Not to brag or anything

But we are enjoying the sunshine!

autumn

Oh the amount of bribing that takes place in order to get a few shots is more than I am willing to admit to. Lets just say it involved crackers, peanut butter, Skittles, and maybe even a movie when we got home.  This particular day was the same as the Home Depot 8 foot post day, if you remember that from about a week ago. What possessed me to grocery shop, hit the home improvement store, and try to do photos is beyond me. But in the end the sky provided fantastic filtered light, phenomenal clouds and held out from raining until the very end. 

Road trip

Never fear the road when there's a superhero in the back seat.

birthday climb

It was about 9 years ago, just before my 30th birthday(holy cow!), that I last climbed this beautiful mountain that looms in the skyline of our town. As my birthday surprise Mr. Bejos hired a sitter and we hit the trail to do it once again, this time together.
It is a deceiving climb. The mileage is not impressive, per say, and the first 3.5 miles aren't too bad. But then the rocky scrambling begins and the two false summits dash one's dream of finally reaching the top.  I was ready to give up, almost, but not quite hoping that the clouds moving in would bring down the rain and we could turn around and call it a day. Oh how glad I am that it did not rain and that we pushed on to the top. The views were stunning.

Almost sweeter than the ascent was the post-hike beer and removal of hiking boots. Thanks Mr. Bejos :)

art

me: What's your picture of?

him: The mountains of Flagstaff. 

On my needles

It's been awhile since I last cast on a project. Luckily the baby boom that is happening all around us gave me a good reason to pick up my needles.

Projects

We are still painting our house.

I know, I know.

We are truly in the home stretch now with just a few areas that shouldn't take too many hours. It's just that finding a few continuous hours of uninterrupted time is, well, challenging.

To start the next phase of painting (the back of the garage where no one but our back neighbors can see) we had to dig out an old post and the concrete in which it was set. Easy. Fast forward two weekends. 

I swung into Home Depot on the way back from the grocery store, with both kids, to "run in" and get a post and concrete with which to set it. We were surprisingly done in a short time, considering that I entrusted the eldest to push the youngest in the cart while I steered the 8 foot post on the other lumber cart.

It wasn't until I was paying that it even occurred to me that the 8 foot post might not fit in the Subaru with 2 car seats and a hatchback filled with groceries. 

After a comical trip through the parking lot, with a hand on either cart, and both boys loaded up, I was successful in just barely fitting the post in the car. It was placed between the car seats but not quite resting on the gear shift. 

Oh, and the balloons. I had to dodge the helium balloons that a very nice grocery store employee graciously offered the boys. A kind gesture but really, who needs to wrestle with two helium balloons while trying to shop with two kids crammed into a rather full cart. That particular employee was subject to a balloon beating by the eldest Bejos boy, with said balloon, while I had my back turned running my credit card. I didn't feel too bad. But I digress. 

The post and concrete was finally set this weekend in an entire other comedy of errors that included a short marital spat over construction procedures and an extra pair of small helping hands with his own set of tools. 

The point of this story? We can now safely (we hope) climb on top of the small lean-to section of roof off the back of the garage to reach the still unpainted portion of the garage. 

We are that much closer to checking off this year and a half long project.