Three Things Thursday

Before

After

Shiny gold flecks

After towards refrigerator

Even some blues and olives

Not necessarily in the order of importance or impact for our lives…

After ONE YEAR (twelve months) of searching & hunting & thinking & pondering, we picked out granite. And today it was installed. After giving so much thought to a decision, it didn't even cross my mind that I would not LOVE IT at first. When I walked in from running car-related errands & saw the new stone, I was just a wee bit disappointed. Disappointed isn't really the right word - I guess I don't deal with change very well. Our old kitchen had darker avocado-green laminate counters. It was nice but dark. Now, our kitchen is light & bright & feels much bigger. The next steps are painting, backsplash, & selling the white appliances.






Cross country practice & meets continue to dominate this season of our lives. Ryan runs on Wednesday & Saturdays, Chris runs on Tuesdays. Their times have stayed pretty consistent between 20:00 & 21:00. Saturday's meet is supposed to be flat & fast so hopefully we'll see some PR's. (PR: personal record) I do not have pictures of Chris on Tuesday's meet because I left my camera battery at home on the charger. (It never runs out so I forget, but I was certain it was getting low. Both meets were insanely hot & both meets had people pass out from the heat.

Jared tried to. He started to complain about his stomach hurting & then he said he couldn't see & then he was okay again.

Oh yeah, and did we mention that Scott's car was in a minor fender bender last week?? Chris was driving & rear-ended our friend's pickup truck. Luckily, everyone was okay except the friend's bumper & Scott's car. He has LOVED this car so much - it has been reliable, fast, with leather seats & a good stereo. There was so much damage that the insurance company declared it a total loss. Although we truly wanted to salvage the car, it would not have made sense financially with all of the damages that needed to be repaired. :( A sad day!

In related news, I have been running around A LOT!! I put gas in the van & it is already gone. I have been driving hours & hours & hours getting kids where they need to be. Luckily people from church & cross country have been helping me a lot! Our plan is to get a cheap learner car plus a nice car for Scott. (But please don't contact me if you're a car dealer.)