The Davies surprised Elisa by showing up at our house this morning
after driving all night from Hume (I knew they were coming). They
have been with us the last few years for Lep Kuchen day so it will be
fun to have them with us tomorrow.
This week I'm in Santa Barbara with Aaron Griffy, our newest developer that is starting this week. Nate Sees our designer and TJ Hill who wrote all our music are also here. DJ and Brett (working on Showit Sites) met us for Sushi last night for some great Santa Barbara cuisine. We ended up staying at the Double Tree instead of DJ's house because he thought we would be more comfortable instead of sleeping on the floor. So we got two ocean view rooms that are pretty awesome and here is the view of Aaron and Nate walking by from our patio.
Today is a "traditional" day for our family as Elisa made the batter
that will sit for a week and then we will make German cookies next
Saturday on "Lep Kuchen Day". This has been a family tradition for
Elisa her whole life and for me since we met and we will be making two
batches which is about 200 cookies (Elisa's dad is making 4 batches).
Next Saturday is a fun event as we bake and glaze hundreds of
cookies. While we were at Hume we had lots of people stop by during
the day so it will be a little different this year. With that in
mind, we are offering an open invitation, if you are around next
Saturday stop by anytime and enjoy some Lep Kuchen with us!
Kiefer got these cool dinosaur wall stickers today and now his room looks like one big dinosaur book. They are pretty cool and Kiefer loves running around and pointing out the names of the dinosaurs that he knows.
Elisa's sister Emily is here from Iowa for a few days and we are
excited for her first visit to our new home in Flagstaff.
I am on a men's retreat this weekend with my church and we started the
weekend off with a round of golf. The weather was perfect for golf in
Prescott and we had a great time. Pray for Elisa as she is alone with
the boys this weekend.
Kiefer had a great time dressing up as a dinosaur and Cooper had no idea what was going on, but he did roar a few times. Elisa's awesome shirt is covered but it says "Little Miss Scary" and is a take off of the Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine characters.
I decided to do a little experiment to check and see if I have "grown up" yet by seeing if I could grow a beard. The last two weeks I didn't shave and let's just say I wasn't too successful. After the first week and a half, my face was looking really nasty. Even with lots of water and plenty of sunshine, I found out that I have a "No Grow Zone" that stays as smooth as Cooper's rear and makes the rare hairs around my jaw look way out of place. So I decided to back off and try for just the goatee which was sort of coming in under my chin. Let's just say that even after letting it grow, I just ended up with random length hairs that couldn't cover all the empty patches which my wife calls a "chin comb-over". So after much pleading from Elisa I got rid of it today, but I thought I should at least document my results so that maybe in ten years I can try again...
We put Cooper in an "exersaucer" at the Lundgren's house and he loved it so we decided to get one for him. The only one they had at China-Mart was this one with stuff all over it and you know how much I love stuff, but this still seems a little excessive. I think Cooper's eyes pretty much say what he's thinking.
It's pretty tough to do but I finally caught a good pic of this boy
giving a big smile, so cute.
The competitors side by side
Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Nate Sees
Red Snake by Kiefer Watson
Duck by Elisa Watson
Blue Snake by Jefferson Sees
Snow Man by Erin Sees
Orange Rattle Snake with AWESOME FANGS and eyes that shoot LASERS by Todd Watson
Story Time with Erin
Puzzle Time
Running through the Park Time
Movie Time
Fire Chief Time with Kiefer's new helmet from the Schulers
Nate and I played some disc golf and learned a very important lesson, don't use "invisible discs" while playing on a Flagstaff course (these are white and blend with the rocks). We spent a good amount of time on about 5 different holes trying to find a disc in the open. We did get to meet a lot of golfers as they passed us.
