Life in pictures

On a side note, I'm really tired of teething poops... As any mom of children with teeth will tell you, everything goes crazy when they're sprouting a new crop of chompers. Peter has this angry diaper rash that makes me sad with every change. Poor guy.

Weather this week

Ha! The highs this week are only supposed to be 90 degrees in Redding! Wahoo!

Posts for daddy!

For those that read this blog, you're about to experience a large up-tick in the quantity of posting. Dwayne is in Cincinnati this week with the semi-annual WASBE conference, so we're going to keep him in the loop with home via Blog postings! Enjoy!

Today was a good church service - I attended the Door and got to sit with Renee and Herb of Simpson University and get to know them a little better. I also met the new secretary for the music department! Andrew did well with potty-training at nursery - he's decided to take on the standing position that all boys move into, but I'm not sure if I'm ready. Peter was tired from the early morning trip to the airport, so he slept for the WHOLE service (9:30 to noon). Guess there's no nap for mommy today. As we were leaving nursery, one of the workers pointed out that, since Peter slept all morning, Andrew could nap and mommy and Peter could have "mommy time". I replied that, while "mommy time" is good, mommy also needs "mommy-only time". Maybe another day.

Lunch, strawberries and Dora, and our afternoon has begun...

He won!

Hooooray! Dwayne entered his piece, Cage for One, in the Percussive Arts Society 36th Annual Percussion Composition Contest for Multiple Percussion Solo, and he WON FIRST PLACE! This is a huge honor, comes with a little money, and means that his piece will be performed at the annual convention! Next on tap, publication!

I'm so proud of my hubby!

Summer is here!

Well, it's official, Redding has reached summer. Each day starts out at about 70 degrees and just climbs from there. Jealous?

Still here...

... just busy.

We put an offer in on a home to purchase yesterday! For those who are MSL minded, the house is at 3934 Ethan Ln, MLS #09-2446. We've toyed with the idea of purchasing for a long time, but have decided to move now because there are so many great opportunities between interest rates, prices, etc. However, house shopping takes a LOT of time and energy, especially for first-timers like us. Now we're in one (of many) waiting phase to see what the bank thinks of our offer.

Other than that, we're all attempting to settle into a summer routine. When Dwayne finishes school, we generally skip town for a few weeks, then spend the next few figuring out just how many hours per day we have as full family/daddy working/mommy working/ etc.

Snow trips in April

We decided to take a family drive up to Mt. Lassen to celebrate our semi-official beginning to summer vacation. Oddly enough, Dwayne only planned to take jackets, but Andrew was set on bringing hats, gloves, scarves, the whole bit. Upon arriving, we realized just how different 4000 feet of elevation can be weather-wise - there was still snow on the lake edge! We bundled up, played a little in the snow, and quickly ate our lunch... then drove home! Peter in his very cute hat... He wasn't really wild about the snow. Too slippery to walk on, and too cold and wet when you fall.

Andrew with his (mom-made) snowman. He insisted on both a face and hair...