Visitors, visiting and more visitors!

MAY, JUNE & JULY 2012

Baby Lala "Delilah" at 3 mos.

As soon as we got back from Brooklyn, our good friends Beverly and Jerry came to stay with us for a few weeks.  They were in and out using our place as a home base for their northern CA hopping around.  Delilah Grace was born in February and not long after that they decided to leave Hawaii and do a U.S. tour to visit friends and family.  Josh and I were happy to host our friends, but most of all to have some Baby Lala time and watch all her little changes over the 3 weeks she was around us!  We also got a few visits from Sally and Azure (Josh's godson) who is growing so big.  Sally, Azure and Kevin are now stationed in Ft. Irwin in the desert/middle of nowhere in southern CA.  Closer for us and their family but a bummer on location :(  Azure loved when Jerry played the guitar, so cute!


June flew by with home projects, fitness and planning to visit Texas for my Mom's retirement party (see next post).  Early July brought Josh's eldest sister Sarah, Paju & Calliope out for their annual CA visit so we had a full house for 2 weeks.  However, I was gone the first week due to surprising my Mom for her party :)  It was so nice to host family and give them a comfortable space.  I love getting to know them and have been so grateful for our quality time with them in Brooklyn and then a few months later having them here.  Wish they were closer :(  Calliope is such a fashionista with hippy, creative flare and boy is she a smart cookie!  You have to be very careful what you say, she remembers everything!!  I love when I use "big" words, she always challenges me for the definition.  So far I'm pretty impressed with myself, lol.

Below are just 2 photos of our many household projects.  The board is an old piece of redwood fence that we saw being scrapped in the neighborhood on one of our walks.  We pressure washed it, put a light oil stain on it to bring out the richness and then did a clear sealant so we wouldn't lose the look of texture, but not give ourselves any splinters.  The photo does not do it justice of course, but after the walls were painted, Josh and his brother Jake installed it directly on the wall behind our bed and it looks great!  The idea came from Pintrest where people had used old pallets as headboards.  The second picture shows our new master bedroom color, finally!!  After doing the 2 guest rooms, 3 bathrooms, the hallway and the kitchen... and then staring at color sample squares painted on our wall for months it seemed, we finally chose the color Nimbus, the perfectly warm, light grey shown below.  We also put a fresh coat of bright white on the ceiling as well as the doors and trim which were previously an old ivory.  I love it!