Mark and I went for a quick drive to the post office. Of course, we took Brewster along for the ride. It was in the evening and it was pretty warm. We had the windows rolled down and the air off. It must've gotten a little warm for Brewster.
This is
how he rolls...
Alright, Mom, quit taking pictures. I'll stay awake...FRILL!
No, seriously.
Ya, right.
Okay. I'll drive.
We could see the rain rolling in, happy, enjoying the overcast skies, the coolness, the smell of the rain and watching movies...and then after two days of constant rain the roof started to leak. Water came from the vents and all the lights in the kitchen. We were so upset because we've worked for years looking for this crazy leak. We've sealed the flat roof, patched the stucco and thought we had it all taken care of and yet it still leaks! Once again the ceiling has to be repaired and one wall repainted. Although we are disappointed, it didn't seem all that bad compared to the poor people in Ruidoso. We soon felt blessed after hearing that over 300 people were evacuated from their homes in Ruidoso which is only 45 miles away. Homes and bridges were just washed away and all we had was a leak.
Mark will only watch movies that rate in the 70's on rottentomatoes.com. If I ask him to watch something and it has a low rating, I always regret it.
I was looking at the site and they've given the top rated movies of the past ten years. We're always looking for a decent movie so I wrote them down. I didn't include the number one pick because I had already watched all of those. Here's the list:
98 Truman, Shakespeare in Love
99 The Iron Giant, The Insider
00 Traffic, Best in Show, You Can Count on Me
01 In the Bedroom, Memento
02 Spirited Away, Bowling for Columbine
03 Spellbound, The Fog War, Capturing the Friedmans
04 Sideways, Hero, Maria Full of Grace
05 Murderball, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit, Good Night & Good Luck,
Enron; The Smartest Guy in the Room
06 Pan's Labyrinth, Casino Royal,
07 Once, The Bands Visit
This is the wrapped gift. Jeffery's teammates presented him with this club when he won the state championship. Mark and I had a case built for it.
Jeffery has never liked cake and ice cream for his birthday. We always have to come up with something different. One year it was cookies that spelled out Happy Birthday, Jeffery, we've had brownies, we've had strawberry gooey stuff and this year it was waffles. We celebrated first thing in the morning. Of course, the house was decorated, a tradition that Mark loves and a few birthday gifts. Its hard to see him grow so fast. I'm so happy to think of the many happy memories we have shared. And if I'm lucky he'll never leave the house, like Dave's kids!
Pin trading. I had never seen anything like this. Serious business!
So glad Josh and Awburn came to Utah.
Eleven days might sound like a long time but time flies when you're having fun. 
Amazed that we will be driving OVER the dam soon!
WHAT!? I have to CLOSE that double!?
Outside of our little Casita in Scottsdale. Neat place. 