Dad's Vacation

Thought I would show you how Dad has been spending his vacations. This project started just prior to Thanksgiving. Nate and I demoed the wall around the window and then when Dad came home, he started putting it back together.
He finished the drywall and then started painting. Today (28) he is finishing putting the Laminate flooring down. Then we have just the base to get and a little touch up painting and the room is ready for use.

Next project: the computer room.

Thanks for a Lovely Christmas

We sure had a great Christmas at our house. It started with a nice walk, Copper, Dad and me. Evanston is a little chilly. It was 3 degrees when we started out The sun started to shine and we kept warm by walking briskly.
All the presents were perfect. Thanks so much for everything.
Tinkerbelle continues to be delightful. She loves to hang out with Copper in the back porch. She is not too happy to be there when Copper is outside.
Here are some more pictures of the dogs and even one of the "head" elf.

Tinkerbelle

These pictures are for Michelle and Jon. Tinkerbelle is doing well. Maybe she needs to live with us all the time. Merry Christmas to everyone. (That is our resident Christmas Elf, Nate, with the dogs. Copper seems to like Tinkerbelle, but Kidten the Cat isn't so happy.

Just a few more pictures

It is definitely Christmas time because my Amaryliss is blooming. Enjoy.

Just a few more pictures

It is definitely Christmas time because my Amaryliss is blooming. Enjoy.

Nice pictures

Here are some pictures from our trip last week. Dad is in Florida this week and for those of us who are locked in cold weather, maybe you can "feel" his pain with this one.

Here are some more pictures of DC.

Home, but it was so fun

Nate and I just returned home from our before Christmas vacation. We spent a long weekend with dad in MD. We flew out of SLC on Wed. and landed in a winter storm. The ground was white and it was cold.
Thurs. Dad, Nate, and I went to the Redskins-Bears game. That was a great time. The Redskins even won. NFL games are a lot of fun to go to and being in a sky box is even more fun. No food to buy; everything is catered. Roast Turkey, Ham, Lamb, but my favorite was the macaroni and cheese with crab and lobster.
Friday we went over to the outlets on the Eastern Shore to do a little shopping and then ate lunch at the "Fisherman Inn" in Kent Narrows or Kent Island. The cream of crab soup was wonderful. Later that evening dad and I went to the Valcourt Christmas Party at Fed Ex Field. Dinner was served in the owners suite. There is no way to describe what that is like. The highlight of the evening was when we were treated to a tour of the Redskins Dressing Room. Here is a picture of Dad and I on the field. That was a lot of fun.
Saturday, the boys got up and traveled to York for a little b-ball. They had a great time. Dad and I then went shopping and stopped at the office, then picked Nate up and traveled to Baltimore for a little Italian food. Maybe you have eaten at Sabitinos. The food is still great. After eating we then headed down to DC to see the Christmas lights. Pictures of Sat. evening will follow later. After seeing the National Christmas Tree, we headed to the temple to see the lights there. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
We hopped on our return flight this morning and were greeted with about 6 inches of new snow. It is very cold, but so pretty.

Latest project

We here in Evanston had a wonderful, quiet Thanksgiving. Prior to Dad coming home, Nate and I demolished the exterior wall. Dad got busy re-wiring, insulating, and putting drywall up. We were hoping to get far enough for me to paint, but we didn't get quite that far. Oh well, I have plenty to keep me busy without painting.
Nate and I take our trip this week to Maryland for 5 days. We leave on Wed. Thurs. the Redskins have a game at Fed Ex field and we are excited about that and then on Friday is the Valcourt Christmas party. On Sat. we hope to do some Christmas shopping in the Baltimore area.
Chelly and I were planning on doing some shopping in Park City today, but it is snowing really hard here and Chelly said it is really snow hard in Orem, so our fun day is out. Hope we can get together before Christmas.
Here are some before and after pictures of the spare bedroom.