Concert

I decided that I should finally write about going to the Greg Laswell concert in Ballard for Mother's Day. I was driving in the car and heard on the radio that Greg would be at the Tractor Tavern so I quickly drove home and purchased tickets for Phil and I for my Mother's Day surprise. I called the babysitter and started getting so excited to be going up to Seattle for a date night and seriously (that is for Ashlee) I have listened to his CD a MILLION times and have been LOVING him lately.
We got up there early so we could walk around Ballard. We miss the coolness of Seattle and just walking around shops and streets and watching people. We got some ice cream from the specialty homemade ice cream truck and then headed to the tavern. Two people were opening for Greg and yes they were horrible, oh and they both played for 50 min. By the time Greg started playing it was almost midnight. No one else seemed to care that it was that late, but I am pretty sure we were the only ones there with kids and needing to get a babysitter back before the pass wasn't good for getting back on Post. Yes, I didn't even come close to getting her back in time. It was almost 2:00 by the time I got her home, but once Greg started playing it was so hard to leave. He was AWESOME. His voice is one of those that is just as good, if not better live.
We hung out with some couples we meet and they were the same age, but it was funny that we have 3 children at home and they were all just dating. Now we are just watching and waiting for him to come back to Seattle and play at a different venue so we can hear more of him.

The Stairs are In

Our floor upstairs.

We have been working hard on the cabin and Phil finished the stairs and has started working on the floor for the bedroom upstairs. The stairs turned out fantastic and it is great to have one of the harder projects done. Not that I did anything on them. Seriously I was good at math in high school and college, but actually applying geometry to building stairs drove me crazy. Phil did it all and did such an amazing job he didn't ever have to scrap things and start over to get the right angle to fit all the stairs in our tiny little space.

I have started priming the room and we will try to frame out the walls for upstairs this weekend. Never a dull moment, but things are coming together and we really hope to have it done before the weather gets nice and we don't want to be working inside.

WHY

So I thought I had found the PERFECT Father's Day/birthday present for Phil. Vampire Weekend is coming to Seattle in August. HOORAY!!! We love Vampire Weekend. Plus the concert is at Mary Moore Park, and we LOVE concerts at Mary Moore Park. Nothing better than hanging out on a beautiful summer evening listening to great music. Then I called Ashlee because she would be living in Seattle in August and I have taught her to love Vampire Weekend too. What could be better than my sister living in Seattle and all four of us hanging out with Vampire Weekend. I should have bought the tickets before calling Ashlee, because she made me look at the calendar and that is when I realized they were coming to Seattle to play at Mary Moore Park on a SUNDAY!! BOO. Why? Why?
This is when I went through all the, well you don't actually spend money on that day because we will already have purchased the tickets. Can I pretend I didn't look to see the day of the week until after I bought the tickets? Okay, this is when it is helpful to have a really great sister so I know she at least will not be going to the concert without me!!!
Now what in the world do I do about the Father's Day/birthday present? Any ideas?

Family Pictures

So, Jamie Pace my totally talented friend took our family pictures and I LOVE them and I haven't LOVED any of our family pictures in a long time. We all look fantastic and she did such a great job with the coloring and lighting. Plus I do have some really cute kids.

We Have Subfloor

The kids went over to Nana's this weekend and Phil and I worked on the cabin and we got the subfloor in. It is nice to not have to balance on the beams (which, I didn't always do very well and have more then once tumbled down taking the insulation with me). We put in the final beam and framed out a wall in the kitchen and started working on the stairs. We finished off the plumbing (which was leaking a little at the outdoor shower) and we put up some drywall.

We worked on Friday night and then went out to dinner around 10:00 because we had to do something while we had grandparents watching the kids. We tried turning on a movie when we got home late from dinner and both lasted about 15 minutes before falling fast asleep. Saturday we were up early and at it again for about 12 hours. It was super nice to not have to feel guilty about ignoring the kids like we have been for the past few weeks.

They had a great time at Nana's and quickly fell asleep last night after all their activities this weekend. Hopefully we can get the stairs in easily and keep moving along with all this work. It is exciting to see things slowly coming together.