peace

ahhh...
Its still in the house.
Dave is outside doing something with the lawn mower- changing the oil I think.
Zeke had a bath and wanted to go to bed early.

quiet...

Just a fan blowing.

The lundry still needs to be finished... did you see the pile at the end of this youtube video? That was only half of it. I got about 3/4 of it done today with Zekes help.

I should be folding the rest but I'm taking a few me moments.
I will get it done while Dave is watching TV later.

I wonder if Zeke will sleep until 7:30 like normal (today was 8) or because he went to bed 45 min early if he will wake up early. humm. I rather he get up at 7:30 or 8.

ok- so this quiet is starting to get a bit too much. Maybe I will pull up some youtube videos or see what I have on my computer.

Ahh....

some of Barenaked Ladies Greatest Hits

so I think I will admit to something silly.
Last night Dave and I took Zeke on a walk down our street and on the way back I somehow tripped up on the wheel or something (and going downhill) that I twisted my ankle and landed on my knees. Zekes stroller ended up on the ground too- but he thought it was a fun ride (just went back so the handles hit the ground)
I think I may have hit harder because I was trying to stop Zeke from hitting the ground.
So I tore my newest capris and have a scrapped knee and a sore ankle.
This is NOT to garner sympathy but just for me to tell a story and thats all I have right now.

Dave has returned so this ends me time.

Have a great night.

Zeke having fun

Zeke had pushed it into the hallway so I turned him around and he pushed it back (it started out right by the plug)



For some reason this wasnt working in youTube. So I hope it works here.

Hall Way part 1

Dave didnt want me to post the pictures of the painted hallway until we were done - but i cant help it. I want to share :)


Heres a reminder of the wallpaper.



And here is it now:

with flash looking at guest room:



without flash looking from guest room

Bathroom makeovers

We had Bath Fitters come in and redo our shower and tub.

The shower (in the guest room) was a complete remodel as they had to rip out the old shower and build us a newer/ bigger one.




I forgot to take a before picture but in this picture you can see how the new drywall is much smaller then the new shower floor. The original shower was a bit smaller than that.




and here is the after picture of our nice new shower :)

































That was done in 2 days.

A week later we had them come out and do our other bathtub.

They were able to complete it in less than 7 hours.

here is the before and after:

Ethans 1st Birthday

This is Zekes best friends 1st birthday party

these are all the photos unfiltered or edited

trapped!

3 week road trip

wow!
What a crazy trip!

We took a 3 week vacation in which we drove though 13 states and 2 provinces. (stats taken from daves blog )

We drove about 3300 miles (time for an oil change!), paid over $35 in tolls.

Traveling with Zeke went pretty good actually. He got a bit off schedule but trying to keep his schedule made us keep a slower pace and see more.

here is a brief itinerary of what we did :)


6/19/2010 Left Lenoir about 7 am and spent the night near DC
6/20/2010 Geocached on the way to Philadelphia at Kendras apartment
6/21/2010 Day in Philly- did you know they have 13 story tellers around the city and if you visit all of them you get ice cream?
6/22/2010 Drive to Mystic CT (via Statue Of Liberty lookout)
6/23/2010 Mystic for the day, ate at Mystic Pizza, hung out in state park
6/24/2010 Stayed in a central location -visited Plymouth Rock (disappointing)
6/25/2010 explore cape cod area, Chip factory, beach
6/26/2010 Explore Boston via walking trail
6/27/2010 Went to beach in Maine
6/28/2010 Drove to Montreal via Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory
6/29/2010 Montreal QC
6/30/2010 Geocached on way to Ottawa
7/1/2010 Spent Canada Day in Ottawa, saw the Queen
7/2/2010 Kingston at Justins house
7/3/2010 Stay in Kingston
7/4/2010 Visited with Brampton Friends and stayed at Andreas in TO.
7/5/2010 Went downtown Toronto and saw the queen again, got Poutine. Went to Daves sister- stayed in Dunnville
7/6/2010 Schilstra Family gathering
7/7/2010 Visit Family
7/8/2010 Lunch at the Mandarin with Daves parents
7/9/2010 Headed towards home. Stoped at 7pm
7/10/2010 Arrived home at 3pm

Phew!!
It was such a great trip though!

heres a link to the photos:

Andreas quilt made it home

well Andreas quilt is done and in her hands!