This past weekend we had our house painted. It has needed it at least since we moved in 18 months ago. Here's what it looked like then:
On Thursday, the painters came and did the prep work on the house - it looked pretty sad after that:
Matthew and I enjoyed watching Scott taking pictures of the house through the back windows:
On Saturday, the painting commenced and - about nine hours later - it looked like this:
We are so happy with how it turned out. It's weird not to drive up and see all the old paint chipping away (weird in an awesome way).
Two weeks ago, we had a family reunion with Scott's family, which was a lot of fun. Matthew got to spend some quality time with his cousin, Grace. We took them to visit Grandma Egg at work:
And they went for a swim in the pool:
It was a little tricky for Grace, since she hasn't mastered sitting up on her own yet. She managed to stay in place for a few pictures, but she was not very happy after getting "dunked" in the water.
We left the kids with Scott's parents one night and went to an A's game with Marc and Katie:
We also had my parents in town during the time Scott's family was here, so we had plenty of fun things to do that week. My parents were watching my sister's kids so we went over to their house a lot and went to the library and played games. Unfortunately, I don't think I took any pictures of their stay except this picture of Matthew one day after we visited them:
At the beginning of August, we went to the zoo with Matthew's cousins. They were, as usual, very sweet with him.
I couldn't resist including this picture of Nick. I can't help smiling when I see it!
So those are some of the major events that have made August a fun month around here. Our church responsibilities have also made our lives interesting. In the past month, both Scott and I have received new callings. I was asked to be one of the early-morning seminary teachers for our ward and Scott was called as Elders Quorum president. It took a few weeks for the shock to wear off. :) Seminary started today, but the other teacher is teaching today and tomorrow so my first day is Wednesday.
And I saved the best for last:
