Superman

Since we moved in to our new home, Shott's office was the first room to be occupied. With him living and breathing technology and wireless communication, it was unfathomable to let his "space" be the last thing unpacked. As soon as we set foot in our house comcast was over putting in new cable for our internet. Shott was wiring his room. His wireless router was connected and by evening he was set to surf, download, connect, and interface. All was well in the world......Until Monday July 24th!
I, Scawna, had Monday July 24th off from work. I had such plans for the day. Shott may have had his computers set up, and his printer plugged in but he was lacking some super power. Power that would take him anywhere, allow him to do anything, and most importantly, let him fulfill his dream of flying! My plan for the day was to fulfill that very dream. I woke up, got ready for the day, ran to the store and found the very thing I was looking for, the "dream". I found a 3' tall Superman with moving body parts. Shott's ticket to endless superpowerdom! (of course all imaginary and with endless hours of fun) On top of that I got him a Superman garbage can, some Superman office supplies, and a cool poster that will hang on his wall.
When Shott got home from work later that day he was overwhelmed with emotion when he saw his hero standing on the table beside his desk. From now on he can now go down to his office, play a little with his computer and spend some well deserved time in imaginary land with his pal Superman! Now all is well in the world!

Imagination comes to life here in our back yard!!

What I Love about Summer

*The weather is warm & sunny about 85% of the time with a 15% chance of an awesome thunderstorm.
*The water parks open
*The sun adds more freckles to my face
*I can finally get out and start my garden
*I NEVER watch T.V.
*Gardner Village's Midnight Madness
*Vacation time
*Camping
*BBQ's
*Spending time working in my yard
*Playing catch with my husband
*Celebrating my wedding anniversary
*Enjoying the evening in a lawn chair or on my bike
*Sweet white corn on the cob
*Farmer's Markets
*Walking down to the Snow Shack to get a refreshing treat
*Finding shapes in the clouds
*Going to fun summer movies
*Flowers
*Listening to the crickets

Once Upon A Summer Day

Once upon a Summer day, Birds chirped in a musical way, Grass drenched in the morning dew, The sky covered in a vast color of blue. Once upon a summer day, Flowers bloomed in full array, Bright rays of sunlight spilled upon my garden on the hill. Once upon a summer day, Thunder rumbled and prolonged its stay, But after the rain tumbled down, This summer day wore a glorious rainbow crown.

Saul

Our quick trip to Boise was not in vain, in fact, it was rather entertaining!! We really enjoyed Mike and Megan perform in this play about Saul and his conversion. We got to see a lot of them both and they both had solos. We were glad we got to make it up there for this great performance and wish Mike and Megan all the best in their future acting endeavors!

Mike and Megan entering on their first scene. They play Christians who are running from Saul. Here they are about to sing a song called "Believe."

Michael is trying to save his daughter Perpetua. He's singing, "please eat the idol meat." We got a great picture of him here hitting his high G. Perpetua ate the idol meat and DIED!!

Megan seen here singing her solo. She sounded like an angel!

Mike and Megan at the end of the play. Megan's favorite part of the play, her make-up. Mike's least favorite part of the play, his make-up. Don't they look pretty.

p.s. Mike, I'm going to miss washing our make-up off together. Paula's Select face cleanser really came in handy for you. Too bad I can't be there to tell you when your mascara starts to clump!

Saturday in Boise

The heat was unbearable, Mike and Megan had just got home from performing in the matinee show of their play, "Saul". We had a few hours to kill before we were to go see Mike and Megan in their last performance. Danielle's brother, Mark and his son Schuyler were also suffering with us in the heat. Danielle, like always, came up with a brilliant plan. "Let's take the kids to Lucky Peak and we'll play in the water." Brilliant! So we took off up the canyon, behind Mike and Danielle's house, and played at Lucky Peak!! ( I don't know why this is underlined!!) Danielle was brave enough to endure the heat. What a great Mom!!

Jordan was so hot he couldn't keep his shirt on. Doesn't he look so tough!

Just below the dam they have this amazing pressure spout. It was shallow enough you could walk out all the way to the spout. Schuyler really wanted to check it out. So with Mike and I keeping an eye out for him (we were the ones who really wanted to go out, Schuyler was just our excuse) we set out to check out the spout. It was awesome!

