Carter Crew

Monday, May 28, 2012

Dell's Room

We've been woeking on Dells room over the last 8 months or so. The walls were bare studs with insulation in them when we started. Drywall went up last summer but that was as far as it got last year. Last week we decided we were going to get it done. We taped, mudded, textured, painted and now we're doing the finishing touches. He chose he colors Blue, Grey, Red, and he wanted a chalk board. I have to say that I think it looks really good, we've got a little more trim to put up, some sort of Closet organizer and a good deep clean and he'll be good to go.

Dry Wall Up

Mud and Tape

Sanded

Painted

Trimmed

Already having Fun

Zane's First Haircut

Little guy got his first haircut last week. He's still a little guy but this helped him look a little bigger.

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After

Thursday, May 3, 2012

My Babies

I got the camera out to get some pictures of my sweet little ones today. I had so much fun, and slowly but surely I'm learning about my camera. Eventually I'll know what it all does until then, just enjoy these sweet faces.

Dancing Time!

It's recital time for Ellie, she's had 2 small ones this week and her end of year recital is in a couple of weeks. She's really enjoyed dancing this year, and has really come out of her shell.

Project

I love a project, but I don't always have the best timing. When we lived up north I tore apart a bathroom while JD was out of town and he only had 3 days to help me put it back together before family came to town. Last month JD had a few business trips to LA. Our front door is a beautiful solid Pine door that has been abused by the sun. I asked about refinishing it last summer and JD said we needed to take it off to do it properly and well it never happened, so I brought it up in early April and he said well why don't we wait until it gets a little warmer. It was deja vu I know we have a ton of other projects to take care of and the door wasn't on the top of his list, but it was up there on mine. I mean it's an easy project and I can do it. So while JD was in LA he got a text saying "tackled the door" and he said "what does it figure". I did it minus taking the door off it's hinges, I sanded and sanded and sanded until it was smooth and beautiful, then I oiled it. The door is beautiful and it gave the front of the house a

little face lift.

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After

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Grandpa Great's Service

JD's Grandpa passed away on March 13th so we traveled to Preston Idaho for his service that weekend. They just did a graveside service and it was really nice. We got to hear a lot of stories about him growing up, and the things he did through his life. Everyone has always refered to Grandpa as a Bee Keeper I had no idea he had been a teacher for many years before going into the Bee/honey business. They told a story about him using dynamite to blow a stump out in the back yard so he could put in a wading pool for the kids and he did it with out breaking any of the windows in the house. He was also asked by school officials to bring a load of bees over by the University of Washington during a Black Panther Rally that was getting heated. They asked him to "accidently" loose his load in order to dispurse the crowd without police intervention. He did so successfully but his kids had hidden escorts to and from school to ensure their safety.

In October of last year Grandma and Grandpa moved in with JD's parents so we got to see him quite a lot and I can tell you at 93 he was still able to have some fun and play with my kids. One evening after eating dinner he was still sitting at the table and Mason would run by and he's stick his hand out to try and get him and Mason would just giggle. A few minutes later we walked by and Grandpa was on all 4's on the ground with Mason we thought he's fallen out of his chair but no he rolled out (like he learned in the Army you had to drop and roll and get ready to shoot) and was playing on the floor with him.
Feb 8th he and Grandma celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary so we had a little party for them. I made a cake and my SIL Cassie had an idea to put memories into balloons and then they popped them and read the memories the kids and grandkids had of Grandma and Grandpa. It was fun Grandpa also tried to teach my SIL how to say the ABC's backwards it really was quite amazing he did it over and over never missing a beat.