Oh Deer!

My parents have had a very friendly deer roaming around there yard a few times this year. It is not scared of people at all. It was actually at my grandma's house across the road, but it made friends with Mindy and followed her over. I had just gotten out of the shower, so I snuck around the back of the house to take a peek at it. It was hanging out by the willow tree on the side of my parents' house. Yes that is me in the towel, yes that is the deer sniffing me. It walked right up to me and try to lick my ear. It was much closer to my face then the picture shows. I ran back in before it decided to eat my hair... or towel.

We tried to scare it away for quite a long time. It would just look at us and follow us around. Somebody must have been feeding it and perhaps keeping it as a pet. The deer came back to visit a few days later. Unfortunately for it, I wasn't around to sniff. Hopefully it has found the way back to it's friends so the garden doesn't get eaten.

I learned my lesson though. Never look at a deer in a towel. That is to say, when you are in a towel... not the deer. A deer in a towel might be fun to see... me in a towel... not so much.

House Photos

These pictures are from our first walk through. Our house has changed a bit since I took them.

The windows are all in, the showers and tubs installed, exterior doors hung, the front porch poured, insulation hung (except where they are going to blow it in after sheet rocking) and the brick and sheet rock are sitting there waiting to go on. So yes I need to get updated pictures. We though the Sheetrock would be done last week, but nope it is still sitting there. Hopefully they get moving on it soon. I want to move in! We were told the house would be finished in 90 days but I don't believe it... and neither do they. They are about a week behind 90 days. We have had some issues with the plans.

Most of it has to do with them changing superintendents on us after we had already met with one and were starting construction. There have been a few issues we have had to fight them on and have them fix. I think we finally got the superintendent to use the correct plans so that we didn't have to keep going back and fix things. They have been good to fix the problems (after we kind of threatened them that we will walk away from the home and that we could do it because what we signed on the papers and what they were building were not the same thing) so we are back to getting our dream home. Hopefully. I am starting to get nervous about what we picked. Hopefully it all goes together and the inside looks as good in real life as it does in my head.

Les Miserablies...LAME AS A ROD!

That's right I said it. Mike and I went to Les Miserables at the Capital Theater. So not impressed. It was our first time there, and well not worth the money. Les Mis is Mike's favorite book and play so I got him tickets for his birthday. We have been so excited to go. My parents and Russ & Mindy also came with us. They felt the same.

Here we are on the way... looking so hopeful:
And after:

A little blurry on the picture, but yes we were as miserable as we looked. I really wasn't impressed by anything. The singing was mediocre, the seating was fine, the story was hard to follow and the bathroom situation was terrible. The lines were so long that not everyone could get through at intermission. A few of the singers were good, but a few of them, I guess it was the understudies and well no offense to them, but it left a lot to be desired.

Mike and I had seen the play at Pioneer Theater. It was excellent. The Capital Theater cut out all the words. ALL THE WORDS making key points of the story undeveloped. Lucky for me I know the story, but I had to have Mike remind me a few times about what was going on. I guess we are lower class Pioneer Theater people rather then classy Capital Theater people. I don't anticipate returning anytime soon.

Playing at the Park

There is this lovely park on my parents' road that no one is ever at. It is for a housing development that never took off. Mindy and I took the kids there for a picnic and to play one day. It was windy but fun.

Jace loves to go down slides. He does a great job going down all by himself.

Yes, he has food all over his face... we had a picnic. Mindy asked me if I wanted to clean off his face before the picture. I obviously didn't.

We have been doing lots of fun things since the weather has warmed up. We have been to Seven Peaks a few times. It is fun! I am glad we have the season pass. Jace can even go down a few of the big slides if he is being held. He didn't enjoy the water slides per say, but he didn't cry. So it is fun to go and hit the slides. Jace's favorite part is playing with a water bottle. He will do that for hours and cries when I make him stop so we can get back in the water. What a silly boy!

Memorial Day

Memorial Day was cold! No surprise this year, but still disappointing. We did make it to the cemetery though. We still grilled out but ate in. We enjoyed the long weekend and just relaxed.

Hopefully we can have some warmer weather next year so there will be something more exciting to report!

Jace LOLs!!!

Jace has been laughing this week. It is the cutest little laugh I have ever heard. The first time he laughed we were playing peek-a-boo and then the next day Mike was just talking to him and Jace was laughing and laughing. Jace is such a sweet, happy little boy. He loves to smile and coo.

Two Month Check Up

We had Jace's two month check up this week. He is up to 11 pounds! They measured him at 21.5 inches, but I think he is longer than that. I don't have much confidence in the assistant that measured. The doctor didn't give exact percentiles but said that both were average. He said that 11 pounds is about the 40th percentile. Jace is growing so fast! He also got his second round of shots and did pretty well. He is sleeping better at nights and is starting to settle into a routine, which makes life easier! He is smiley and has started cooing the last two weeks. He has also started enjoying laying on the ground, kicking and reaching for toys dangaling above him. It is so fun to see him becoming more interactive!