Saturday, July 2, 2011

Washington County Library

Especially for Elizabeth, Dianna, Chuck, and the entire OBB staff!

Below is the newest branch in our county library system:
the Washington Branch. 
 It's about two miles from my home, and I've applied to be a volunteer there.
 
 



The east wall is a wall of windows, with an impressive view. Unfortunately, these pics were taken on a hazy day. 
Believe me, the landscape is NOT flat! There are mountains, mesas, bluffs, cliffs, and red hills all around!!!
(I don't know why our camera doesn't pick up the redness of the dirt around here.
You guys are gonna think I'm LYING to you!)












Did you spot Wonder Woman and
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron on the ceiling of the Children's Dept.?

St. George Splash Pad

This rather large frog, welcomes you to the SPLASH PAD!
I think Alayna is having fun!
 
Taking a picture of Kendra while she takes a picture of Alayna!
 
 
 

SURPRISE Nana!!!!




This fountain is a bit too much for Alayna for now!




Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Visitors!!!

Jeff, Kendra and Alayna came to see us on the weekend of May 21st (Kendra's birthday)
Katie, Kendra & Alayna in the kiddie pool, Jeff is to the right of the twin palms



..............Daddy & Daughter



.............L to R on left side: Kendra, Jeff, Alayna & Katie


..Jeff takes a seat while grandpa John & Alayna climb on the playset


Alayna LOVED the slides!!!








The Following weekend, Keith, Stacia & Emily came for a visit!



Stacia took all the pictures of their visit so I had to post this one in order to get her & Emily together. It wasn't taken at our place but she's too pretty to leave out of the blog entry.

Emily showed off her sunglasses when Keith took her to the kiddie pool.





say hi Emily.........


Daddy & daughter pose with grandma Katie








Keith "relaxes" while Emily explores our living room


Emily found a lot of toys in our toy box


Our New Home - The Complex

The Falls at Mesa Point
There are 198 units and the tenants range from a few "seasoned" couples to newlyweds, young families and college students.
Nice landscaping.....


A really cool kiddie pool area...........

depth goes from 0" (shown) to max of 3 feet at the other end.




The other pool goes from 1.5 ft to 5 ft. The hot tub is located right behind the waterfall. Our building is shown in this picture, but our apartment is further to the right. We don't have a view of the pool, but we do see the playground.
Although this is not our building, this pic shows what they look like.


Katie & I have both been using the exercise room...

then end up soaking sore muscles in the bubbling hot tub.




I took this one to show some of the landscaping


This is our building. Our second-floor balcony is visible on the right side of the picture.


Another shot of our building from a little further back toward the pool and clubhouse.
The view from the top of the second floor staircase. Notice the mountains!

Moving In!!!

May 4th:
The moving in process begins around 5 pm.
The apartment begins to fill with our belongings....

It was 8:30 pm before everything was loaded into the apartment and the moving truck was parked out on the street. We were hungry and there was no place to lay our mattress flat, let alone finding our sheets or towels. We locked the door and went to a motel for the night.

May 5th:
Now it begins!
Welcome to our mess!" (Entry & living room)


Master bedroom
(See why we got a motel room?)

Hallway, looking toward the living room

Living Room




May 6th:

Guest Room


looking down the hall from the entry toward the bedrooms


You KNOW you're home when the throw rugs are on the floor,

and the magnets are on the fridge!


Nice view of the living room again! Will we EVER be able to find anything?


May 7:
These pictures were taken in the early morning so they show 2 days of progress at this point.

Dining area



Master bedroom - (Doesn't it look even worse than before?!!!)


Whew! The living room has become tolerable! Places to sit, space to walk!


May 8th:
After 3 days of unpacking, it's starting to look like a home! Again, these were taken in the early morning, and since it was Sunday, not much work was done.



Dining area



Master Bedroom- We soon put up white sheers on the window. Much nicer!


Guest room - coming along!


One can ignore the clutter (for awhile) as long as there's a working TV!!!


Living Room again....


Kitchen and pantry/laundry room

May 18th:
Pics taken on May 25th, but we'd progressed to this point about a week before.





No boxes in the living room!!!!!




The guest room was awaiting the arrival of Emily and her mommy and daddy.


Hmmm...where did Peek-a-boo Minnie and all those clothes come from?