A little redecorating.......

Stan and I have been busy since we got back from our trip....we repainted the master bedroom and one wall in the living room, put up different window coverings and a few other misc. items. We really like the new arrangement in the living room, I guess after 8 years, it's time to change a few things!

Foyer....

West wall of the living room.....

Looking at the room from the dining room.....

North wall of the living room.....

more north wall......


New bedspread and paint......

other side of the room.....

and a posting would not be complete without new pictures of Carter and Grandpa....


Carter in his pool......

more pool.....

sitting in Grandpa's chair......

Tile (finally) in parts of the house

Well, it took many, many years, but we finally have tile in the typical tile areas of a home. It was installed last weekend (8/7 through 8/10 actually) in the kitchen/dining room, hallway, utility room, and all three bathrooms. Other than some initial service issues with the installers, the finished product looks great. I've included a couple pictures below...

Master bathroom

Master bathroom

Guest bathroom

Kitchen/dining room

Hallway and utility room

Half bathroom

Entryway

The tile

Kitty...Queen of the shoes...looking incredibly annoyed at me

Allison and a less-annoyed kitty

Carter's pool video

Here's the video of Carter enjoying some playtime in his pool today!

Swimming at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

While we were in Dodge City, Kansas we got a pool just Carter's size....it was clearance time at Walmart......anyway, I think Carter had just as much fun in it without water as with water......we

had a little "pool time" on the patio this afternoon!

The "dry pool" last Monday!

Splashing in the water!

Fun times!!!!!


More fun!!!!!!

Splish, Splash!!!!

Las Vegas and Kansas Trip

Stan and I returned from our almost 2 week trip to Las Vegas and Kansas on Sunday, August 2nd. We had a GREAT time, but were glad to be home! We thank everyone for "putting up with us"!!!!!

Congratulations to Nikki and Ryan.....they were married on July 22nd at the Flamingo in Las Vegas....what a beautiful wedding!!

A little fuzzy, but there's Randy (Father of the Bride) in the center!

Matt and Chris toast the happy couple!

Gardner before the wedding!

Bailey after the wedding!

Sheila, Mother of the Bride and Matt and Chris during the processional!

Shane and Raymond at Grandpa's Birthday celebration!

Grandpa and Grandma (no......these are not Diana's pictures....just my snapshot of the photo taking session)!

Another of Grandma and Grandpa during the "photo session"!


Stan and Wayne

Lynn and Grandma


Grandpa and the girls......Sheri and Shannon


Diana, Raymond and Grandma

Sadly, this is the only picture that I had from Spearville.....I can't believe that I didn't snap some more......next time you guys won't miss out!

Stan and Lyle

A bouncing Carter

Allison and I stopped over at Mike and Holly's last night for some pizza and a Carter show. Before he went to bed, he was bouncing like crazy in his little...ummm...bouncy thing :)

Saying hello in my D-Backs hat!

Let the bouncing begin!

Bounce, bounce, bounce...

I'll stand/lean, then fall down, then smile at everyone!

How does a plant feel?

If I were a plant in the summer heat of Arizona, this is what I would look like...and since this poor guy probably won't make it, I think he's going to be replaced in the next month or two.