A Weekend Getaway

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A few weeks ago B and spent 2 nights and 3 days in California and Disneyland...all expenses paid by Wells Fargo! Each year they have a regional recognition event for employees who have met certain goals or have been recognized for their service. I was invited to go for my service and I was HONORED!

We stayed at the Grand California Hotel right at California Adventure!

It a beautiful hotel! We were given hopper passes to the parks and Disney dollars to spent in the park. We were treated like royalty while we were there! Delicious food, fun entertainment, beautiful accommodations...our room over looked the pool.

The ceremony breakfast was at the Disneyland Hotel in the Grand Ballroom. It was the most beautiful room! It was very elegant and the tables were all beautifully set...lots of silverware!

After breakfast was served there were a few speakers and some entertainment. Then, one by one we all walked across the stage to shake hands with some of the top executives of Wells Fargo and receive a thank you gift.

After all the "business" was over, we spent the rest of our time in the parks.

Splash Mountain was one our favorite rides! It wasn't real busy while we were there so we were able to ride all of our favorites SEVERAL times!

What better way to end our trip than with fireworks at "the happiest place on earth."

Memories

I forgot I took these pictures...

During our remodel we replaced all the doors upstairs. This is the coat closet door that my gram kept all our measurements on as my brother and sisters and I were growing up. As you can see there are all sorts of memories on this door! It was really sad to see it go, so I decided to take a few pictures. I think the first measurement of me was when I was 8!
The last measurement on the door for me was almost 9 years ago! Looks to me like I'm the same heightth if not shorter! Dang!

I'm really thankful to be living in my gram and gramps house and have so many wonderful memories around me everyday. As we remodeled we came across all sorts of my gram & gramps personal touches on the house....gramp's handwriting on some of the old studs, old turquise wall paper under the mirror in the bathroom that I'm sure my gram chose, and other fun things. I like to think they are watching what we are doing and are proud of all our hard work! I sure do miss them!

Banana

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Before we got married, B sold his two horses and has been wanting a horse ever since. The deal on this colt was one we couldn't pass up so...we are the proud owners of Smokem Blackburn. When I asked B what he was going to call this horse (besides Smokem Blackburn, her registered name) he said, "Banana." So here is a picture of B and his horse, Banana! My crazy husband!






While B worked with the horse, I had fun experimenting with my camera and took pictures of the pasture and B's hunting dogs.

An Unexpected Disaster

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We woke up to the roaring thunder and lightening & pouring rain around 12am. The gutters in the street were filled with water...and so was part of our basement! The rain was coming down so hard it filled our window wells and poured into our bathroom downstairs and one of the bedrooms! It was a nightmare! Thank goodness we woke up and were able to clean up as best we could and stop the waterfalls of water into the rooms before there was a lot of damage.

This is the window well to the bathroom. The window is in the shower so it just filled the shower and drained. Still a dirty mess though!

The window in this room is just above where the picture cuts off. The water was flowing in like a waterfall and pouring onto the floor. We quickly moved all the furniture, vacuumed as much water as we could with the shop vac, pulled up the carpet, and bought fans to help it dry.

When we had our carpet installed upstairs, they tacked this carpet back down and it's as good as new!

"House work"

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For the past two months we have been doing some remodeling on our house. The first of July we moved into our basement while we worked on the upstairs. We gutted the bathroom, tore up carpet and linoleum upstairs, painted, pulled up baseboards...it's been quit a project! Now it's September and we have finally moved back upstairs!!! Here are a few pictures of what we've been working on. I'll post the final products in a bit when I have it all decorated! I LOVE the new look of our house! Brian worked especially hard on the remodel and I am so thankful to have married such a "handyman."

The DEMOLITION

















New tub (one I can actually fit in), new tile, new window, new paint...only the beginning.

Don't worry, you'll see more photos of the finished product!








The kitchen and dining room before.















My handyman husband hard at work!







I can't wait to show you how it all turned out!!
Stay tuned!