A nice week in AZ.

Well, we had our first family visit this week, when Mary Ann's Mom
came into town for a couple of days. It was great to finally be able
to show her our new house. Our only trouble was trying to get her to
relax and treat it like a vacation. She was non-stop work as she
organized the kitchen, the spare bedroom, trimmed our bougainvilla in
the back yard, and so much more.

She also brought along several house warming presents that really
warmed the place up. I've taken pictures of several them and added
them below.

Anyway, we love you all and can't wait to welcome you all to our
little house in the desert.

The new mirror in the entry, again thanks to MA's Mom. She gave us some wonderful house warming gifts, but most of all she worked long and hard to help get our house organized. It's great to be able to find things in the kitchen now. j  

More new plants for on top of the bookshelf. We just need to find 2 more like them.  

Jackie (MA's Mom) was in town for a few days and worked really hard to help us get our place into better shape. We have new flowers like this all along the entry. Amazingly, they survive in the heat... 

MA's new succulents. She's very excited about these.  

New plate and Lily of the Valley on top of the hutch.  

There you have all the plates hung and the tea set adjusted just right...  

Our new Bromelia. MA picked a great pot and we just hope to keep it alive.  

Here another shot, I tried to get one of the boulders in it, it's pretty hidden in the sunlight. 

here is the pebble to the top.

You can either have it finish with tile along the top here, or... 

Here is one of the steps inside the pool. Pebbletek is what surfaces the entire inside of the pool. 

Terry you can see the different deck surfaces here.  

Looks like Lance is going to get number 7; barring any accidents or problems with the equipment.

You can check out the latest here:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/?id=results/tour0518

The curtains MA made. Fabulous curtains, but you can see the lawn struggling for life in the background. 

New color with lights 

New bathroom color 

My first battle with the lawn. It's been about 3 weeks since this. The lawn is still recovering.  

Lance after the hardest of the Tour still maintains yellow jersey by 2 min 46 sec.

What not to do while attending the Tour de France...

I'm sure this was one of his prouder moments. Hope he's alright.

It was a perfect day at the Columbia River Temple.  

Just out of the temple. 

Ok, let's just stand here for a minute... 

Just grinning! 

Grandpa Hector with Mary Ann 

The bros outside the temple.  

Same... 

The "maids" out front of the Temple.