Home renovations continue

 Boys bathroom was in dire need of help for a long time.  The floor, the tub, the sink…all needed some help.

Today the floors were done and we will soon have use of the bathroom again :)

Shed delivered

 

The shed was delivered today.  Generally delivery takes less than 30 minutes…our guy was here for a lot longer.

If you look at the cement blocks it was the max level that they would allow…about 3 feet of difference when all was said and done….yikes.  It will take tons more rock and blocks and fill to fill out the area so we don’t have a cave.  But we are excited to use the space.  Kristen was in complete shock at the size of it as she calls it a second home.  I know that it will be full in no time.

Vacation - post 4

 

A special memory from vacation as Kristen surprised me with a dinner on the beach.  We honestly did not end up enjoying the meal, but the location and time together was awesome.  We even got this crazy sky which was worth taking the picture because of how weird the line through the sky was…

Vacation post 3

Hit the pools, enjoyed the sun, and had a really nice vacation day.  We were determined to make memories…we signed up for a outing for later this week and when we were approached to participate in the evening entertainment, we said yes.  Yep…this is us on stage with other couples to attempt to win the ideal couple:

There was multiple “events” -

1- A “can you identify your significant others leg by feel”? game - Kristen was mortified as she touched all the Men’s legs - for the record - she did NOT guess correctly.

2- A get blindfolded and take instruction challenge with a horn and hoop - I think we did that one reasonably well.

3- A carry a ball with your butt game that was mortifying for both of us that we absolutely failed at

And finally….

This:

Yes…victory was ours.

Vacation post 2

 

Maybe not the post you expect…not the one I would have expected to post…but here we are.

Instead of enjoying the vacation and posting about starting our relaxation activities….we have largely been on the phone with Janelle and the rehab facility because despite the best laid plans…all heck was breaking loose.

Janelle is not being allowed into the facility to be with mom because she is from a “hot spot” Covid location.  Kristen went out of her way to make sure all was ready.  Mom was expecting and needs Janelle to be with her.

Hours of wasted time escalating to management and others to make this happen.

She still won’t have access the same way, but with full precautions gear, it looks like she will be able to get in.

I feel SO badly for Janelle about this whole thing….but certainly not the way we wanted vacation to start either.

Vacation post 1

 

It was a long flight/long day to get here.  But, what a gorgeous place and we are so excited to have this vacation.

So grateful to Janelle for coming up to be with mom during this week.  We definitely needed the break - iberostar’s hotel is amazing and the number of pools and places to hang out are crazy.  

More to follow.

Training Wheels

 

How cool is this?  Jaden’s movie poster where he got the credit as the director of photography.  They are submitting it to film festivals, but regardless of how much recognition they get for it, it was fun to watch and I was really impressed with his work.

Jaden’s first car purchase



Jaden sold his car and put the money towards a down payment on a newer, nicer car.  Dad is co-signing on the loan, but Jaden was not going to let Jacob have a nicer car…and he said this would make more sense as he is driving for doordash to make some money.

I hope he will be as happy 1-2 years from now after making all the payments.

Year in books - 2020

 

That was a lot of books.  Audio has really bumped this up as I have really gotten into hearing the story done by voice actors.  I can accomplish a book and yard work or other chores at the same time…so long as I don’t do it in a common space near Kristen.  Inevitably she talks to me while I am in that space and will get very annoyed at me for not hearing her…so, don’t keep doing that :)

The one thing I do notice is that I think I will keep most, if not all, non-fiction books to the physical copy and reading…rather than audio.  I think performance of the fictional story goes over so much better than trying to dig into and learn topics where you may want to stop and soak in the information.

10 of the 60 were non-fiction.

20th anniversary

 This will be a memory hard to top for anniversaries.  Kristen scheduled a photographer and a hotel and she opened up her wedding dress, I rented a tux and we had a photo shoot in Boston.

Kristen was the princess she always wanted to be and it was so neat to see all the people who waved and watched and congratulated us as we wandered through the park in our “best”.

Besides incredible pictures, it was just such a fun thing to do…we then stayed the night at a very strange hotel room where the shower was not in the bathroom and enjoyed a new wedding cake that we will save a piece of for a year from now to enjoy.  It was very yummy and expensive :)