This weekend we went with Jamie and Steve to see and hear the BYU-I (as in, I wish I could get into the real BYU) Symphony Band, as they passed through town on their 2 week tour of the southern gulf coast. Pictured to the left is Sophia just before leaving, all dressed up in her new sun hat. In case you wondering, let us assure you that taking a six-month old to see the symphony might not be the brightest plan we've ever formulated. The band played great, at least that's what Jamie and Steve told us. They sounded alright from outside in the foyer, but I think we may have missed some of the evening's musical magic.
In other news from the Nuge', Tina has for the past week been living the American dream: house in the suburbs, one beautiful child, one perfect husband, and a mouth full of straight, pearly whites to compliment her fantastic post-baby physique (she is actually in better shape than before Sophia!). Last Monday, after 2.5 years of soreness, pinching, cutting, cleaning, picking, and general suffering, she flew down to San Antonio to have her braces removed. With transportation assistance from her Aunt Dina, Tina made it to two appointments with her orthodontist - the first to remove the braces in the morning and get fitted for her retainers; the second in the afternoon to pick up her retainers and receive final instructions. The retainers are a minor nuisance, but she's wearing them regularly and continually becoming more comfortable doing so. Keep up the good work, T!
I spent the week in Birmingham, Alabama learning how to optimize a crushed stone plant. On Saturday, after returning, I mowed the weeds in our backyard, then spread some Weed'n Feed. I'm pretty certain that stuff will end up doing more feeding than weeding, and more than likely it will feed the weeds more than the grass (since they occupy a proportionally larger area than the grass), making them even more difficult to remove. Maybe our backyard was destined for a swimming pool anyway. Or maybe just a trash pit.
