Awards

Courtney got her Success Academy awards in the mail.  Yeah!

Poor big toe

I have the routine of getting MDF boards down to a routine.  I got into HomeDepot, find the boards I need to get, put one foot on the top of the bottom edge, pull the board over to the edge while using the foot on the board to push it to the floor, and then pick up the top edge until it is standing on its end.  I can then load it into the "taco" card and take it to the back to be cut into smaller pieces that will fit on our truck.  I know what I am doing.  

The boards are pretty heavy and then are 4x8 foot sheets, but I can never find anyone to help me so I muddle through by myself.  It works great...until the one day that it doesn't.  

I forgot to put my one foot on top of the board when I pulled it toward me and it smashed down on my big toe.  It was totally my fault but it hurt!  I tried to make it seem like I didn't do anything, not like anyone was watching me but they have surveillance cameras and I didn't want to look dumb, and took my boards back to be cut.  It wasn't until later that I noticed that my toe was turning purple.  I learned my lesson!

Installing baseboards and getting carpet

In order to get carpet installed in the bedrooms, we had to have all the baseboards installed so they could space the carpet correctly.  We had been working hard and today was the day to get it done.  It is a lot of work but we have it down to science.  We have the saw attached to the central vac, so it takes care of most of the dust.  Then we measure, cut, and install.

The carpet people came and started on the installation.  It didn't take too long and then we had an awesome basement!  I can't believe how different it looks with carpet.  Courtney loved it!

It looks like a real basement now!

Boat building

Courtney had a boat-building activity for school.  They are in groups and expected to make a boat out of butcher paper and boxes. When they finished building them, they had a day when they had to float in them.  It was hilarious to watch them build the boat.

They wanted it to look like Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb.  I had to scour St. George for orange and teal duct tape so they could get it to look authentic.

They used the pool at the new Human Performance Center on campus.  They got the boat there in and then got ready to load up.  They only had to have 3 people in the boat, so one took pics.

It didn't take long to sink.  Courtney tried to push it to the other side so they could finish, but it didn't get over there.  It was heavy and sunk.

They pulled it out and then just had fun together.  I'm glad she got to have that experience.  It seems like she had a lot of fun.

Basement tour before carpet

 

Lilies

Our lilies have bloomed!  They are only blooming for about a week so we have to watch for them.  If we aren't careful, we will miss the blooms.  We have a ton of them now so I really should thin them.  But I haven't taken the time.

I love how beautiful they are.

She beat us!

Courtney was bored so we played Wi Frisbee Golf with her.  She usually has a hard time with disc golf but she figured it out this time.  She ended up beating us and she was so excited!