Father's Day

Ryan surprised his Dad for Father's day by giving him Yankees tickets. Ryan teamed up with his cousin, and two brothers, and took a trip to Kansas City the last week in July to watch them play against the Royals. His dad and uncle are huge Yankees fans, but have never seen them play. The boys aren't fans, and like to tease them about it. They took the time to visit some church history sites while they were there. Here are some pictures from Adom-Ondi-Ahman, Liberty Jail, Haun's Mill, Far West, the Amish, and the game.

Remodel Day 4

Goodbye countertops! This is the last picture taken of them. After struggling to get all the screws off, Ryan managed to pry them off. It was a little hard to get it out of the house, but Ryan finally broke it in half.



The bathroom countertop was a little more difficult. Ryan came to the conclusion that it must have been the kind that was pre-packaged, you know, the vanities that you can buy with the countertop already on? He had to buy a chizle and hammer to pry it off, but we got the sink out no problem!



Struggling to get all the pipes off the sink so we could throw it away!



This picture's late, but it's our new microwave! Yay for more counter space!



Here is our kitchen floor. Ryan finally got all the sticky laminate squares off, so we're ready to lay the tile on Tuesday! Ryan picked it up yesterday, and we dropped the boxes off at the Condo last night!



The bedroom carpets will be laid on Monday. We took the tape off, but we're a little disappointed with how it looks. The paint leaked, and it's kind of uneven. Go figure though, the room Ryan taped looks perfect...



These are all the drawers that Ryan's sisters' painted for us. They look so wonderful! Now we just need to paint the kitchen, and the cabinets.....argh! Will it ever end! Our dead line is in two weeks....

Ryan on the Radio!

As usual, I was listening to the Nightside Project on KSL Tuesday night, but this time Ryan was with me. On our way to the condo Michael Castner, the host, was asking people to call in with their worst date stories. Much to my surprise Ryan was on the phone that minute, and he got in. He started telling the "screener" his "worst date," which just happened to be with me. It was our first date on Valentine's, and to start it off, he called me to ask if he could use my car to drive us to the dance. At the dance, we danced next to his ex-girlfriend, which wasn't much fun for him. At the end of the night we kissed then I told him I liked another guy. (I promise the situation was much different than it sounds!) Apparently, his story was so good, the "Screener" gasped and told him to hold. Ryan got on the air! He was the last caller, and he even got a laugh out of the host. Later that night on our way home from the condo they mentioned him again! Ryan wasn't listening, and missed it, but they were reading an email from a girl with her bad date. The Ombudsman, Paul, said in response, "Oh it's not that bad we had a guy call in earlier that said his girlfriend kissed him then told him she liked another guy, and they ended up getting married!" I thought it was pretty cool that Ryan got on the air, mostly because I love the Nightside Project, and never call in. If you want to hear him follow the link and click on the Play button next to you decide nightside.
P.S. Erin, 710KIRO (seattle) is picking them up soon!

I went to Seattle to visit my brother and his family two weeks ago. It was a great vacation, and wonderful to see my brother, Erin, and Bev, plus meet my new niece, Jane Rose, and see her blessing. Here are some pictures:

Grocery Bag Man

I call him the grocery bag man. He shows up just in the nick of time to help carry in the groceries. His superpower? Well, we're still working on that...