Construction Update July 15th

The construction is coming along. You can see the veneer going on the cabinets now. All the appliances and sink are out. Fun cooking meals on the barbecue, or eating out more. The tile is in, but it won't be put in until we leave for Boise. The cabinets will all be done next week. Debbie has been working hard on the dust control. Ben put the sheet rock in around the new window and most of the trim. We bought the sconces to go on the wall tonight. Looking good. We'll keep you updated on the progress.

Cool in LA

It was cool for our visit to Danny and Danielle. In the 60's most of the time. The sun broke through late in the afternoon sometimes. It was good for us because Spokane was smoking hot.The beach at Santa Monica, you can see the pier in the background. Not too many swimmers.

Litte Sonny was the reason we were there. He is so cute and so good. We love him to pieces.

Rosabelle was supposed to get her stitches out, but they put if off 5 more days. She is a cutie and one smart barely 2 year old. Thank you Danny and Danielle for a fun stay at your house.

Construction Zone

The remodel on the house is going slow. Ben and DaNae took out the tile floor and we got the sub-floor down, but the tile was backoredered. Hopefully be in this week. Ben put a new window in the dining room where the wall of mirrors was. It looks very nice, but Mom wants some sconce lights on either side and the electrician hasn't come by yet, so Ben can't put the sheet rock back up. Hopefully this week we'll get the kitchen painted. Then the tile in and then the cabinets. It will be close to get it finished for when the kids are coming in and we're heading to Boise.

I'll try to be better updating my blog for my very few fans who are complaining.

Lots of work to do in the kitchen, at least the dust is gome.
New window on the deck, gone is the wall of mirrors. I miss it, but the window is nice.

Home from the Cruise

Made it home from the Mexican Riviera Cruise. We had a great time. Made new friends, and saw the sights and beaches. Ate lots of good food. A Fun and a safe trip. Mom and captain Jack on the pier in Cabo.

Los Arcos, lands end. This is the view from our balcony when we woke up

The two ships in harbor in Cabo. the only day we had to tender in.

The sapphire Princess, a beautiful ship.

This is a video from our balcony in Cabo.

Boys Golf Trip

David, Drew, Denton and I had a fun golf vacation in St George and Mesquite. We played some beautiful courses, although the weather was cool some days and rained on us one day.
The prettiest course was Wolf Creek in Mesquite. It was a tough day, but there were good shots and bad shots and fun all around.

This is the first hole. You can see green all around are the red rock.

This is the tee box on a par three. A good climb to get up there.

This was the hole. 185 yds to the green. No one was on. Drew made it short right.

This is the Sand Hollow course in St George. The greens were lightening fast.

This is the tee box on one of the prettiest holes. We all played the hole well.

Video of my tee shot. My famous pull slice. Although I was driving good that day.

Brushed by hurricane Rick

Last night Debbie were woken up by howling winding and surging surf. About 3:30 am we got up and looked out the deck. The winds were 65 mph and the waves were just crashing in. It wasn't raining then just blowing.

In the morning we rented a car and drove up into the Sierra Madre mountains to the little town of San Sebastian. We got lost a couple of times on the way, but with my poor Spanish and some english from a truck driver we found the turn off to this quaint mountain town.

We had some rain there, but had lunch and toured the town and came back down. When we got to Puerto Vallarta it was a toruential rain. The roads in some places were like rivers and I doubted the little car were we driving would make it through. We make out fine. No wrecks and found the new Costco and the new walmart. Then off to Fajita Republic for dinner. By dinner the rain had quit and the skies cleared. I'm going to play golf again in the moring.

Hope the weahter stays nice now the storm is over.

Cloudy Puerto Vallarta

We're glad to be back in Mexico. The hurricane missed us but big swells took out some of the beach by the old Mayan Palace. Lots of contruction here. The Grand Bliss is going up next to the Grand Mayan and the Grand Luxxe is done inside and should open the end of Jan 2010.

I'm going on a walk to the new golf course this afternoon. We did the owners update which took all morning and we didn't buy anything.

Here are a couple of pix of the construction from our room.