Before & After

Aaron and I have been talking about repainting our living room, again, and finally broke down and did it.  We have never liked to blue and have done everything to try and tone it down.  We had Debbie from rooms rearranged to come in and help with color and arrangement.  She worked with me for a couple of weeks then sent us away for a few hours, and this is what I came home to.  It turned out awesome and I love it.  It is so nice and cozy, it really feels like home now. 

 

County Fair

 

We spent a fun filled afternoon at Maricopa County Fair this year.  We are not much into fairs, Aaron and I, that is.  But let me tell you, the kids love them.  Aaron is always skeptical of the rides and the carnies that set them up.  Any ride that travels surely isn't safe?  Well, I go over it and took the kids.  Our friends met us there, which was nice because the little one's can't do the rides so Liz or I sat with the babies and the other took the boys on the ride. 

Check out those glasses.  They could actually ride some by themselves. 

Swings, still Z's favorite.  We shared some GIANT corn dogs and ice cream cones.

 

We actually decided to go to the fair because Jacob was showing PiggySmalls.  He has spent the last year raising him hoping to make some serious cash.  He did a good job and the kids loved seeing the pig show. 

Wine Country 2010

We started off our wine country trip at a brew pub.  Go figure, most of them really like the craft beer, it seems to be the place we always begin the festivities.  For the past few years we have been going wine tasting with a group of 10, friends and family.  This was our first trip to Oregon wine country.

Here is the entire crew.  We got to meet up with family that live in Oregon from both sides of our family.  They all showed us around and took us to several yummy wineries.

Unky Kip and Aunte Cindy, of course needing a refill...again!

 

My folks are usually are the organizers.  Pops is our wonderful tour guide, we all just go along for the ride.  He always has a perfect itenerary for us.

Oregon is absolutely beautiful.  We had to take several cheesy pictures just so we could capture the background.  Maybe we should have just taken the sceenery photos?