Bathroom Remodel Complete!

Construction - continued

Here are some pictures of the new pocket door into the bathroom ...

Progress...up to our new window

Here are a few new pictures from our bathroom demo leading up to the new window. I will post more pictures, probably tomorrow, since these pictures are about a month old.

Clover Basin to Hygiene Road

6.o miles

Amy almost stepped on a snake

11.63 miles/~5 hours

Walked past the old house on Mayfield

7.8 miles

Door #1

Our latest project on our house is a remodel of the upstairs bathroom. (Thanks Mom & Dad) Last weekend we started by moving a door.

Before

Framed

Drywall hung and new doorway partially cut out.

Door rehung in new location.

I still have to tape, mud, texturize and paint this area. Moving to door adds about 20 square feet to the bathroom.

WipeOut

Connor got the lead role, Riptide, in Longmont Theater Company's production of "Wipeout"

Wax up your surfboards, get out your beach blankets and catch the wave of
this swell surf musical! It’s just another sunny day at Avalon Beach until Mom
and Pop announce they’re selling their beloved surf shop and teen hangout. The
snobbish developers from the nearby ritzy Cove want Avalon’s stretch of sand…
for a parking lot! But Mom and Pop’s daughter Midge and all the loyal Avalon
kids are determined—they’re not going to let that happen! Riptide, the local
kahuna, enters the big surf contest to vie for the grand prize money that will
keep The Shack’s doors open, but the crowd from the Cove will do anything to put
the kibosh on Rip winning the prize money, including sabotage! When Riptide
breaks his leg in a surfing accident (thanks to the conniving developer’s son
Reef), it’s up to Midge to step onto her Billabong and go up against the big
boys. Pop, a former surfing champion himself, comes through to help his little
surfer girl in a sweet surfing cram session that gets all the kids amped for the
big event! This surf musical—complete with hysterical onstage surfing that’s
easy to stage—takes us back to a simpler time when life was keen, the music was
cool and the world was about to change. Gnarly, dudes! -Pioneer Drama Services

Our June 6th Morning Stroll

We went on another walk today. We found some walking paths and trails we hadn't seen before. We also ran accross a farm with goats. Total distance was 6miles and we were out for two hours (10:13-12:10) We stopped to take some pix. Fine artwork: http://twitpic.com/6rgxj and and pretty mountains: http://twitpic.com/6r61v. Map will be coming soon. Google Maps is experiencing technical difficulties.

Connor's School Schedule 2009-10

Silver Creek High School is on an "Alternating Block" schedule.

Day 1 (Maroon)

Band, Room A101 - Jay Clanin
English (CP), Rm: E205 - Kristin Holtz
Newspaper, Rm: A102 - Jamie Neufeld
Spanish 3, Rm: E105 - David Faulkner

Day 2 (Silver)

US Government/Politics (AP), Rm: E204 - Stephen McNichols
Physics, Rm: D103 - Elizabeth Nel
Algebra 2, Rm:D207 - Kenneth Allen
Ironworks, Weight Rm - David Speckl

Short Urban Hike and Cell Phones

We took a fairly short walk today. A lot of our time was spent researching cell phone plans along the way.

Results: Total of 3.6 miles. Staying with Sprint


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Introducing Hans Magyar

We have decided to replace Connor with his evil twin "Hans". Their personalities are very similar. The biggest difference is the blinding glare if you are out in the sun with "Hans".

Memorial Day

5.5 miles


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We Quit!

Hello Everyone. For your information, Susie and I have both resigned from our jobs and are preparing to go to Tanzania for two years. Actually, I recieved another pastoral call--this coming through ELCA Global Missions. Living in Morogoro, Tanzania, Susie will likely be able to teach, while I work as pastor for the church among the Massai people. Both of us will learn Swahili in the first several months of our time there.

We are extremely excited, although leaving here--our home now for five years, and the home of Susie's family--will be bittersweet. Today, we think we've found a new home for Franklin the Dog. The loyal beasty will be missed, but what better calling for a dog than to be the friend of a boy just entering Jr. High. Leaving Pella Lutheran Church gives us mixed emotions for sure. This was my first call into public ministry and it has been awsome. Yet, all things come to an end.

Mom and Dad are planning to come up next Friday to spend a week or so. We are looking forward to having them around. Perfect time time of year to come to Montana!

Urban Hike

Amy and I took one of our "Urban Hikes" today around Longmont. Our total route was about four miles long. The map below is not entirely accurate since Google will not let us show where we used walking paths.

We saw a mallard standing in the middle of 21st Ave. He barely avoided being hit by a truck. In fact, he never took off just ran out of the way, after being honked at.


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Happy Easter!

We had a fantastic Easter here in Austin! We got up early, and went to a great church service at the Austin Stone at 9. Then, we went to Matt's parent's house, and ate way too much food. We also spent probably 45 minutes alone blowing bubbles :) They had a bunch of friends from Lesslye's school come over. One of her friends has little two year old girl, so Matt and I helped the Easter bunny hide eggs for her to find.

Snow Day!

The school district is closed today due to the terrible winter storm. Connor and I are going to bunker down for the day. Amy still has to go to work. I hope Amy is OK on her commute. She has lots of experience with winter driving, having grown up in Minnesota, but Colorado winter driving is just not the same. This is a picture from the front of our house just minutes after we recieved the cancellation. (double-click to enlarge)

Connor's 16th Birthday

We gave Connor his presents from us before his friends arrived...

Opening presents

Fighting with the packaging

Listening...

Another present

Connor had some friends over

on the deck
in his room

Connor's Cake

White Cake with Raspberry Filling

Before Amy dropped her camera

After Amy dropped her camera

Connor cutting his cake

Connor decides to add some red food coloring

Fire Engulfs Flour Mill

LONGMONT — Longmont’s 93-year-old flour mill burned Saturday night, pouring smoke that was visible from at least a mile away.
Firefighters raced to the scene around 10:15 p.m. to find flames leaping several feet above the roof of the mill near the South Pratt Parkway overpass.
“This is unbelievable,” said Sgt. Steve Harper of the Longmont Police Department, one of the first officers on the scene. “I can’t even think right now — this is amazing.”
Battalion Chief Rick VanderVelde said firefighters immediately tried to keep the fire from spreading, but couldn’t do more than that.
“It was too dangerous to make an attack inside,” VanderVelde said. “As soon as we got here, we went defensive.”

By Scott Rochat and Joshua Buck Longmont Times-Call

The T-Mobile Logo in Hungary

Just something I ran across on the internet and thought you would enjoy.

Mom and Dad's Pix - Texas afer Christmas

(click here)

Gamage

Score tabulation for the games played during Erin visit to Longmont.

Games played: Apples to Apples, The Bean Game, Clue - The Harry Potter Edition, Fluxx, Mistery of the Abbey, The Settlers of Catan, Top 10

Connor: IIIII III
Amy: IIIII I
Dan: IIIII I
Erin: IIIII

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

Trip to the Valley

One great thing about living in Austin is living so close to Grandma, Grandpa, Thad and Alice! It's only about a five hour drive down there, and luckily I had time off right when Josh, Susie and Tim, Laura, Ted, Joey, Janie and Lydia were going down there too! We had such a great weekend, and it was great to see everyone again. We had a ton of amazing food, went to South Padre Island, and had our own little Christmas, complete with Dad's crazy present game. Check out some of my pictures!!!

Trip to the Valley