JAG Journeys

Since it took five days after Lauren's birth to decide on a name for her, we didn't really focus on choosing a name ahead of time for this baby. We casually talked about names a few times during the last month or so of my pregnancy, but figured it would...

Friday, September 8 - the day after we arrived in Maine for an almost-weeklong visit - Jonathan's mom had the idea for us to go to the nearby Litchfield Fair. None of us had ever been to it, but we had such a fun time!
We found the animal barns first, but before we could get too far past the entrance we saw a miniature horse team that was taking fair-goers for wagon rides, and decided to take a ride first. Lauren thought the horses were so cute and had a fun wagon...

On Mother's Day evening, we went to a local flower farm. Jonathan had been there several times before while Lauren and I were visiting my parents in BC. The day before, we had actually gone there with some friends on Sabbath afternoon in hopes of being...

Finally, we have finished the living room floor! We've been waiting for this since we moved in, basically, and things kept getting in the way of working on it, and then when we finally did get to it, it took much longer than I had anticipated.
A bit of background for those that don't know: the majority of our house had hardwood originally, and I refinished it all before we moved in. This room, however, was originally the garage, and so didn't have any hardwood, because carpet was installed...