Walkers' Trail

Several years in the making, our "Dental Office 2018 Reno" is (almost) complete!  We were given an estimate of 4-6 months from our builder, and here we are, nearly 16 months after construction began, and that builder only made it on the actual site two times?!?  We had a foreman who wanted to work slow the rest of the time.   I am so proud of Jason for his vision, for his patience, for his work ethic, for his desire to improve the physical work environment, and for his smart use of finances to realize staying in our current location rather than buying a lot is a much better use of resources.  We were barely over budget, even during Covid price gauges!  Yahoo! We think it came together beautifully, with many thanks to my parents, especially Mom, for her help when we couldn't decide what to do.  (I am never going to build a home from scratch. Ever.) Feedback from patients and staff has been so positive.   These were supposed to be 30" by 40" an...

Happy birthday instagram message to our favorite Air Force cadet! Reid didn't remember the Oklahoma City zoo, at all.  (booo!)  He and I planned an afternoon trip the day before school started to get that memory made!  We spent time with the Lorikeets and he really enjoyed that experience. He wanted to see the bear up close but this was about as close as we were able to get. Lib, Amaris and Mattox joined us for a good portion of the day! It's always good to catch up with family outside of the huge gatherings so you can really visit.  Sure is fun to see them at this stage of life!  The kids are about the same age Grant and Kyle were when we had Reid!   Must have been REALLY busy  :) The red panda and then a striped tail cat were his favorite animals to see.... Until he saw the zebra and the giraffes - then he had four favorite animals! We were able to visit with the giraffe zookeeper for several minutes and she gave us all sorts of fun information ...