A Bit More Color

Here are a few new pictures of our house. The picture on the right is the new color we put on our walls. Both of the colors are colors we already have throughout our house. These walls were originally white but we thought it needed a bit more color. We haven't finished the wall leading up our stairs because the wall is so tall. We have a tall ladder but it's definitely a 2 person job. Kelly did the painting when the kids and I were out of the house. We are in the process of painting all the bathroom walls. I have also started decorating. I enjoyed having nothing on the walls for a bit but now I'm ready for a little change.

The second picture is the outside of our house. We....or I have been wondering what color we want to paint our house if we do. I would absolutely love to do a grey with white trim and black accents. The only problem with these colors is that ALL the houses in the neighborhood are some form of brown or tan like ours. Should we venture out and keep to the brown but just make it a bolder brown so it still fits in but not totally stick out....or should we go with the grey and make it stick out? Suggestions???

Fire

I really should have put this post after the Angel's Game post because it actually happened the same night. The other events I posted after were just more important so I thought this one could be postponed a few days. The picture on the right is from our backyard. As we were driving home from the Angels game we saw a huge orange fire from the freeway . The whole time I remember hoping the fire was some other mountain and not ours. Once we got home I realized it WAS our mountain that was on fire. Here are a few pictures. I still don't know how the fire started but there were plenty of news helicopters and it did get some news coverage. The only thing that made this fire not SO scary was the fact that there was no wind. If there had been wind it might have been a lot worse. This last picture is from our Bedroom window. It's a really pretty view normally but as you can see it's a little blackened. When we first moved here is was a beautiful green. The only good thing that came out of the fire was the fact that now it's done and we really don't have to worry about our mountain catching fire again during this years fire season.

Kindergarten Graduate

Hunter's last day of school was May 25th. His school had a little promotion ceremony and he sang a few songs and then the principal handed out diplomas (little pieces of paper rolled up to look like diplomas that said "You did it") We are so proud of Hunter. The picture on the right is a picture with Hunter and his Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Harford. She was a wonderful teacher. I only hope that Hunters next teachers will be just as wonderful. I still can't believe an entire year has flown by.

Kelly took the day off so he could be there for the promotion. Afterwards we went to a place called John's Incredible Pizza. It was our first time going but definitely not our last. What made it cool is they had a pizza buffet. The pizzas were really good...and also interesting. I had to try their "spicy peanut butter" pizza, the word interesting is the first thing that comes to mind. Another thing cool about the place is they have 5 different themed rooms you can sit in to eat. Since it was our first time we had to check them all out. They had a cartoon room, surfing room, sports room, music room and a lodge room. Each of the rooms had big screen TVs playing something that went along with the room theme. Kelly and I decided to sit in the lodge room. This was the only room without a TV and clearly for adults. As we are about to sit down Kora states "This room is boring." Interestingly enough this was the first time I had ever heard her use that word. We ended up eating in the cartoon room, which happened to be a great choice because the kids were entertained while Kelly and finished eating. Afterwards we went and played games in their game room, think ChuckECheeses but for kids and adults. They actually had a full size ride in there. The kids had a great time and overall it was a fun day.

New Daytime Addition

We have a new little addition to our family during the day. My Sister-in-Law, Kristin, went back to work on May 3rd and I have been watching my nephew, Luke, during the day. I had to add a picture of Kora with this post because she can't get enough of the little man. She is always asking to hold him, feed him and makes sure he is never cold by putting a blanket on him whenever he needs one. She's quite the mommy. We have really enjoyed having him stay with us. It's great to get to know one of my nephews. I only wish it were the same with all of my nieces and nephews but unfortunately, Luke is the only one that lives in California. For now, we'll enjoy him as long as we have him.

Angels Game

A new tradition of ours is going to an Angels game. What makes this game so fun is we usually get free tickets once a year from Kelly's work which usually includes free parking and dinner. We always look forward to it. Something that made it a little extra fun this year instead of using the money for dinner we got to use it on anything at the park. We decided to get the kids a few souvenirs instead of getting food. The girls got rally monkeys and Hunter got an Angels pennant for his bedroom wall. I realized this year that this will be our last year we go as an entire family. Mylie will no longer be free and will need a ticket from here on out. Kelly's company only gives out 4 tickets and where we sit we couldn't pay to add on additional tickets.

Here is a picture of the kids sitting below our seats. There is a table above their heads that provides good shade. Which was a good thing because it was hot that day.

No game would be complete without the Angels Tattoo. The kids always get a tattoo from the staff. Gotta love the fake tattoos.

This last picture is my favorite. In what we thought would be excitement, Mylie showed complete fear when the Rally Monkey started jumping on the large screen TV. Around the 6th inning they have a video of a monkey wearing an Angels jersey doing back flips and jumping on the screen. The kids usually love it. It has been a year since Mylie saw it last. Apparently a year has made all the difference and the one-time smiles for the jumping monkey is now terror.

New Lights

All of the lights in our house are ugly. We are working very slowly at changing them. This was our first try. Kelly changed 3 lights. They all looked like this one here. You may look at it and think it's not bad....but in all truthfulness, it really isn't, it's just not us. Plus, it was a bit too small.

In this picture Kelly is working his magic and changing out the old fixture for the new one. In case you were wondering, yes, the ceiling was a hideous green. Who paints their ceilings green?May I also add that although when we bought this house it was all white you could tell when we were repainting that the hall that this light fixture was in, the walls were also this nasty green.

Here is the finished product, yay! So beautiful. Kelly did a great job. He also changed the ceiling fan in the girls room. The fan that was in there had flat blades that wouldn't push the air down no matter which way you moved the switch. Who would install a ceiling fan that didn't work when you bought it? Oh well, not our problem but we did have to fix that problem and now the girls have a working ceiling fan.

Old Posts to Come

If any of you faithful friends and family are reading this, thank you. The month of May has been a busy month. Regrettably, I have yet to document any of it. I just want to let you know that I will be releasing a back log of May events until I am caught up. So, stay tuned and enjoy! Thanks for bearing with me.