Pics from Arizona

Here are some pics from the campus. I love this water feature. This is basically where we spent our time, well in the buildings surrounding this water feature.

These were some fun things in the hotel. I got a big kick on how they fanned everying, even the toilet paper! And the cup cover says "Because sometimes you need a cup of coffee to go downstairs to get a cup of coffee" Wow, was that ever true!

Here are two of the people I met, and a picture of me. The first is Kirsten. She lives in Wisconsin. The second is Brenda, she lives in Phoenix and works for Boeing. Brenda then took a picture of me enjoying a margarita during the complimentary happy hour at the hotel.

This is my group! Starting at the front is Ryan, Mike, Kyle, Seo and lastly Matt. Not the best pic, but the program is sending us our formal pics they took.

Bathroom Dreams

So we are plumbing...by we, I mean Dave....the bathroom! I can't wait to take a bath!!

Here are pictures of what we have done so far. And for those of you who are not plumbing experts, these pictures mean we have water running to the tub, though no faucets yet, and we have a drain that drains right into the sewer and everything! AMAZING!!!! The dream of taking a bath will soon be a reality. And yes, I did try to get Dave to smile, but he was resitant.

I did, however, get him to give me a smoochie!

Sunroom

Finally the pics of the sunroom are posted! Yippee! This is a very akward room to take pictures in, so to give you an idea of what the big wall looks like, I stiched together 3 pictures to make it into one. This is why it has a bit of a fish eye appearance and istn completely lining up. I assure you it is only the picture...and not the wall itself. The wall is straight, not fisheyed and everything lines up beatifully! This room is the first room completely finished! This will be our office, as you can see by the desk in the corner and our guest room...as you can see by the bed. We hope to replace the bed with a pull out couch and bring in some bookshelves and hang pictures on the wall. But we cant ask for too much at once now can we! LOL!

Isn't it BEAUTIFUL!!! I posted close ups on the trim so you could see what a beautiful job Dave did. We expanded the windows by 1 foot. They were 5 feet tall and the new windows are 6 feet. We ripped off all the cedar shake on the inside and rewired. I LOVE this room.

As a quick reminder to what it looked like before..behold!

Garden Beds

Ok...so this wont be very exciting. But I have built some garden beds in the back yard and here are the pictures of them! I am very excited, but I know that the excitement is primarily limited to me...oh well, I share never-the-less!

Dinner

And finally, the festive dinner.

After a busy day of opening gifts, drinking coffee and eating whatever we could find, we did manage to cook a christmas dinner. The turkey looked beautiful. The potates were masterfully mashed and the yams were carmelized to perfection....

When Bows go Bad

Here is what happens when your presents get control!

More presents!

Here is the last of the present opening. This is a video of the "red" opening. For those of you who dont know what this means, I will fill you in. Aunt Linda decided to have a themed christmas present opening this year. So she bought all presents from the Gap's "red" line, which donated 1/2 of all profits to help fight aids in africa. This is the video of us opening the red gifts.



Here is the group shot of all of us in our red clothes. Mine and mom's shirt say "Inspi(red)," Jen's says "Sco(red)," Adam's say's "Hamm(red)" and Dave's is a white hoody that is obviously good for flashing!




And here we all are with our christmas presents...or at least as many as we can hold!

Christmas Presents

On Christmas morning, rubbing my sleepy eyes, I walked down the stairs to see that Santa and his family had visited our tree. Even Cow was excited!



Once all the sleepy eyed people got coffe and a bagel and OJ and more coffee and cigarettes and more coffee and a pastry, we started opening the stockings. And what did we find but candy pooping christmas animals!




So after our animal entertainment, we dove right into the presents! Well, after some more coffee and food of course! But then, right into the presents!

Adam and Jen looking so cute on the couch, next to a fat chicken whose bum is practically falling off the couch. Dave and I next to the gift Trish and Randy gave to us. Of course we look much better in the framed picture! The third pic is Ray and Meridith looking at the present Dave and I gave them for Yule.




Here is Adam getting very excited about opening a gift...and then him wearing the cashmere present!



Here is Dave opening...and then wearing his fabulous cashmere sweater! We love the cashmere santa!!!



And here is a horrible pic of Adam, Jen, Dave and myself wearing "We love our old house" shirts! and it's true...we do love our old house!



And here is a picture of my feet wearing very comfy slipper from Patrick! ummmm....warm feet!