Weekend Work :)

Here you see the Pavilion that we have up in the corner (where the garden used to be). There will be paving stones all under it and around it. :)

Here you can see the nice paving stones that Paul put between the house and the hottub. This has always been a muddy mess and a walking hazard--not any more :)
Here you see Ryan standing on another section of paving stones with the pavilion in the background.
When it gets done it will be amazing! Other news besides the backyard project is that Bren's pump will arrive here on Thursday. :) He has decided to wait two weeks to start using it because he doesn't want to start a new school plan with only 2 weeks left of school. So we will be starting sometime after the 11th. :) We all seem content with this decision. He is still excited about it and says with almost every shot, when I get the pump I won't have to do this. :) We are thrilled that he will have a chance at a more normal life with the pump and he is as well.

Tomorrow, Ryan and I will go back to Headstart to see what they have to say about all of his screenings for speech, sensory, fine and gross motor skills, etc... I am pretty sure they are going to tell us that he is fine and within normal limits, but I just want to make sure!

Paul managed to stay away from his office for the whole three days! I couldn't believe it, not even on the computer one time. Jenny had a fun weekend as well. She earned 15.00 carrying stones at .10 a stone. :) She was very excited by this opportunity--the boys not so much. :(

Another big weekend event was going out for breakfast at the Tollgate Inn in Sandy and then off to see Prince Caspian at the theater. Both were fabulous. Paul also cooked a fabulous brisket this weekend and the Davis family came and enjoyed it with us on Saturday evening. I mean it, a weekend of good food and good work! :)

We also found out this weekend that some dear friends are moving back home to Portland from Texas--Jim and Erin Crawford. We are so excited. When we first moved here Jim and Paul were both unemployed for over a year and we spent every night together eating playing cards and planning our futures. We are looking forward to rekindling a relationship with them once again. They have a son Jacob that is about a year older than Bren--hopefully that will be a positive relationship as well.

Well, I guess that is about all for now. We are good and continuing on day to day to see what lies around the next corner for each of us--that is a lot as there are 5 of us and 2 dogs if you don't remember. :) Peace tonight as you sleep. I am headed there now!