Decisions .... Decisions

We are in the process of figuring out what we want our RV gate to look like and what kind of stone we want to get for around the house. We've been driving around looking at houses in the area. Paul & I typically having opposing opinions!!

This is the RV Gate I like. Pretty scrolling "things" with some manly stuff at the bottom.

This is the gate Paul likes. Total man gate, heavy wrought iron, no frills, etc.

This one might work for both of us, but neither one of us really wants to give in any.

This is the concept we like for the garage to be in the backyard.

This is the stone we like to be around the house.

Working on New House

We've been working on the house for the past couple of weeks. It's starting to look nice. We are painting the living room, dining room & up the stairs, kitchen, & family room. We are getting RV access put in the side.

Paul painting the entry way --- way up there!

This is the living room.

kitchen

Kaimon painting the family room.

The existing wall is getting knocked down in preparation for the new RV access. It's really hard to see all that good block get busted up and thrown away.

Camping - Ocotillo Wells

We went camping with our neighbors to Ocotillo Wells. It's about 3 hours southeast of us. It was an incredible place to camp. Out in the desert with awesome riding. The weather was perfect -- not too hot during the day so we could enjoy riding, and just right at night to site outside by the fire. There were 6 families that went -- all of them had about 2 children and 2 dogs each. The campsite was always busy. The kids mostly road around campsite. On Saturday all of us went on a 4 hours ride -- all over the place. It was a great ride.

Pinewood Derby

The was Kaimon's first Pinewood Derby, which is a racing event for Cub Scouts. Kaimon, with the help from his dad and I, built his own car from a block of pine wood, plastic wheels and metal axles. The cars have to be less than 5 ounces, the axles have to be a certain length apart, the car cannot exceed a certain width -- other than that the kids get to use their imaginations. Once they build their cars they race against each other. Each child gets 4 tries. We had so much fun.



Kaimon and his dad building the car. First they came up with the design, then they formed the car, then Kaimon sanded it nice and smooth, then Kaimon painted it and put the finishing touches on it.



The weith in -- exactly 5 ounces -- sweet.




Kaimon showing off his Grandpa's cars, while his mom held his car.
- a practice run to see how fast it will go. Kaimon got first place almost everytime. He was so exciting.



The actual race. All cars in Kaimon's heat are lined up and ready to go. Kaimon's car is the green one with the black stripe (2nd from the right). Nerves on all excited!



Kaimon's car came in 3rd place everytime. It was disappointed as it got first place in all the practices. Regardless, it was a lot of fun. The boys were running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

Everyone got an award.

Kaimon's grandpa came and brought his 2 cars he built when he was in Boy Scouts. He even got to race -- in the Old Timers group.