Man Cave

So the work to remodel the garage into an official man cave began on Wednesday last week. They had to frame out the bottom of the walls in order to install the corrugated metal.

Here are the doors we picked up that will serve as the bar top.

We opted to get a new passage door - seen here.

Day 2: OSB is up on the top portion of the walls.

Our new air conditioning unit installed.

Day 3: Corrugated metal goes up.

Day 4: Started the trim that doubles as a bar rail.

Work on the bar and cabinet has begun.

Day 5: Just the floors left to finish...no pictures of this. We'll post those later as well as more of the finished project.

It will likely take us several days, if not weeks, to get the jukebox installed, signs hung, and finishing touches on. For the time being we are happy with the progress so far and excited to hang out in the new space.

We'll post more of the finishes this weekend when we get to visit with the Simonds' and Henry's in the new space.

Grammy Visits

We had a blast when Grammy came to visit. Too bad so much of the weekend was consumed with house stuff (between the man shed construction and termite inspection). We did manage to get in some other fun activities. Grammy graciously bought Kendall (and us) this bike trailer. Now the fun will really begin. It seats two and has room for storage. I totally plan on taking this to the grocery store on the weekends!

Here is another shot. Styling and profiling!

We happened to ride past the Corley Street Park - only about 1 mile from the house - and they FINALLY got the water feature up and running. You can't really see it here, but it is a palm tree that releases water...so fun! Aaron and Kendall have both been eagerly awaiting this 'grand opening' since visiting early this summer. They've been checking on its status at least weekly since first noticing it. It had been all roped off - not any more!

Here she is in the swing!

And on the cross walk at the park by the elementary school.

Playing the piano for Grammy.

The Zoo. We finally got a membership! Aaron and Kendall have been several times already this year and they are still discovering exhibits. Kendall's latest find was this little shed. She apparently love climbing on the porch.

Of course she loves the cows. She'll even speak to them (by saying moo).

Thought this was super cute.

Aaron said she was terrified of these statues.

One of the few shots of Kendall with Grammy (Grammy took all the pictures). So cute.

Scared of another statue.

We had a great visit. I am sure Grammy was happy to leave all our arguing about the man cave behind. But, the good news is, it is mostly done. And just in time as the Simonds' and Henrys' are leaving tonight to come visit for the weekend. If all goes well they should be here mid-day tomorrow!

Millions of Peaches...

Kendall prepares for the festivities.

Her first sucker - and, who gave it to her?

This airplane circled several times before the parade.

Waving at all the floats and people.

Just one of many good floats.

We all that was pretty cool. Kendall enjoyed the snake.

Even a camel made an appearance.

*Note: I seemed to remember this guy from the past, and sure enough he was in the parade in 2008 too.

So classic of the south. Kendall said, "Come on, let's go!

"Ahh, I told you that I was going to be good, mom and dad." We enjoyed some good "beach music" while eating our peach cobbler and bbq sanwiches/hotdogs. Aaron had on his Michigan shirt and Tigers hat and was stopped several times by other Michiganders.

On the way home we picked up a half peck of peaches to make our own cobbler when Grammy comes on Wednesday.

After the festival and a measly 1 hour nap, we headed for a family bike ride. We decided to go to the elementary school around the corner from us. We were able to get into the playground - which I know is Kendall's new favorite one.

These steps and slide were just her size - she could go up and down all by herself. And, boy did she take advantage and go up and down, and up and down!

Kendall with no annoying mom or dad to hold her back.

We all liked the teetor totter. "Look mom, no hands!"

Daddy playing on the monkey bars.

Kendall and Daddy enjoying there own little ride together.

After the park we had some dinner, webcamed with Gma/Gpa and headed out to the Blowfish game. We didn't get any pictures there - mostly because we spent so much of our time trying to wrangle Kendall. But, we did enjoy some boiled peanuts. We stayed till about the 7th inning and then decided to head out of the parking lot to watch the fire works across the street so that we could make a quick get away. Finally, the fireworks started and Kendall was so scared and tired, she sat in her car seat the whole time. She was sacked as soon as we left the parking lot.