School Days

Another great weekend. We just enjoyed Friday night. Well, I packed! I am so excited to be leaving on Thursday to head home for Gary and Becky's wedding. We are also going to be able to see all the Aunts and Uncles, cousins, great-grandparents, grandparents, and even some of the cousins - both mine and Kendall's. It is going to be so much fun...I can hardly wait. And...we decided to fly rather than drive, which will be great because not only can we avoid the 13 hours in the car, we now also have that much more time to spend with family and friends!

Saturday we began our projects around the house. I began sanding a dresser set that we've had for quite awhile. We actually tried to sell the set a few times on craigslist, but alas no interest...and, it really is a nice heavy set just ugly as sin in its black lacquered finish. So, here is the before. We'll be sure to update you with the final end product. At the current rate it will probably be awhile before I can finish.
Aaron finished cleaning the soffits on the house. It looks so much better. The whole front and side of the house are done. Hopefully this will be the last time it is necessary seeing as the eaves were added in the fall. On Sunday, I went to church and said goodbye to a great friend of mine. Her and her new hubby are moving back home to Delaware. I first got to know her at work and then remained friends even after she quit to go back to school to be a pharmacist. She has been a great friend and walking/running buddy for the last few years and I will surely miss her.

This morning we all got up and headed to school to help Aaron get his new room ready for this coming school year. We unpacked boxes and arranged desks. The decorating still needs to be done, but it's a start. Before arriving at the school we headed into town to pick up some subway for lunch and what do we see on the way?...a women literally stopped in the median of the divided highway giving her kid a whipping. It was so ridiculously the south!

Here is the room as we left it this afternoon. Not too bad, but still needs some finishing touches.

Here is Kendall enjoying the paper "grass." We forgot to bring a blanket, so this was our ingenious attempt at creating a place to play.
Aaron and Kendall take a break from the unpacking to read a book. Kendall loves to be red to and as you can tell Aaron was really feeling this story!

We came home and we made arrangements with family for when we arrive back in MI and I made an apple pie - yummy. Now all that remains is two lousy days at work until we get to fly home - Yeah!!!!