McComb Family

Well, I tried this post once before and blogger went down so I lost everything. So....let's try it one more time!!

Jenn and Devin came out earlier this month for a visit. Jenn actually had to work most of the week, so the visit was very short. We did make it up to Apple Hill one day though. We started off with our usual breakfast at Apple Cafe (yum!) and then hit High Hill Ranch (yikes, what a zoo!). The kids still had a great time though. They started off with a pony ride. Devin and Brie wanted to ride the big one, but Adam was content with the little one (that is after he got over his screaming and crying fit about getting on at all!!!).




Then they were off to the pond to watch people fishing. They were actually pulling out fairly big fish.






And the grand finale was getting their faces painted. Briana got a unicorn, Adam got a balloon (or "boon" as he calls it), and Devin got a scarecrow. We didn't eat a single apple while we were there, and I didn't get a picture of them in a pumpkin field like I had wanted to. Oh well....it was still a fun day and nice to see Jenn and Devin again.

Posted in: on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at at 3:10 PM  

Last Thursday I took the day off and went with Briana's class on their big field trip.....to Cool!! They are studying communities, so they went to their local community to see what it is made up of. They went to the post office and got to buy a stamp, post a letter, and mail it. They also got to see the businesses along the "boardwalk" in Cool - the real estate office, general store, deli, feed store, etc. Then we had lunch at Main Street Pizza where they got to go in the back and see their pizza actually being made. Finally (the grand finale) was going to the fire station and being able to spray a real fire hose. Boy did they have fun with that!! It was a great day, and I'm glad I went as a chaperone. Sure beat being in my classroom for the day! : )

Posted in: on Friday, October 13, 2006 at at 3:19 PM 1 comments  

Well, we started off today with Briana's soccer game. She was very proud of herself for scoring a goal. Of course, she didn't want to listen to any suggestions on how she could improve her game. Being as she's being doing this for a month or so now, she must be perfect and way above constructive criticism.

Then we headed to Garden Valley for the Kids Expo. There were various booths set up for kids and everything was free. They went in the bounce house, did artwork, learned about Smoky Bear, played music, and a bunch of other things. Brie even climbed the rock wall. She got about halfway up and burst into tears. She did let go though and came back down. It would have been really bad trying to figure out how to get her back down from way up there!!! I sure wished I had my camera though.

Then we went over to the other house to try and help Bret get the front door in. Here's what is looked like before:

And with the door in:

This is not the real door though, this is the "construction door". That way when the stucco and sheetrock are getting done we don't have to worry about our new door getting covered with "gunk". The new door is still sitting in the box. Can't wait to see it actually installed!

Okay, so here's the real story - what the pictures don't tell you!!! When I went to help Bret with the door, there was about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch lip of shearwall hanging down into the door frame. I asked Bret if he needed to cut it, but before I know it he's caulking and we're lifting the door into place. We move it outside, twisting and turning, get it into place and, what do you know, it's a 1/4 to 1/2 inch too tall. So, we need the saws-all to cut the shearwall out of the way. Of course, it's at home, so Bret goes to find the handsaw while I try to hold the door up. When he finds it and starts cutting he promptly cuts through his thumb nail and pointer finger while trying to trim the wood back. He then has to try and saw with one hand while holding the other one with dripping blood off to the side (I just kept hoping it didn't drip on me!!!). Needless to say, we finally got it into place and hopefully leveled. The real test will be when the actual door is in. We're keeping our fingers crossed!! Oh, the McCombs and their construction stories!!!

Posted in: on Saturday, October 07, 2006 at at 9:55 PM 1 comments  

We've been hanging around the house this weekend trying to get everyone rested and recouped. I ended up taking Brie to the doctor on Friday and sure enough she does have strep throat. Yippee...now we get to do the antibiotic thing for the next 10 days (whoops - we've already missed one dose!). I hope this is not a prelude to what we're in for this winter. We're barely a week into fall and already Bret's been laid up for a week with the flu, Brie's had the flu, Adam's been in the hospital with croup, and now Brie's got strep. Yikes!!! Enough is enough!!!

While we were resting up today, we thought we'd take in the Niners game. Talk about painful!! I think childbirth was easier than watching that game! Just when you think they can only go up, they put on another fine performance like today. Wow - what more can you say!?!

We've finally had a change in weather today. It's cloudy and about 70 degrees right now. We still have all of our windows open because it's been in the 80s and 90s, so it was freezing in here this morning when we got up. It's warmed up some, but the kids came downstairs now too long ago in pants, sweaters, hats, and gloves. I'd say they're not quite accustomed yet to the cooler weather. Ah just give them another month or two - they'll think this is warm!

Well, I'm off to enjoy the rest of the day. Once again the weekend is almost over. I never know how it goes so fast (and I had an extra day!!!).

Posted in: on Sunday, October 01, 2006 at at 1:36 PM 2 comments