Flex Friday's

Every other Friday is an off day at this command. It sounds like it's a good deal but we work 10-12 hour work days each day so a full week is actually 50-60 hour work week. Which isn't much fun. Last Monday we got the latest ultrasound of Rafe and I wanted to share some of the pictures with you guys. The doctor even wrote on one "Rafe Endicott I Love You Mommy XOXO" and then for the next one changed mommy to daddy. It was really nice. We seem to like our Dr. I made the mistake of wearing my Texas Longhorns hat into there and apparently he is from Texas so then we had stuff to talk about. It always is an awkward moment when people ask if I'm from Texas just because I wear Texas things and then I have to say no I'm actually from Indiana. Which is always a surprise to people. Oh well, just figured that I would share these pictures with you guys!

Rafe's Room

One day I finally decided to bear down and get Rafe's room started. So I got into the Focus and traveled to the local K-Mart and picked out a crib that would be good for the little guy. After loading it into the trunk of the Focus and seemingly straining my back getting it in and out of the car I finally got it into Rafe's room to start the building process. I was very surprised to find out that this crib required a degree in engineering to put together. After about three or four hours I finally got the thing together and I was able to relax and see the finished product as a whole. I also picked up some paint at Home Depot earlier and we were able to give Rafe's room an accent wall of some type of orange color that has a sophisticated term to describe a pale looking orange. Included are some of the pictures of assembly and the painting process that Kim and I went through.

California Snow

When trying to get out here we went through a hassle trying to avoid the snow that the Mid-West was accustomed to. Little did we know that when we reached the dessert we would not only encounter a week and a half of rain but that it would eventually lead to two days of snow. As you can see from the pictures we had about 2 inches of snow which is very not normal for this area. I even got a "2 Hour Delay" from work due to people around here not knowing how to drive around on the "snowy" roads. All it took was about half a day and most of the snow had melted away. Once I saw that the snow was coming down I ran out with the camera and started taking pictures. The days start out pretty cold (20-30's) and around noon it is around 50-ish. It's pretty comfortable so far but in the back of my mind I keep thinking of the heat the the summer with have in store for us.