Tucson

I was gone last week for a work training in Tucson so I did not get around to updating. Although, since I was in training....in Tucson (not much happening there), I wouldn't have had much to write about even if I did have time. 

This past weekend, my work had an employee appreciation event at Wet and Wild Water Park. It had been awhile since I had been to a water park and it did not disappoint. Waterslides are SO fun, aren't they?? I brought Marie, Hannah, Jeremiah, and Emily....George had to work (he has had kind of a crappy work schedule over the past few weeks). It was a lot of fun. The one bummer was that the lines were super long so we didn't get to go on all of the slides. 

We should find out our official move-in date this week. It sounds like it will be in mid August. George went by today and said that the insulation is now in. We're thinking that the drywall will be next. THEN all of the fun stuff (tile, counters, etc). 

We have been looking just about every night online for home decor items. We browse different websites to get ideas. Last weekend, I bought a couple of items that I had my eye on. My mom also found this cool printer's box from an antique shop in Pinetop. I love it and it matches the one that my parents have (theirs is in the cabin). Let me know if you have any idea of little trinkets that I can put in it! 

Kitchen Table

George and I have been looking at a lot of furniture online lately. Just kind of getting ideas as to what we might like for our house. We have a small amount of furniture from our apartment and George has a bit from the house he rented with friends before we moved to CA. We have our bed, my small twin bed, a desk, side table, shelving unit (that we used as an entertainment center), coffee table, and small couch. We will have a loft upstairs so we plan to use some of our current furniture up there (i.e. small couch, shelving thing). Other than that, we aren't going to worry too much about decorating/furnishing the upstairs too much (at least for awhile). Downstairs is where we will focus. We have the office, the dining room (which we plan to use as a piano room instead...George bought a piano a few years ago on Craigslist), and the kitchen/living room area. So, our major purchases are going to be a bigger couch or couch and a love seat and an entertainment center of some sort. We were going to also buy a table, BUT George is making one instead!! He did quite a bit of research online to figure out what materials he needed, the measurements, tools, etc. On Sunday, he went with his dad to get the wood (they're using pine) and they started to construct it. So far, it looks really good. I'm excited to see the final result.

Lazy Saturday

I am currently enjoying a lazy Saturday. I love the weekends....don't we all? Except for those of you who are retired. In your case, everyday is a weekend!

We had a great time at the cabin over Memorial day. Half of us headed up on Friday (Paisley, my dad, Emily, George, and me) and the rest (Brian, Terrisa, Emily, Hannah, Jeremiah, and my mom) came up on Saturday morning. 

Prior to heading up there though, George and I went to Yewon's graduation from high school and Sarah Moser's graduation party. Yewon only had 6 people in her graduating class....yes, SIX! She went to a really tiny Christian school in Mesa called Redeemer. Yewon spoke at the ceremony - she read a Bible verse that her and the other students chose as a representation of their time in high school. She also gave a little talk on why they chose that verse. She did a great job. Afterward, we popped in at Sarah's graduation party. I have to say, the fact that she is graduating makes me feel old! I used to babysit Sarah when she was in 1st grade and now she is off to college. Crazy! Hannah will be next.

Back to the cabin trip....Saturday was spent hanging out at the rec center in the neighborhood. We had a few ping pong matches (Brian and Terrisa beat George and I in an intense match), played some Rummikub (I won), and then joined in on BINGO! They had a few sessions of BINGO - one for kids, one for teens, and one for adults. Hannah won the grand prize in the teen round. George and Terrisa both won a game in the adult round. Their prizes were decent....Hannah got a sleeping bag, George got two pizza pans, and Terrisa got a running pack with a with a water bottle. Nothing like a riveting round of BINGO! We finished off the day with a spaghetti dinner and a movie. 

On Sunday, we all went to the movies (minus Brian who was watching Paisley). The guys watched Man in Black 3 and the girls saw What to Expect When You're Expecting. Brian and my dad golfed in the afternoon while the rest of us relaxed at the cabin. At night, we found a restaurant that could accommodate our huge party and then came home, watched another movie and made milkshakes (Strawberry Haagen Dazs shakes, of course). 

On Monday, we went on a family run/bike ride and then packed up and went home. Fun weekend with family :)

This week was busy at work, as usual. The summer months tend to be busy for us. I guess people like to eat some cold ice cream when it is 115 degrees outside. I do.

Not much going on this weekend. George is swinging by the house on his way home from work today so I might have some updates on the house for you all tomorrow. We are probably looking at a mid August move-in date. I'm sure it will be here before we know it! We actually might go look at some furniture tonight or tomorrow. 

I made peach cobbler (from the peaches that we picked) for the cabin. It got good reviews :)

Yewon speaking at her graduation ceremony

The people that I beat