In comparison to HENrietta. We are so proud of you marty!

Marty has bad rain head

Aspens are awesome

oh happy day!

27 days after i tore up the first tile we finally finished up.  (sans sealing grout this sunday and installing new light which is supposed to be shipped sometime in October).  i'm super impressed we did it all ourselves and even had 7 nonworking days in the middle.  we have both decided that for our sanity, and check book, the next one will have to wait for a little while. 

A new normal.

The ladies love to join us on the deck.

It's about time!

Someone else besides Henrietta stepped up to the egg laying plate. Good job girls!

happy anniversary dallas!

dallas and i both forgot about our anniversary today until my mom texted us.  (thanks mom!)  we originally had plans to go toilet shopping, so, as the ever hopeless romantics, we stuck to the plan and hit up home depot this evening.  on the way there we laughed as i looked up "8 year anniversary gifts" and low and behold... ceramics popped up.  apparently toilet shopping was a good idea after all. 

as an anniversary splurge we opted to get the touchless flush adapter.  we're sooooo crazy!

Fritz shepards his flock

We skipped the bathroom this weekend (although we did pick out some fabulous shower tile) to go hike mt Lindsay. #39/54 done. It was a grueling hike straight up- and I thought I was gonna cry- but I didn't and we made it! A day above the clouds. Hardly gets better than that!

Progress

To some this may look like a mess, but to is its progress! Have to remember that just 2 weeks ago we were down to the studs and subfloor

Safety first

When you don't trust a small string to hold down your mattress the next best option is to use your hands.

Whewwwwwie!

Where have we been or what have we been doing for the last for forever? One day I decided to "see what's under this bathroom tile".... Which 5 hrs later resulted in a completely gutted bathroom. We are getting it all put back together. Rock Crete done. Plumbing done. Floor got tiled today.
In more news, I went home for a week- which was great! The chickens are enjoying their free range time. And it's back to the grind tomorrow. Happy Labor Day!

What started off as "I'm just gonna see what's under there" has turned into full on bathroom reno. Awesome!

Shopping with my sister

For those of you who know my sister- when you see this on the outside of the dressing room it actually refers to the number of hours you'll be waiting

Weed control by rednecks.

Gasoline and a match. Works every time.

Whoops

Pedal adventure camps was a tough one today.

Legs officially shot

After 5 full day so nonstop activity my legs are officially shot. Which just means that I'll take it a bit slower tomorrow and hopefully get another peak bagged Sunday. :) ... If I can talk Dallas into it.

Soooo fortunate

So happy that Dallas' chain snapped only a block from the bike shop today. He had to Fred flintstone it in. And the bike shop guys were super friendly. Bonus. This is the first time since moving to co that d has had a cassette larger than a 23. (25 was the lowest the shop had so we took it).