Our holiday weekend

We had a beautiful holiday weekend up here. It was hot - in the high 80s. Once again we walked in our neighborhood's 4th of July kids parade. This year Harrison rode his 'tricked out' trike.

And once again our friends, the Cudes, showed up in colors other than red, white and blue. Are they Canadian? What's wrong with them? Here is Mike trying to redeem himself by waving flags while wearing a green shirt. I was waiting all day for him to say 'check out my flag underwear!' but it never came. He really had no red, white or blue on. Here's hoping they'll dress more appropriately next year.

This weekend also brought a change on the homefront... our kitchen walls are no longer yellow!! Yea! It was a long weekend. I painted everyday. There is still a bit more to do but we'll post before and after photos on here soon, I hope.

It's aLison NOT aLLison

So we finally made it onto the Redfin website. Unfortunately, they didn't include Harrison. He was in most of the pictures and in some of them he actually had his mouth closed (unlike this photo taken at dinner that same night).

It's pretty cool to be on the website. We're big supporters of Redfin. They're great at what they do. They're not so great at spelling though. There's nothing I dislike more than having my name misspelled. Click here to see us on the site: http://www.redfin.com/home

But I guess they're not the only ones lately having a difficult time spelling my name correctly. This is a photo from inside the cover of a book I received this year for Mother's Day. It's from my dad and his wife... of nearly 30 years!! How did this happen???

UPDATE: The spelling of my name has been corrected!! It's nice to know people in high places -- thanks Febe!!!!

Father's Day

This is the second Father's Day that we spent at the Washington Brewers Festival ( http://www.washingtonbeer.com/wabf.htm ) at Saint Edward State Park. The cost to get in includes your cup and 6 tokens (for 6 tastes of the more than 150 beers!). I pay only $8 (designated driver) and get to drink all the water and rootbeer I want. Woo hoo! And this is about the only place where kids and alcohol can be anywhere near each other. Washington is a strange place. In fact, before heading in we had to sign a waiver because we had a minor with us.

But the real reason for my post is this:

They had food vendors there and we actually had some decent thai food for lunch. But then I noticed a place selling chocolate dipped fruit on a stick. Sounds ok except that they refer to themselves as the "home of the dingleberry"!! Here is the definition of a dingleberry that I found online at MSN Encarta:

din·gle·ber·ry [ díng g'l bèrree ] (plural din·gle·ber·ries)
noun
Definition:

small piece of dried feces: a small piece of dried feces that clings to the hair or fur near the anus ( slang )

Is this a place where you want to eat? I think not.

And on a side note - Dave blew a .093 right before we left. Thank goodness for me, his DD. Hope your Father's Day was fun!

Legal drinking age...3?

This is Harrison and his buddy, Henry, enjoying a refreshing beverage while on a picnic together recently.

What a great day for Harrison

As if the bed wasn't exciting enough yesterday ~ Harrison also received his first bike! Thank you Elmer & Melissa (Mason and Jackson too!). If you ever like anything that Harrison is wearing in these photos chances are it came from the Dulay family. They've given us so much since Harrison was born. We are so thankful that they've been so generous. We truly appreciate everything they've given to us.

Success!

THE bed!

I finally found the fire truck bed for Harrison!! Well, I've found it numerous times but I was always the second one to respond so missed out on a couple of them this past month. If you buy them new they'll set you back anywhere from $150-250. There was no way I was doing that so I've been searching my very favorite website, Craigs List, for a deal. I was willing to spend $75 (while Dave said $100). I know I can sell it on Craigs List when we're done and get our money back. So many of them recently have been 40+ miles from our house and at least $100. BUT this one was only 5 miles from home and $60! When I told her I didn't want her mattress (ick!) she immediately knocked the price down a bit. NICE! Then she discovered that the light doesn't work (blessing in disguise I'd say) and there are some scratches on the bed (comes with the territory of buying used). When I got to her house today I offered her $50 and she said "how about $45?" SOLD! Can you believe that?! So I've cleaned it all off and we're just waiting for Daddy to get home from work so he can put it together for us. Yippee!! Check back soon for photos.

Update: This is our first photo - I just built the bed. But now he doesn't want the mattress in it. He says maybe he'll sleep in it in a few days. Oh my ~ please say this isn't going to turn out like the "I'll use the potty on my 3rd birthday" thing we went through two months ago!