The dungeon in progress.....

This is a picture of the bar area that Myk and his dad made. Yes, we decided at this time to just put up paneling as we just want to get the basement done, but maybe in the future will be thinking of putting up drywall.

This is a picture of the framed up bathroom!

Honestly, I was being good.....

The pictures say everything! "What, I didn't do anything wrong....did I?

The clouds....

After seeing what we thought were tornado clouds, Terri emailed the pictures to the local TV station and this is the response she got back, "Those are cold air funnels, which often form in a shallow layer of cool air after a cold front has moved through. They're pretty weak and rarely touch the ground, but they're definitely cool to see!" At least we know they were not tornadic, but like the weather guy stated, cool looking to see.

Worrisome....

So, the last pictures I posted were from about 8 miles away from the storm cloud. This is what the clouds looked like right over Terri's (my very dear and close friend) house. I have permission from her to post this picture. :) Thanks Terri!

Spooky looking clouds....

We saw this cloud last night that had definite twisting to it as well as it kept coming down and going back up in to the cloud....thank goodness it was a ways away from us. The communication center in Eau Claire said that there was no tornadic activity on the Doppler system, but still.....

Storms.....

I love storms. I have always been fascinated with storms and tonight we had another storm rolling through. Here are some pictures of some pretty "wicked" looking clouds....

The dungeon......

Is now almost all framed up!!!!!!! :) Now we are debating on either drywall or paneling. Any suggestions?

HAPPY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

It is official, I have officially put up with my husband for 10 years! LOL! Actually the last 10 years have been the best time of my life. I never thought marriage would be so easy, but Myk and I make a great team and we know what we got to do to make this marriage work. Communication is the key!

We are not doing anything spectacular this year as finishing off our basement has become a priority in our life, so we are going to go out to Woo's Pagoda with Myk's parents, Alexis, and Haylee and have dinner and then come home and go back down to the basement and get the rest of the stuff moved as Myk's parents are going to be here bright and early on Saturday to start helping us frame up the other half of the basement. :) I cannot wait for the basement to be done and we can really enjoy it to its fullest potential.

Our fishing tales!!!!!

Here are just a few pics of the fish that we caught while on vacation! The most interesting picture was of Haylee falling asleep while we were fishing in the boat. The rocking of the boat with the waves was just too much for her to handle and it rocked her to sleep! :)

My favorites from vacation!

These are just a few of my favorite pictures from our vacation! I wish I would have taken lots more pictures, BUT we were having too much darn fun!

Myk's firsts on vacation!

Myk did find out that he is really not as young and flexible as he used to be....body parts don't bend in certain directions and sitting on your knees is in the distant past....after a few attempts he finally learned to lean backwards and was able to enjoy a ride.

Haylee's firsts while on vacation!

Haylee was even able to take her first tube ride in the lake and just the expression on her face says she had a great time and the fly-away hair.

Lexi's firsts on our vacation!

Lexi was learning how to knee board and also she went tubing for the first time ever! She had a blast!

Our vacation...

Our vacation was wonderful. It was a beautiful week with little rain, lots of sun, and lots of summer fun! Lexi got to experience some firsts while mom sat on the shore trying not to panic too much feeling that she was going to hurt herself. In the 10 years of our marriage and Lexi's life of nine years and Haylee's life of four years we have never taken a week off, went somewhere, and called it a real true vacation, and THIS WAS WONDERFUL! It was so wonderful that we have already booked a cabin for next year. Myk and I have never know what it was like to take a week off from work and go somewhere and have basically no cares in the world. We both came back feeling refreshed and renewed and ready to take what life dishes out to us!