A little late for Mother's Day, but still just as enjoyable.

Riding lawnmower- $$$$

Getting the lawn cut in 15 minutes versus one and a half hours with the push mower?
Priceless.

Before and After

In November we were able to put in the bottom part of the media cabinet (minus the feet, which we have picked out, but not purchased yet).

The primer that Brian used had a strong, strange scent that has taken over 6 months to get less stinky.
It has been in the back bedroom off gassing since Thanksgiving.

For some reason the lower cabinet lost its stink fairly quickly, but the top part didn't. But now that Doug is back from his time in Africa with the Army, we asked him to help move this huge piece into the house.
Another friend was kind enough to offer his help, too.

We celebrated the new cabinet's arrival with a taco dinner and a movie- Tangled. Although we have seen it a few times (and Hope, about 3000 times...), Doug hadn't watched it yet. Looking forward to putting the handles on the upper doors and doing those finishing touches.

Girl with Flowering Tree Part 2

Girl with Flowering Tree

Spring Snowfall

And two days ago it was in the 80's. Gotta love Colorado weather.

Happy Mother's Day

To all the mothers in our lives, we are thankful for you and the influence you've had on us.

Hoping it's o.k. with Jon and Christy to post this. It makes me smile :).

Around the House

Jacob and Brian worked on his "Space Needle" puzzle on Sunday afternoon.

Celebrating Brian's birthday with spaghetti and an apple pie made by Abby.

Hope dressed the dog to celebrate (found this on the camera- had no idea she did this!)

Up at 3am for the royal wedding. Loved every minute.

Has Dad mentioned that we are probably related to Prince William? Going back a looong ways (in the 1500's I believe) we share a common ancestor on his mother's side. So, of course we had to watch cousin Will get hitched!

My vision has been so blurry today. But when I went outside I realized that I am going through another visual transition. Once again, certain things have more dimension and color saturation than they did before. Again, I find myself tearing up at the beauty of God's creation- beauty that keeps unfolding as the months go by.