The good and bad part of living in tiny apartments for so long is that you have very little stuff.
Our house is steadily becoming a home…here’s some fun furniture assembly:
A Home In Progress
May 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After leaving Grandma and Grandpa’s in Ogden, we drove out to Mountain Green to meet up with Nathan and Kendra and see their new home. The place is shaping up beautifully, and is set in a gorgeous location.
Birth & Mother’s Day
May 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
28 years ago today–also on Mother’s Day–I was born. Thanks mom, for loving me as extraordinarily as you do, and for shaping me into the man I’ve become. And much love to mom Tanner, for delivering the coolest girl in the world, and for being such an awesome mom-in-law. We love you guys tons and can’t express enough how much you mean to us.
Here are a couple photos from the Sunday brunch we had up in Ogden:
[how adorable is that mom-to-be??]
Real Salt Lake Cameo
May 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
When Kristie headed off to her baby shower, Jeremy and I headed up to a Real Salt Lake game with these:
How’d we get the all-access passes? Well, we got it in exchange for participating in a little halftime skit with Real’s mascot, Leo the Lion.
Here’s how it went down. At 10 minutes to halftime we left our complementary seats and headed down to the locker room of the stadium. There we met up with Leo, who gave us our props. To me, an old Leo suit, a dress, a bow and a purse. To Jeremy, a jersey of the opposing team (Philadelphia). In honor of Mother’s Day, I was to dress up as Leona (Leo’s mom), and get introduced at half field. So yeah, this is me:
There Leo would present me with flowers–which was Jeremy’s cue to jump out of the stands, run on the field and start acting like an obnoxious fan from the rival team (while the police chased him around). At that point I’d see Jeremy, run full-tilt at him, and deliver a crushing tackle (as any die-hard fan — and mascot-mom — would do) .
Then I was instructed to beat him with my purse till Leo caught up and dragged me off him.
The skit went according to plan and had some great play-by-play narration from the stadium announcer. I was told that the fans in attendance thought it was a riot.
Cross-dressing as a lioness was a bit weird for me (hold your jokes), but getting to lay a solid hit on Jer in front of the whole stadium was awesome.
Many thanks to Tyler at RealSoccerNation.com for the awesome photos, and Leo, who got us the best seats in the house.
Baby Shower with Friends
May 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today Kristie was the special guest of wonderful a baby shower put on by Leah and Kendra. I wasn’t in attendance, but Kristie was absolutely gushing about it all day. The food and decor were pretty amazing, as you can gather from the pictures below.
We feel so grateful for all our friends that have supported Kristie (and by extension, our little family) during this exciting time. We love you all–thanks for your kindness and generosity.
Canyon runs
May 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
The past few weekends Kristie and I have gotten in the habit of heading up Provo canyon for Saturday runs. Today was no exception, and the weather was beautiful.
The trail I took this morning was a 6 mile loop that starts in the parking lot of Timpanogos Park and threads up and around the foothills. The elevation always kills me. Here’s a couple pictures I snapped with my phone at my favorite lookout spot (trust me, they don’t do it justice):
Joys of Being a Homeowner…
May 5, 2010 By 2 Comments
…with an 8-month pregnant wife that I won’t let help with manly stuff.
Figure 1.8: Improvised Dolly Maneuver
Figure 2.9.7: Jungle-Lawn Taming
Exhibit 37A: One Man Car Cramification
A continuing series.
Appliances and Furnace
May 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
Today our washer and drier arrived. We went with an Energy Star rated clothes washer since we figure it will save us money in the long run (and since we get a nice rebate from our power company for buying it). They look nice in our laundry nook.
Action Plumbing & Air also came by to “green sticker” our furnace…which apparently needs to be done to verify that it’s safe, and in good working order. Seems like a racket to me.
The guy that checked it out found that the interior fan was pretty clogged up with dirt (since it looked like the previous tenants hadn’t changed the air filter since the Regan administration), which he claimed could overheat the system and break the whole thing. Cost to clean it? $350.00.
So I said, “umm, that’s not really in my budget. Can I clean it?” He looked at me funny and then cut me a deal. He would dismantle and reassemble the blower system and motor for $50 and I could clean it.
So he did, and I did. It took a little improvisation (our toothbrushes were still packed), but I found a way to de-gunk it enough for it to pass code. He told me in 40 years of working with furnaces, that’s the first time any of his clients has ever cleaned their own drum fan. I took that as a compliment, and saved $300.
Screwdriver: $2.75
Bits of old carpet pad: $0.00
Not having to pay $300 for a task that took me 20 minutes: Priceless Ok, technically $300.