Just for kicks.  Fun blurring when the photo was taken.

Bethany.  =)  This is my best girlfriend.

I love his eyes.  =)  Mine are a nice poop-colored brown.  If we ever get around to having kids, I want them to have this interesting color.  (And D’s curls!)

This picture just about captures Kaylin completely.  =)  She’s amusing, very energetic, and always bounding around happily and sassily.  (She says hi, Leah.)

I woke up tired and down this morning – my face looking ravaged, my eyes were sore, and my body was sluggish.

I wandered around the hotel room for a few minutes, then walked to the window.  Something about the very bright sunlight drew me.  I put my forehead on the window, and found myself looking down at this:

Someone stepped out that enormous smiley face – and it changed my day.

I work in a new hospital.  The cafeteria is called the Banyan, and has a massive wooden structure rising over it.  You can’t see the scale from this picture, but here’s a shot from three floors up:

…who missed Leah tonight?

James, Bethany, David, and I, of course!

There’s only so many hours in one weekend, and, unfortunately, I only have weekends home. We painted all of the dark color (Carob Chip – a dark chocolate raspberry color) and primed all of the trim. We’ll be painting the trim a very light beige, but didn’t have a chance to do that this weekend. Priming and taping took a lot of time. (Why, oh WHY did we not do this while we had Leah? She was free child labor!)

Behold the mid-painting pictures:

This weekend we’re finally getting some actual, visable work done on the kitchen.  The bathroom has been in a state of in-progress for a very long time, and I’ve harbored much loathing for the clownish kitchen colors since we bought the house. Behold the before (there was some test painting going on, but you can see what it looked like before – the green and red):

I {heart} my monkey pants.  A lot.  (They’re on their way to being too worn to wear anymore – what am I gonna do?!)