Ponderings of a Scientist

This week a new sandbox and a picturesque weekend wedding get away.  She henninger.shutterfly.com for updated images.

Here are some Addie hard a work videos.

So, as usual we have been busy.  We took down our old deck and built a new, larger deck the week of Memorial Day - see the pictures.  We have one more coat of stain to go, hopefully tomorrow night, and then it will be truly complete and we will be done with large home improvement projects for 2008! Yeah!

We set a 2008 budget/project plan in January, which included redoing our 1st floor bathroom (done just before Addie’s bday) and putting on a new deck (99% complete).  As a bonus we also redid the basement family room.  So now we get to sit back and relax..err yeah right… I already have a list in my head of all the small projects to be done and potential 2009 projects.  Hey at least we have a condo, not a house, so we aren’t responsible for outside/yard maintenance, although we do have flowers and vegetables to attend to.

Last weekend we went on our first camping trip with Addison. We went to Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham NH.  We had a great site - see the pictures - and it was relatively cool thanks to the lake breeze and tree cover.  We did, however, end up cutting the trip short because it was super hot inside the tent and we were worried about Addie sweating too much at night - plus she had a cold and didn’t sleep well the first night camping (she doesn’t do well when we are all in the same room) and I had to cut her nap short because she was drenched in sweat in the tent. So we packed up and came home Saturday night and then hung out in Portsmouth on Sunday instead - see picture from the park.

We are off to Addison’s first wedding (attending that is) this weekend at a camp in Vermont.  Stay tuned for photos.