May in a thousand words

I didn't actually take that many pictures in May, so they'll be big enough to see (though you can still click to enlarge). I'll probably get caught up eventually, but for now, here's the scoop:

What I've learned this week

In the last week since we've been home from vacation, I've learned:

1) black widows are really as shiny, big, and black as their pictures, they make ugly (irregular) webs, and can only be killed by direct contact (no effective pesticide pre-spraying) --- flip-flops work well.

2) it is a waste of money to have stitches put in Nathan's head- he just picks the wound open as soon as they've dissolved.

3) the "working" toilet will leak through the ceiling as soon as you think you've got all the plumbing work done.

4) a little boy will eventually learn to ride and enjoy his bicycle, even if it takes until after he's seven.

5) I am a messy painter, either that or I've got some sort of dreaded spotty disease.

6) The air conditioner works great!

7) Primary is much nicer after a three-week break.

April in a thousand words

Click on the photo to enlarge. As always, feel free to ask questions if the pictures just don't explain enough for you.

Eureka- we found it!

We were able to purchase a home, finally closing this week. We made our first offer on it at the beginning of February, so it's taken awhile. It was a foreclosure, but is in pretty good shape considering all the other stuff we saw. Still, we have A LOT of projects ahead of us. Dewain is scraping popcorn ceiling as I type. I weed-whacked half the backyard before Nathan needed a nap, but now the swingset it usable. It can entertain Joshua for hours while I work inside. If you want to check out the before pictures follow this link to a slideshow.

The house is two story, has 5 bedrooms (all upstairs), 2.5 bathrooms, as well as the kitchen, dining room, etc. The backyard is not too deep, but very wide. We are excited to have room for a garden and to put in a few fruit trees. It needs quite a bit of work before we can plant anything, since the grass is dried up and the dirt was compacted by the previous owner's dog(s).

We have about 3 weeks to be completely out of our current place and have it cleaned and shampooed and keys turned in. Wish us luck. We've done quite a bit of packing (thanks Mom), but the work never ends!

p.s.- our house is on Eureka Way

March in a thousand words

Here we are doing our thing in March. We stayed around home, for the most part, but still had some good times. The younger boys have enjoyed playing in the sandbox during Daniel's t-ball games and getting out for park day. We celebrated Joshua's 4th birthday (hopefully more to come on that) and went through a round of ear infections that almost caused us to meet our annual health insurance deductible. Yuck. Overall, though, we had a pretty good month... of March. I'll probably get around to telling you about April when it's over too. Oh well, still room for blogging improvement, I guess.