Captured by Sarah Photography ~ August 29, 2012

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Boston–travel days

 

Did I mention that Abby & Daniel each got cell phones recently?  Not only can they call, they can text and they can take pictures… and send them.  To anyone and everyone in their contact lists.

Our little Verse phones can’t quite accommodate all the data after a day or two of steady texting.  So I have begun the task of forwarding them to my email, so that I can then delete them from my phone’s memory.

A blog post or two is inevitable when I have so many photos and updates in my hands  computer.  ;-)

The teens and their fearless leaders left from Cambridge Wednesday morning with enough snacks to feed them for a week possibly.  Then they met our pastor and his wife in Illinois for lunch as they were traveling home again from a conference in Michigan.  Amber thought she’d encourage and feed the hungry teens with another goody bag for each.

See?

     D Saylor goody bag     D Saylor goody bag

Daniel was impressed with the sight of several multi-trailer semi loads traveling down the highway with them.  Not so impressed with fast traffic:  “Insanity is 4 lanes of 70 in a 55 zone...”

     D 4 lanes 70 in 55     D double trailer

Abby sent a few more pics/texts than her brother…

A Biz was hiding

…beginning with second breakfast in the van ~ with muffins from Jamie and cinnamon rolls from Mrs. Ray

         A Jamie's muf    A Mrs Ray's cinn

More like ‘tweeting’ as one recipient said  :-)

Here she had recited James 3 – Yay, Abby!

A memorizing James3

Lunching in Peru, modeling Jessie’s sunglasses,

     A subway in peru     A Jess's sunglasses

and highlighting their progress across the country {Hi, Jodi!}

A Indiana!

 

Day Two of paying tolls, fueling the vans {exciting stuff!}

A tolls    A gas/Thurs

She said they crossed the Erie Canal and lunched in Buffalo, NY.

On through the mountains of New York! 

A  mountains    A mountains

 

Kate didn’t send as many pictures ~ just a couple to show the girls were still smiling and to say hello to the Popper.

     K Hi to Molly     K Still smiling...

 

They arrived safely and enjoyed a late supper at the Edmondsons.

D first supper

Boston baked beans, of course.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

chartreuse

 

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instead of the former {should I say original?} pink.

 

Inspired by this paper {which they all agree to like}, the girls decided to make the accent wall a chartreuse green.

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They painted the back wall in the closet too.  Which is probably a more accurate color representation. 

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They hope to find the right purple towels or rugs too.

 

As a side note, here’s a picture of the same paper – only I took the photo upstairs in the dining room.  With natural lighting.

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So I took another, also in the dining room…

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Interesting. 

the house that Tim built

 

Remember when…?

2010

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2011

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Ready for Thanksgiving Dinner

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A house for Luci

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Shelves for the garage

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2012

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Quick fix on the couch with a cover-up

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Kayleb & Jeremy came for Spring Break

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the Popper’s b-day party

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Landscaping and planting fruit trees

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the beginnings of trim

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All the kids still “fit” on the couch  ;-)  ha ha

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A sidewalk and front step!

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Improving the front closet

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Another Thanksgiving Dinner

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2013

Staining trim… and more and more

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Thinking about it…

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Making room for something new…

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There is now a “Family Room” in the basement!  even if it’s still a work in progress

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Taadaa!  the new sofa & loveseat

{in a daring shade of brown, don’t you think? ha ha}

I am still in search of the ‘perfect’ thing(s) to decorate the wall above the loveseat.

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…and tables too!

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I did find a lamp to warm the place up a bit.

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The spot next to the piano is begging for a little shelf perhaps

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The more normal look with cluttered tables…

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That’s the update for now  :-) 

Soon I hope to post pics of the girls’ new *chartreuse* accent walls!  And there’s much more to show and tell of course…  but the Popper is calling for me to join her in a little housework now.