It's Septemberfest Time Again!

The day began with the traditional Septemberfest Parade. The weather on the other hand was not only non-traditional, but also rather unbearable. Ninety degrees with what felt like 150% humidity. Ugh! It was HOT! Anyway, this was Julia's first parade and she really seemed to like it. She most enjoyed the lights and sirens on the firetrucks, and the color guards for the bands. We watched the parade with G.G. Lois, G.P. Bob, and Daniel. Grammy and PopPop came along in the golf cart and whisked Julia away for her first 15 minutes of fame! After that, we ate and sweated our way through the day. Julia took her first amusement park style ride on the merry-go-round. We were able to catch up with some family and friends along the way too...check out the pictures below.

Julia was cracking up while dancing to the music with Grammy.

Julia and her favorite Great-Aunt Sue (*that one was just for you Aunt Sue, oh yeah, and for Ellie Mae)

Julia with her cousin Ryann.

More dancing with Grammy, to a new song this time.

She was VERY attached to Grammy today.

Julia with cousin Kyle. They have almost the same expression. Weird, eh?

Julia with her other favorite Great-Aunt Marge.

Daddy took Julia on her first ride.

Mommy took her the second time. She was less enthused.

We got to meet Ryann's beau, Billy. Nice drink!

Hmm, can't imagine what's going through his head....I wish this was a beer, I wish this was a beer.

They Don't Call It Labor Day For Nothin'

Wow, we were busy this Labor Day Weekend. We decided to take a long hard look at that list of chores on the "honey-do" list and see what we could tackle. Of course, we bit off more than we could chew (as you will see), but we did get a lot accomplished. Take a look...

The bathtub drain stop wasn't holding water and Julia's baths were coming to an end much before she was ready. We replaced the stopper and voila! Now bathtime fun can go on for hours, or until her lips start turning blue.

We finally purchased an area rug for the family room. It looks good, and it feels nice on your feet when you are sitting on the couch. Yes, we like bold colors and patterns.

See those lights that are shining above the top shelves...they didn't work before! Oh yeah, and all the burned out bulbs in the family room got replaced as well. Not an easy task as we have about 25 lights in there and 10ft ceilings.

Yay! We have a working doorbell now. We haven't had one in almost 2 years, since we moved in here. We were smart though...we bought one with a chime the dogs don't recognize as a doorbell...yet.

We installed all new hardware in the family room. We used to have ugly, bright, shiny, faux gold knobs.

We finally got Julia's coat rack hung up in her room!

The ugly hall lights (before).

Jason is working on getting the electrical all set up for the new fixture. And this time, we managed to not knock out power to the whole house!

They work!

And are much more attractive than those old ones.

Here is where we bit off too much. We were so pleased with our other light fixture swap-outs that we took on the kitchen light. Whoops. Now we have to spackle, paint, install an outlet box and hang up the new light. Oh yeah. And since it's back to work...looks like we're gonna have to do it in the dark. Dinner should be interesting this week.

Julia decided working that hard is for the birds. She opted for a nap. Can't say I blame her.