Nuton! (New Futon for the rest of you)

Okay, it's new to us. I can finally stop scouring the craigslist ads- except now I think I'm addicted. Anyways, we managed to procure this sturdy piece of work (once Kyle replaces the missing hardware:) from a woman that lived two blocks away from Amelia, which made it easy for us to convince Joe, one of Amelia's roomies, to drive his wife's truck to help us pick it up. A couple bruises and Kyle's handiwork later, and here it is! The cats love it.  Hopefully you will, too.  And if you're family, you can sleep in our bed and WE'LL sleep on the futon:)

And here's a random picture of our lovey pets to round out a sleeping focused entry!

Ocho de Mayo Housewarming

We invited everyone for a mexican potluck and serious sangria drinking last Saturday night. John was working, Malinda and Alex were in Iowa, and Jill was busy being a mom, but everyone else made it.  Guess we'll have to have another...

We started outside on the patio while it was still nice, but, ummmm, it's not quite summer yet. So when it got chilly, and dark, we commenced with our final outdoor activity before heading inside- pinata!!!!!

Many attempted, and honestly, I don't even remember who broke it open? But lots of dark chocolate, magnets, bungee cords and pens fell out.  Ben discovered that all of the candies were easily whipped at my head. Mean Ben.                                                                                                                                   

Afterwards, there was a lot of yelling (it's a game called Outburst, but does sound a little like a riot when we play it), and a lot of dessert eating: berry crisp, vanilla ice cream with dulce de leche and chocolate wafers, and the infamous mint chocolate hand pie!