Gumbo

Dusty came home from work last week and said saw a picture in a magazine of some Gumbo.

So, we set out to make some. King Crab legs, sausage, chicken, scallops, clams, shrimp, and some corn on the cob. Called Katt and Andy up and they came over to help our food get eaten.

You know it"s love when you share a crab leg!

I am not a seafood loving person, but this was GOOD!

Shawn is 11!!

Eleven and in Heaven. Shawn is a great little man. He is very athletic. Enjoys jumping on the trampoline, pestering the girls, riding his bicycle and motorcycle, and skate boarding. I love having him for my son.



Well, Shawn's birthday came and went. The boy was very pleased with his party turn out. We grilled burgers, which I didn't make enough of! I heard that my stuffed burgers were great, but neither Dusty or I got one! Next time I plan more food!
Swimming, and the kids jumped on the trampoline
His cake was a variation on the Dessert Pizza. Yellow cake layered with marshmallow cream, cream cheese, strawberries and kiwis.
Thank you all for coming!

Shawns Birthday

Shawns 11th birthday party is going to be at our house, Saturday the 28th at 4:30. There will be swimming and hamburgers and hot dogs. Also, cake and ice cream!

Let me know that you can make it, or just show up!

Manx

Dusty FINELY got his computer for the manx back from the programmers.
Saturday morning he installed the computer. Radiator is working great. Runs nice and cool. Tranny has a few bumps, but, it sounds good, and it's much faster then the RZR already.
Couple more hours and we will be off and running around the desert again!

Yes, that's Coco in the front seat. She jumped right in. After the first throttle push she had second thoughts.

Superior

Sunday morning we went for a hike. Just outside of Superior there is a little water fall with a pool at the thop that you can rock climb up to. Here's a little taste of the terrain...

There were hand hold in some places cemented into the rocks, and ropes to hold onto while you pull your self up and strategically place your feet.

Once you make it to the top there is a waterfall.

Shawn and Summer swam out to it, for a buck... They were a little leery about swimming in a pool that wasn't cemented in.
At one point Summer put her feet down and exclaimed, "There is sand on the bottom!" She was expecting slimy rocks.

The climb down was a little trickier then the climb up, but we made it.

We took the wash back to the car. Summer and Shawn used the cable that was running down the wash for acrobats... tight rope walking and swinging back flips!

Remodel update

Some of you have asked for a finished product blogger update. I don't have one yet. The remodel got put on hold so that I could do some work, and so that Shawn could sleep in his room. So here is the half finished product for your viewing pleasure.

The remodel

You may know that Shawns room consisted of not much... a bunk bed that could only be placed on one wall because of a diagonal closet. My desk. That could only be placed under the bunk bed. And, a dresser. Anything that Shawn owned he had to keep on top of his bed or the dogs would eat it. It wasn't a great little boys room. The carpet was nasty from having so many puppies. It was already half torn up. So, finelly, I got a little crazy and decided to start the demo.
Took out the bunk bed, gave it to Katt. Ripped out the closet. Tore up the carpet. Bought a new bed. It was a water bed, the guy said it was a twin, when I got it together, it wasn't. Don't have a water bed mattress, had to retro fit the bed. A jig saw and some screws later, and there you have it. All the while with my wonderful confident mother standing by helping me.
Now comes the dry wall mud. The sanding of the walls to make the texture match, and hopefully some paint.

That's me, taking out the closet.

Katt staying off the carpet.