Here's me, Mike, and Danielle's nephew Schuyler.

Thanks Mike and Danille, we had a great time at Lucky peak!

Down to Up

The other day I a was having a downer. The kind where every failure and inadequacy come to mind: I'm fat, I have no children, my hair's a mess, I could be a better wife, a better co-worker, friend or sister. I have rats in my bushes, I need new clothes, I wish I didn't have to work, The brakes in our car need to be fixed, our grass is dying, I'm not serving enough....On & on. Very damaging thoughts!
Then on my way home I sat at the light at an intersection and noticed a homeless man holding a cardboard sign asking for work or money. Seeing this man sitting in the sweltering heat hit me like a ton of bricks and I started to cry. I have everything! It may be a little different then what the world has defined as everything, but I do and probably more! I have food, an adoption application, I'm a hair dresser, my husband loves me and shows me that he does every single day, I enjoy work, I call my sister's every week, I have poison for the rats, I have money, we can afford to get our brakes fixed, we fertilized our lawn, I have a house, and I'm a primary teacher. Everything that had brought me down was gone. The Lord blessed me with the opportunity to realize that I have everything that I need to make my situation better. It's what we do with our blessings that will determine the outcome of our trials.
It's rare for me to have a downer, I thank my Mom for the example of being happy even through tough times, but when I do, there always seems to be a reminder of how great I have it and then I'm back UP!!

Happy 30th

We wanted to publicly wish Kim Harmon, our awesome sister, a very Happy Birthday. We hope that she has a fantastic day, that her kids are nice to her and her Husband gives her whatever she has wished for! We're sorry we can't be with you to celebrate this momentous occasion. We are celebrating here at home (as you can see with our awesome banner). We got so into celebrating that we cleared out the basement and did a little dancing. Sam got so wound up that she was able to hold herself up long enough to pose for our picture. Have a wonderful Birthday Kim!
PS - Scott is trying to get a patent on the glowing white paper.

Can'n my goods

So i walked into Reams and there stood a tower of raspberries all stacked nicely in there own crates. Then i saw the price...8.00 a crate. Hello! That's unheard of. So i bought a few crates and took'em home. Now,.. what to do with them. Put them on ice cream, yummy! But there were so many. I was so excited about the deal i got that had to call my mom.
Before we knew it we were in the kitchen with all our mason jars and stock pots watching "How to loose a guy in ten days". With in two hours we had these beauties. We split the harvest 50/50 and I now can preserve my beautiful purchase until i want to put them on ice cream or make a pie. I was so excited to can my first batch of fruit. Yea me!

Oregon Trip

Our view from the beach house in Lincoln City, OR.
Our (kinda) fox hole that we dug. Great place on the beach to watch the fireworks

Here you see me and Shott with my family and Kelly's in-law's.

Seaside, OR. July 4th

A view of Portland, OR. from the Rose Gardens

The show before the show. It was like this all night out here on the beach!

Great view from our hole. Seaside, OR. July 4th

We hated the banister so, we got rid of it and put in a half wall. It was fun to see the change it made. Shott put the wall up. I taped it, puttied it, sanded it down, and then painted it! All these projects have been very time consuming, but totally worth it.

The Living Room

The living room was nothing like the Kitchen, it was much easier. We ripped out the old carpet and put down hardwood floors (we have hardwood in the Kitchen and down the hall way) I have such great ideas for this room. With limited money I hope I can atleast do some of them. The table is from Grandma Harmon. We went to DI, found another table, took off the legs, and put them on this beauty. The rug is a little too small but it will do for now. I'm liking this room!

p.s. the floors no longer squeek. Wahoo!

The Kitchen

So as you can see, it's still a work in progress. We only had enough money to paint the walls and paint the cupboards. I love bead board, the whole country look, so that's what I tried to shoot for. We took out the cupboards that hung over the island and put in recessed lighting. Shott still needs to put the molding and base boards in and I still have some decorating to do.

Side note: Don't ever install your own laminate counter tops because it SUCKS!!!

We love our amateur kitchen!!

A first thought

Journaling and documenting our thoughts and memories allows us to share our personalities with others. If you want to leave a mark here on earth, you need write these things down, share them, express them, use them to help others learn from our experiences. It allows people to peek into a life different from their own...