Growing Up Grace: February 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

Our Newest Project...

Finally!

After almost 4 years in this house, we are finally tackling the outside of the house!

We are about 24 hours away from a newly painted house!

The 24 hours can not come fast enough... it has been so claustrophobic this week living behind windows that don't open because they are covered with paper and plastic as the painters work away!

We cut down the ugly tree on the side of house (yeh!) and finally ordered new french balcony doors and front window in the living room (double yeh!!)

We are super excited to not live in a "pink" house anymore... Well, pink might be an exaggeration but it certainly always looked PINK to me!

Can't wait to have visitors :-)

Sunday, February 06, 2011

Last summer in Big Bear, the whole Kudron family spent an afternoon bowling. We loved it so much that we decided to go at it again. I really do hope this become a regular "friendly" competition. We all had a great time. First we had to "carb up" and prepare for battle so we had some lunch at the Alcatraz Brewery at the Block at Orange. I go to the Block every single month to meet my girlfriend for our monthly breakfast/lunch. To be honest, I have walked past this place every time and never gave it a second thought. It actually was very tasty. I would certainly go there again.

Some pics of lunch...

(I say... Christmas card photo for my parents. So cute.)

(Ahhh... me and my dad. We don't have too many of just the two of us. I love it.)

On our walk over to the bowling alley,

we stopped to watch the skaters at the skate park...

(Ryan decided that she'd like to learn how to ride a skateboard... oh dear, really?)

Watch out Lucky Strike... here come the Kudrons!

(Charlie was battling an ear infection... poor thing did not like the loud noise! Urgent care followed bowling! antibiotics are an azazing thing... 24 hours later and she is feeling great!)

(I hestitated putting this "all backside shot" on the blog but then I decided that someday... I'm gonna wish I still had this 37 year old bum! Geez, I wish I had pictures of my 20 year old bum... I sure do wish I still had that! Uhhh sorry... did I just say all that out loud? oops!)

(I was joking beforehand that I was gonna "kill it" because of my 1-unit bowling class at SDSU. Hmmmm, apparently Mike took the same class because he really kicked all of our you-know-whats.)

(You probably can't see it but this picture is to prove that I beat Steve in the first game. I think he may have hustled me though... we bet the second game (I was feeling all SDSU confident and all)... and he squashed me into a little itty-bitty pellet. If it wasn't for the double-or-nothing bet that I squeaked out at the last minute, I'd STILL be paying off that debt!