Monday, November 24, 2008

Gate - Found the missing piece!


Done and done. We found a great piece of ornamental ironwork on Saturday, which was exactly what we needed to complete the gate once and for all.... Here's the process, start to finish. Finally done!

Before...

Pouring cement foundations...

Kaia was a big help...


Funky old-fashioned latch...


Done!




Monday, November 10, 2008

Summer 2008 Recap

Since this little blog is new, you may have missed some of the action from this past summer, so we'd better catch you up on just a few of the highlights.

We caught some crabs and put them in our bellies.






Nikki got a new mountain bike and became a singletrack ninja. We went to Whistler for our fourth anniversary and rode some of the best, sickest, bad-assesest mountain biking terrain you have ever seen.



We also made and promptly ate some pickles, with Kaia's help.



I began what promises to be an illustrious albeit painful career mountain bike racing (this could also be seen as a form of self-inflicted torture).

And I created a large illustrated map (fixture and all), for my favorite mountain bike park.


Nikki and I rode together on the 45-mile course at this summer's Flying Wheels group ride.


And I completed my second Seattle-to-Portland, 200-mile ride in 2 days, fueled mostly by the knowledge that Nikki was waiting at the finish line with cold beer and a hamburger.



Hmmm... a lot of bike stuff. Let's finish with a shot of the kids.