Day 12 & 13 Inspections and Some adjustments
Yesterday the inspector came by and said they needed to add some more support to the slide structure. They work late into the evening last night to finish it up and the inspector came back today and signed off on everything. They will do gunite on Friday! As part of the rework, the moved the light under the slide so it will be centered under the grotto. They also ran the electrical stub to the BBQ area. Over the weekend Dan added a conduit to from the side of the house to the BBQ area to run cable TV or internet at some point in the future.
All the stuff for the pool equipment.
BBQ Stubs
Pool Construction – Day 11 – Finished Framing Slide
They finished framing the slide. It is now ready for concrete!
My Very First Digital Picture
I came across this picture today as I was working on updating my photography business website. This is the first digital picture we ever took. It was taken with our Sony Cybershot camera in Feb. of 2002. Talia was almost seven and in the first grade. Kayli was 4 1/2 and Aidan was 18 months old.
This picture is very special to me because it is the only picture I had of my kids on my laptop during the 8 weeks I spent in the hospital while pregnant with the twins. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
Happy Mother’s Day!!!!
I had a lovely Mother’s Day. It started with breakfast in bed and continued with presents, and lots of relaxing. We went over to Dan’s parents’ house for dinner.
Here’s the card the kids made for me. (Sadly, they seem to have inherited my bad spelling abilities.)
The kids with Grandma Nancy.
Pool Construction – Day 2 – Mapping It Out
Today that mapped out the pool in the backyard. It was really neat to see exactly where the pool is going to be located and how big it will be. Tomorrow they will start digging.
Mother’s Tea
Falyn’s preschool held it’s annual Mother’s Tea today. The kids served their moms muffins. After enjoying the muffins and juice, we returned to the classroom. There the kids sang a song and presented the moms with presents they had made – cute butterfly clips with magnets.
Here’s the video of the kids singing.
Girl Scout Camp-Out
I spent the weekend camping with Kayli’s Girl Scout troop. We all had so much fun!
The first night there was a camp-fire sing-a-long and we made smores.
On Saturday we participated in a camporee, where every troop had a booth with an activity. Our girls did a cat’s cradle booth. Everyone seemed to really like learning cat’s cradle and we saw girls playing it during the rest of the weekend.
Saturday afternoon the girls went swimming. The pool had a really fun water slide.
Saturday night was skit night. Our girls performed their own version of the invisible bench skit. They did a great job of it.
Walking to the camp-fire.
Waiting to watch all the skits.
Our camp site.
Sunday morning we had breakfast in the camp facility’s dining hall and then we had to break down camp. Then we went on a hike. We had heard there were cougars in the area and we saw paw prints while on our hike.
After that we went zip-lining and participated in a team building activity.
After that, it was time to go home. Everyone agreed that it was so much fun that they wanted to do it again next year.
Falyn’s Preschool Class at Tanaka Farms
Falyn’s preschool class went to Tanaka Farms today. They went on a wagon ride around the farm and go to taste a bunch of different veggies that had just been picked. Then they got to pick strawberries. They were so yummy! Falyn had so much fun.
Twins Cub Scout Den at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands
The twins went on a hike at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands this afternoon. They enjoyed seeing all the different birds and the wild flowers that were in bloom.
