Pictures!!!

1. Here are some scrapbooking pictures from a few weeks ago when Melissa, Amy, and I scrapbooked. Jade and Andrew played Wii almost the whole time. Fun was had by all!

Melissa

Amy

Jade and Andrew

2. Monday, June 30th we went to the D-backs vs. Brewers game. Jeremy got free tickets from a couple at church and they ended up not being able to make it so they gave us their tickets and we invited Adam and Christina. The seats were really good! We were on the lower level and about 5 rows back from the field between 3rd Base and Left Field. The D-backs won, we had a great time hanging out with Adam and Christina, and we were almost killed by a foul ball flying at us at top speed. Instead, the ball smacked into a chair in the row below us. We could hear the whiz of it as it came in though.

Eric Byrnes

Christina and Adam

3. As if one D-backs game wasn't fun enough for the week, we went to another game on Friday (the 4th of July). Again, we got free tickets from another couple from church. This time we were able to bring Andrew with us. We were really excited because they were going to be doing fireworks after the game. Again, our seat were pretty good. We were up on the top level, but had a great view of the field and of the fireworks afterward.

Matching D-backs hats that Andrew got for free at a game he went to with Grandma Gail.

I bought a D-backs shirt at Walmart and some red letters to put on the back. It says 'Drew.' Is it for Stephen Drew (Short Stop for the D-backs) or is it short for Andrew?

Our church group that went (Sherri, Pat, George, Leanae, Regina, Jill, and Pete)

That's his real fireworks face that I was able to capture on camera. He's so amazed!

Fireworks were being lit off of the top of the parking garage.

4. Saturday we went to Jade's 5th birthday party. There was a water slide out back that the kids LOVED. Andrew got in trouble a time or two for mauling over some little ones playing in the pool underneath the slide. He seemed to think the babies should just know to move when he is barreling down the slide toward them.

Andrew would jump at the top of the slide and land midway down it just to jolt outward into the wall of the pool. I was waiting for him to miss the wall of the pool and jolt out into the grass but it never happened.

5. On Sunday afternoon, we went swimming at my parent's house. It was a nice, relaxing time and Andrew was able to show off his swimming skills. In this picture he is swimming with some pool dumbells. He was having a hard time not using his arms to help him swim when they keeping teaching him to reach his arms and pull water in his swim lessons. It was confusing to the poor boy!

6. After our afternoon of swimming, we took off to Phoenix for the MercyMe concert. It was my first time at Celebrity Theatre. The stage turns in a circle. It's interesting, but cool! Our seats were 8 rows back from the stage so we were pretty close. We had a great time!

Phil Wickham did a great job opening for MercyMe.

Bart - the lead singer of MercyMe, can really belt out the songs!

MercyMe

Broken Computer

My home computer took a dump =( I was trying to post a blog yesterday and it froze up and won't work now. I've tried to restart it many times. It stops at the black screen with the white Doss looking writing. Jeremy forgot to take it to the computer guy in Coolidge and he is going out of town tomorrow-Saturday. So, hopefully he will remember to take it on Monday and it won't be anything too expensive or time consuming to fix.

I will have to do my blogging from work. And, unfortunately, my pictures I was going to post are on my home computer. I know you are so disappointed - I'm sorry!

Jeremy has completed the blind installation and I am so thankful we finally have blinds! We went with the 2 1/2 inch faux wood in an embossed Antique White so it looks like it is painted real wood. We've always matched our blinds to our furniture in our previous homes, but this time I wanted to match the blinds to the house (the doors and trims of the house anyway). I think it looks really nice and I have pictures that I will post once my home computer is up and running.

Jeremy's brother gave us some of those mushroom looking ceiling lights that come installed in some homes so Jeremy found time to install those in the guest bedroom and the office. It's amazing to be able to go into those rooms at night and be able to see stuff! Thanks Josh!
It seems after 10 months of living in this home, it's finally starting to come together. There is much more business to be taken care of, but it feels good to have a little progress here and there.

Other items on our wish list for our home:
*Ceiling fans (at least in our room, Andrew's room, and the TV room)
*Landscaping in the backyard
*Pool
*Entertainment center for the TV room (something big to take up that huge wall)
*Decorations for the walls and fake/real plants and trees
I know the pool will be a long time down the road, but I hope the rest is doable within the next year.

Yesterday, I had a great time with Amy and Melissa scrapbooking (again, I have pictures that I will upload soon). Andrew enjoyed playing with the kids and I was able to complete Andrew's second album (ages 2 and 3). Now, I need to start an album for him for ages 4 and 5. I need to get crackin' to try and catch up before the holidays get here! I am at January 2008 for our Family album, and want to catch that up before the holidays, as well. So, all my scrappin' buddies, be expecting emails from me to get together to scrap!