dad and i share shipments of wood every year. we get it from the indians and pay half each. we keep it at his house because it is easier. so, we have to go fetch wood every few days for the fireplace. owen loves this and looks foward to coming to help. it is pretty fun. 
the dogs are coda and winston. douglas' babies. owen loves them. 
fred had a vesictomy last year, but he has too much testosterone still so we have been having problems with running off and peeing everywhere, so yesterday i took him to have his ball cut out. yep, fred had a neutering. he is no longer a real man but today you would have thought it was what he wanted. he was playing with ahna and having fun all day long. who knew he would be happy over this..............
i fininshed this boat today- total redo for a rental company in town. i made it a more functional design for extended use and took as much of the stitching out (first places to go with heavy use) but kept a nice design so it doesn't look plain. turned out pretty nice. 
yes, again, all welt lines line up perfectly. 
what is this you say? well, it is a fully enclosed treadmill cover for outside. why do you need this? to keep out all weather and protect your treadmill when storing it outside. also, note the zipper. it goes all the way from one end to the other as to not have to take the whole thing off. you can fully unzip it, let it fall to the side, do your workout and never have to move the treadmill. now that is a great cover. yep, we are full service. 
so these are my children with behavioral problems. jule can't seem to stay on green at school and doesn't seem to need to listen to directions or turn in his homework (which he does and puts in his backpack every night.) last night i worked until 10pm. during this time, mike called because our landlord (and friend) dick palagyi called and said a friend had called him to tell him about kids in the yard knocking out headlights on cars. he didn't think my kids would do this, but was calling to check into it. owen admitted he and davis (his best friend,whose parents are wonderful and he gets raised well also) took a hammer and knocked out the headlights on a suburban and dicks 67 camaro out back. we keep an eye on them, and hammering is normal because he usually builds out there. so, i was totally floored to learn that this was what they were doing. so, being the mother i am, i called my police friends. the boys were visited by the lake havasu police department at the house last night and the head sheriff of san bernadino county this morning (which talked to owen for 15 minutes). they made a big impression on him. the boys learned that juvinall halll is kid jail and that is where kids go that break the rules. owen was given 3 choices. 1. get a ticket and see a judge which would send him to juvinall hall, 2. go straight to juvinal hall if he can't seem to be good and there is no hope, or 3. let mom take care of it and work off the damages and be on probation. he chose #3. so, the boys spent the day cleaning up the yard at work from 9:30 this morning until now, we will leave soon. i had them pick up all cigarette butts, dog poop, foam scraps, wood chips, anything and everything that was trash. i also made them do the car lot next door because we ran out of trash to pick up. tomorrow they will do the yard at home and the house if the yard runs out of things to do. hope they learn their lesson. ian, on the other hand has been spending the day having fun with my friend terry because he can be good, do his homework and turn it in and not vandalize property. at least i have one out of three behaving. oh, he also taught himself to make omlets so he has had one every day this week. 
yes, all welt cords line up, as always, cause we are good at this.
the before on this boat is horrendous. we did the carpet and upholstery. i changed it up quite a bit to clean the lines up and make it more efficent to clean. it looks really nice. 
captains chair and fishermans chairs match eachother and came out nice as well. 
Owen and Davis are best friends. their birthdays are 2 weeks apart and they are so connected to eachother. they spent the day together monday since it was a holiday. davis came to the shop with owen (they are in their fort, the shell club, which, by the way, costs 10$ to enter if you are not a member) under my table. it is the dogs bed but they took over the spot. they spent the other half the day at davis' house riding bikes and jumping on the trampoline. they are the two popular boys in their class and their favorite recess past-time is "letting" the girls chase them. they only do this if they are together though. owen also informed me that he wants a limo when he is old enough to drive so he can put all of the girls in it and drive them around. crazy boys.....................
jule douglas looking so cool at the skate park
yes, this is my youngest son riding his bike down the picnic table going up the stairs. 
owen and jule doing laps to and from the "bowl".
