Playing with Jed and Meeting Peter

We were able to spend some time with Tom's niece and her family. We enjoyed meeting Peter and playing with Jed in the backyard.

Table Talk

We invited Mark, Hattie and Charlotte over for a venison "back to school dinner". Charlotte really got into the dinner conversation!

Talking and Rolling

Charlotte has begun to say lots of things, we just don't know what they are yet! Oh, and she's become expert at doing the rollover thing, too - at least, in one direction (back to tummy)... She loves turning over, but doesn't LIKE being on her tummy. Guess she'll have to work on tummy to back now!

Nancy

Family Room

In this house, there isn't a built in cabinet for the TV. It was explained to us by the builder that choices of tv size and additional equipment are so plentiful now, a built in cabinet was an "option". Since the house was already built and finished before we found it, the builder "opted" not to build a cabinet and just left the area finished out like the rest of the walls in the room.

Below is a picture of the living room taken by the builder and included on the flyer for the house. It shows the recessed area for any TV equipment.

Armed with measurements and Tom's trusty tape measure, we shopped every furniture store we could think of and found a piece of furniture that would fit in the space and hold all our stuff. When the TV cabinet came, Tom worked ALL AFTERNOON getting everything put back together. Soooo many wires! But he did get all situated and checked out and working by supper time.

Here is a picture of all the wires pulled through the back. Most of the wires had to be lengthened and Tom also took a little extra time to tag all the wires as to what piece of equipment they belong to. Hopefully, that will make any rewiring/redirecting in the future a whole lot easier!

At last! Everything in its place! I'll probably add some greenery on either side of the top speaker to make it not so obvious. ~Nancy

Awesomeness!

The fourth package in our current box of saltines turned out to be an ENTIRE SLEEVE of brown edged crackers! Nothing better than a cold Coca-cola and brown edged crackers.
Nancy

It Takes Three

Several years ago we gave Tom's mom a digital photo frame. You know the kind... you load it up with digital photos and when you turn it on, you can watch a slide show of your favorite pictures. Tom's mom has enjoyed watching the picture frame. Initially, the slide show consisted of all the family slides taken in the 1960's and 70's. Then, we scanned in an assortment of black and white prints and loaded them on the memory card. As we all enjoyed watching the frame scroll through the family history we began adding digital pictures from present day so Tom's mom could enjoy the lives of her grandkids and great-grandkids. Over 2000 pictures later...

Tom's mom had mentioned a while back that it took a really long time for the pictures to make it all the way around and she felt like she was missing too many pictures. So, when we were visiting the last time, I divided the pictures between three different memory cards. Card #1 includes all the black and white pictures, card #2 are all the family slides, and card #3 are pictures taken since 2001. Now, rotating through the cards gives her the chance to enjoy each and every picture.

Nancy