Our House - The Front Yard

So, finally, here is a picture of the house:



It's about 2000 square feet (not including the garage), which seemed huge until we started trying to fit all of our worldly goods into it. Conclusion: lots of living space, but not so much storage space!

We have one big tree in the middle of the front yard, which looks like it will probably produce crabapples. It has already earned its keep by producing beautiful pink flowers in May:


The front yard also consists of a paltry little flowerbed which we have planted with irises and daylillies so far (Thanks J&C - more about how your contributions are doing when we hit the back yard!). The concrete walk is crumbling badly - it can't take a hosing without falling apart - so it's due to be replaced sooner rather than later.

Now if we could just figure out how to keep the neighbourhood cats from using our garden as a litterbox...

Small Town Living

So, we had to fill up the tank with gas AGAIN this week

(last time was June 8)

Aaahhhh......

Sushi, Smithers style

Sushi!, originally uploaded by tishdar.

Darren's new career possibility: sushi chef

There is actually a sushi place in town, but last time we were here they were charging over $5 for a 6-piece, standard california roll. It was fine, but it was an expensive meal out.

We figure we will be popular at potlucks!

And we were hoping she'd be the quiet one...

Laurel is four months old next week, and in celebration, decided to start sitting up this week!

Ha! Lying down is for babies and chumps!

Ben sat up at five months, and we thought that was fairly impressive. On the plus side, sitting up made him pretty happy, so he actually crawled late. We're hoping for a similar trend with Laurel! (Otherwise, stay tuned for the post where we discover her on top of the fridge or bookcase)

Ben and Laurel - July 2007

All in all, she's pretty pleased with herself, but we are getting the usual associated crummy sleep patterns that come with reaching developmental milestones (why would she want to nap when she can sit?) resulting in much evening crying from an overtired baby.

Now, if I could just figure out how to read...

Ben Quote of the Week

As we were sorting photos last week, we came across this one of Ben last summer:

Freshly-shorn Ben eating peas

Ben's observation: "In this one, I look kind of like Oli" (said with the reverence that Ben uses only for Oli)

The Oli in question Always good to know you're missed!