The grandkids wanted to trick-or-treat our neighborhood this year based on the fact that our neighbors give our Kit-Kats : )  ... and you...

Even though we have a family tradition there are times when we shake things up a bit. Cookie day is an annual October event. We usually me...

In October we celebrated the release of Brian's new book, "The Pocket Small Business Owner's Guide to Taxes." This was a...

Many have asked when the bathroom will be completed. Unlike this picture below the bathroom is enclosed and looks more like a tool storage s...

The last area of the kitchen remodel included painting our entryway. The walls are too tall for me to reach so this was a project both of us...

East side of kitchen North side of kitchen West side of dining area South side of dining area My favorite blogs are ones f...

August brought a month of finishing touches and a glimpse of a finished home remodeling project. If the house wasn't torn up enough, ...

July was filled with dramatic changes in our kitchen project. Sub-contractors were in to do the plumbing, electrical, mechanical, sheetrocki...

Our fall SunRiver vacation is always a great time to "get away from it all" and allows for time to get to things that easily get b...

Things are rapidly coming together since the flooring was finished. The refrigerator arrived yesterday and she's a beauty! We still need...

Our weekend was dedicated to getting the wood flooring installed since the refrigerator delivery was scheduled for Wednesday. Pierre arrived...

Here we go again ... one room leads to another! I have had the grandkids's room on my to-do list for several summers. It just never seem...

Summer is always a fun time to get together with former co-workers. As soon as school ended, I met the Templeton ladies at La Provence for a...

Several years ago the Matterhorn Village sold and the new owners updated many things, including an 18-hole miniature golf course. Last year...

I love to hike and for the past ten years we have attempted the Chief Joseph Trail (at Wallowa Lake) several times but with each adventure w...

What a fun evening celebrating the last year of my 50's at the Terminal Gravity Brewery in Enterprise. I love the setting in their outd...

We were late-comers to American Idol, but since we started watching, we have been loyal fans. We love following the contestants ... their mu...

Donna is such an amazing party planner. She coordinated the perfect birthday celebration. Our evening started at Otto and Anita's Schnit...

It's been a month since I last posted and we have made drastic changes in our remodeling project. Despite taking a vacation and attendin...

This afternoon I picked up a flooring sample to see how it looked with the kitchen. Love how it picked up the cinnamon in the cabinetry. Had...

While we've been busy with the kitchen remodel we have also been trying to maintain the garden and yard. Yesterday Walt took a picture u...

Things are really starting to come together in the kitchen. All the cabinetry is installed and the finishing touches are being added. What a...

Day Two of kitchen cabinetry installation. It makes the dream of a new kitchen more of a reality! Rick is doing a fabulous job and it's ...

After selecting our paint colors at Miller Paint we started the next phase of our remodel. We picked out Weaver's Tool for the living r...

Hard to believe but we are rapidly moving forward with our remodel. The sheetrockers have one more session and then we can prime and paint b...

This will always be a Father's Day to remember! The guys and gals decided to give Dad a hand with our construction project. First we enj...

Oh, my! It's been three months since my last post. I bet you have been quite bored looking at that lemon cake every time you stop by : )...

Even though we've had morning snowflakes, this cake makes me long for spring. It also makes me think of my favorite vacation spot, Italy...

Sunday afternoon we celebrated Valentine's Day early with a meal at Andina Restaurant in The Pearl with Donna and Pierre. This was a new...

Last week we enjoyed a Christmas gift treat. Tim and Rae gave us cooking classes at Sur la Table for Italian Family Favorites with Chef Ben ...