Please bear with me! I am covering vacation time for a co-worker and haven't had time to do a real post! I'll try to get to it before Thursday night- depends upon whether or not I can keep my eyes open!
The tape and mud is done- here is the kitchen space before the paint and cabinets.
The ceilings are all textured- I wonder how they do that???
The brick is finished on the pillars- and we have a few bricks left over. Strange they didn't brick below the door. I wasn't planning on a step into the house. Guess I get one now!
Hey- Whadda ya know...we have garage doors!
I hope that these cartoons don't end up showing through the paint in the years to come. They just won't match the Disney artwork I've planned for above the cabinets.
The artist was even kind enough to leave a website written on the wall. Do you think I should check it out and order more of his drawings to hang in the house?
Ryan jumps right up and orders a small cherry with a top...Katelyn says make it two!
Can't wait! Hurry, Hurry!
These are the best cherry snow cones around!
Katelyn has to eat the top before we get back in the truck! What does this treat for Ryan and Katelyn set us back? One whole dollar! What a bargain! If you're ever in Garland, you have to stop at the snowcone shack- it's even worth waiting in a line for. AND they have more flavors than cherry too.
Wasn't Yetta Karen a beautiful bride? Reed looks as thrilled to take pictures as Wes usually is! Beautiful picture-BUT, kinda hard to tell exactly what the cake looked like. 
Hope they love it!
I plan on inviting her to help decorate our new home as well. I just don't have the "put it all together knack" like she does. I'm glad I have talented friends! :0 )
They were having a difficult time waiting for me to get the camera. What can it be????
Keepsake ornaments! Mickey and Wizard of Oz! They are thrilled! Whoever our mystery giver is, they know Ryan and Katelyn very well.
Ryan loved the crank that turned the pictures on the ornament- he calls it live action!
Notice the hidden Mickey in the gears?
Katelyn couldn't have been happier! She said, "Look Mom, real jewels!" She even read the inscription on her own..."There's no place like home." 
This is what we see before the moment that absolutely THRILLS Ryan and Katelyn.
And here it is..."colorish"carwash. Go figure! The funny thing is if they realize that I went to the carwash without them, they get upset.
Here they are watching it rinse. Notice Katelyn trying to hold the colored suds on from the inside...what a silly girl! On the upside, a day at the carwash is definitely cheaper than a day at the water slide park, AND it's easier to keep track of the little munchkins!
The Grapefruit Syndrome
By Lola B. Walters
As a young wife, I learned that marriage could be sweeter if I didn’t focus on my husband’s faults.
My husband and I had been married about two years when I read an article recommending that married couples discuss truthfully and candidly the habits or mannerisms they find annoying in each other. The theory was that if partners knew of such annoyances, they could correct them before resentful feelings developed.
It made sense to me. I talked with my husband about the idea. After some hesitation, he agreed to give it a try.
As I recall, we were to name five things we found annoying. I started off. After more than 50 years, I remember only my first complaint: grapefruit. I told him I didn’t like the way he ate grapefruit. Instead of cutting it open and eating it with a spoon, he peeled it and ate it a section at a time. Nobody else I knew ate grapefruit like that. Could I be expected to spend a lifetime, and even eternity, watching my husband eat grapefruit like that? Although I have forgotten them, I’m sure my other complaints were of similar importance.
Then it was his turn. It has been more than half a century, but I still carry a mental image of my husband’s thoughtful, puzzled expression. He looked at me and said, “I can’t think of anything I don’t like about you.”
Gasp. I quickly turned my back, not knowing how to explain my tears. I had found fault with him over such trivial things, while he hadn’t even noticed any of my peculiar and no doubt annoying habits.
I wish I could say this experience completely cured me of fault finding. It didn’t. But it did teach me early in my marriage that we need to keep in perspective, and usually ignore, the small differences in our spouse’s habits and personalities. Whenever I hear of married couples being incompatible, I always wonder if they are suffering from what I now call the grapefruit syndrome.
Here's Ryan on his final run to home plate for 2009. He's really getting to be a fast runner. 
This is Katelyn's final hit for 2009. She did much better this year. Maybe it was because she could actually SEE the ball!
Daxen and Warren attended the game with us while Rikki moved. Daxen insisted on playing with the pink ball. Wouldn't his Dad be proud????
Ryan with his trophy...
Katelyn with hers. I think the trophy is the only reason she played!!! 
Here you can see the color and the texture better.
This is how much they got done yesterday. They were there again this morning working hard.
The sheet rock people were there yesterday too. The house sounded like California Adventure on the first week of May near the Mission Tortilla Factory exhibit. The sheetrock is up on the ceiling in the basement and in the hall on the walls.
A friend lovingly titled this photo "Grunig Loving Cinnis" Still love the safety glasses Logan!
Today we celebrate.
KaTeLyN- 6
RyAn & KaTeLyN- 2009
RYaN- 6
My camera battery was dying, so the pictures I did get aren't very good. She's the one in the center with the pink sticker on her chin. What a goofy girl! When we left, I asked her if she had fun. 
