XIIR

Last weekend Steve and I went to our first event at the new Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee... perhaps not what we would have chosen for ourselves, but it was our neighbor Steve's birthday, and we wanted to hang out with his family and a few other "Plain" folks. And it also sounded highly entertaining.

We saw...

EXTREME
INTERNATIONAL
ICE
RACING

http://www.xiir.com

Basically they take really fast bikes and 4wheelers, put a ton of studs in the tires, and race around the track while trying not to slide into eachother! It actually looked kind of fun, I would have loved to try it. I rooted for someone nicknamed "hippie" all night -- he popped the best wheelies.



Also interesting was the crowd - people watching was FANTASTIC! We had a great time and are so glad we went.

the latest & greatest

Check out these pics. Can you believe we are this far on the remodel!? As Steve just told his friend on the phone... "anything moves fast when you throw a ton of money at it." True. That construction loan just racks up the dollars... I am not looking forward to it being maxed out, but ah well. This property is a great investment (not that we are ever planning to sell) and the house is going to fit us so well. So anyway, cheers to good progress and the move-in date creeping up. What started as a "move in by Christmas '09" went to "Thanksgiving '09" to "September 09"... and possibly even "Summer '09". But I don't want to get my hopes up too far... so will just keep thinking September and be pleasantly surprised if it's sooner.

Happy Sunday night to all.


Our new roof has 9" of foam insulation in it -- this house is going to stay COOL in summer and WARM in winter... so NICE!


Sheetrock is all IN! Mud/tape starts tomorrow. Oh yeah. Time to start picking out paint colors, light fixtures, outlet covers... the whole shebang.

It's a little messy. All a good mess though of course.

Miller Stoneworks at its finest. This dry stack river rock. You can't see any of the mortar in the joints! It grows a little taller every day.

strange sleep habits

How he fell asleep like this I do not know.  But it sure is cute!  (Don't worry paranoid people; I did move him out of the corner after taking pictures :)

olaf.david.micah.steven.COUSINS!

Olaf David and Micah Steven Saugen.

Spent some time playing together last weekend, and LOVED it!  

I love watching them interact.  

They are super cute, as you can see.

house sitting

I haven't written much this week because we have been HOUSE SITTING! Yay! I have showered multiple times, and cooked a real dinner every night in the real full sized kitchen and it has been just wonderful. If anyone else is going on vacation soon... just let me know! Taking care of the three dogs at this house is no problem since we are used to our two. Although 5 is a lot... so far so good! Olaf loves that it is warm enough inside to crawl around in a onesie and no socks... I love it too. We have already had dinner guests and will be having more tomorrow night.... ahhh, I am so happy. That's what I miss the most about living in a house - we have no room to entertain in the 5th wheel and have folks over to visit and share a meal! So it has been a blessing this week to be able to do that again. However because of that I haven't been taking many pictures because my camera is MIA in all our stuff strewn about this lovely home. But perhaps I can post a video of Oly walking soon. WALKING? you ask? Why yes, he walked about 5 feet today to come see his Mama! (that's like 8 baby steps or so) I guess he's not afraid of falling on this plush carpet :) Now if only he could learn to say Mama or Papa...

I leave you with a shot of our girls having fun in the sun.

9 months and counting

9 months.
22 lb 11oz.
29.5 inches tall
19 inch head (off the chart in case you are wondering)

what has this kid been eating?

happy 9 month birthday kiddo.
i am hoping to get you a house with a real room for your birthday.
maybe your 18 month birthday.
we'll see.

what's in the middle... the white stuff (o-oreo, o-oreo)

Okay this is GROSS. I stumbled across it on another friend's blog. Wow.

lotsoffriedfood

Luckily it was more amusing than a reality check for me (and most people I think. Seriously, who really eats that stuff more than once?) I have to admit... I would TOTALLY try a deep fried Oreo with sprinkles... Just one.

I LOVE oreos. Mostly the Oreo creme. One time in high school my good friends Mariya and Ariyl (who were in home ec. class) had to make a pie, and they chose an Oreo crust. Now this was before the days of premade Oreo crusts. So they took two packages of Oreos, and scraped the cream filling out of ALL OF THEM in order to obtain a cookie crumble. And then they proceeded to give me a container filled with all that white goodness at break. YUM. Well that's what I thought then because I love the cream so much. Looking back it was maybe not so good for me... but when you only weigh 98 lbs you don't worry about it I guess :) And I only made it through about a third before throwing it away... It is a good memory though. Thanks girls.

Let me just leave you with these photos of my husband. Think I should submit it to the website?