The Sage Family

Summeris almost over! I can't believe we've lived in our new area for over 7 months! But we've had a great summer and are ready for the adventures of 2nd and 4th grades! Here are some of our summer pics.

Oh Whit! Never a dull moment!

After swimming with cousins! So fun!

Seriously, I've never laughed harder than this morning that we were getting ready for church. Whit got out of the tubby and while I was tying one of the boys ties, he decided he could get himself dressed. He actually clipped the tie to his belly! Ouch!!!

And, again, what a crazy!! That's a magnetic bracelet in his nose!

Crew showing off his 4th of July lunch.

Cub Scout Day Camp with Crew.

The big boys trying on their tackle football gear.

Crew and his coaches at basketball camp.

Crew getting ready to run a kids race with his friend Cole.

Crew and Cole

Crew and Cole

Whit. Seriously, his goal in life is to make me a crazy person!!!

Drake playing "wet head".

The Dearden kids after making suckers.

Crew, Cole, and Drake.

Silly Whit.

You can only imagine the excitement in our house when the Cavs were able to come back in the NBA finals and win! Crew was thrilled. 

Since it was also Fathers Day we had Rett's brothers and Dad over for dinner. It was a great day all around!

The boys got a chance to go visit friends in Idaho. It was a really fun time to get together with old friends. One of the best parts was that the friends we stayed with have a dairy and they got to help with chores. It was good fun!

The boys had a great time playing flag football this spring. Down here they played NFL Flag Football, which had more rules and a lot more competition than up in Franklin County. Crew's team was the Raiders. And Drake was on the Saints. They learned a lot this year. I am amazed at how good they are getting at sports. It is something they definitely have a passion for. They were lots of fun to watch. They had great coaches. And they both worked really hard to do the best they could!

Porsche turned 2 in May so she is all done with the derby. She ran in a qualifying in June in Island Park and won! Way to go Porsche! 

So we decided we were sick of all the tables we've gone through since we got married. The last one we had was bat height and we wanted a normal height one again. We thought we'd jump on the farm table bandwagon. We found a company in Utah that sounded like they had pretty good tables for a decent price. But long story short, we got the table home and it was not sturdy at all and I returned it and got my money back.

Then started our very long DIY table project!  Part of the reason it took so long was that we ended up using some rough hickory for the table top. So the boards weren't square at all! One end may have been six inches and the other ten. And Rett doesn't have tons of fancy woodworking tools, so we made do with what we had. Also, we wanted chunky legs, but they were very expensive. So we opted for a cross arm that was from a power line structure Rett had scrapped out and brought home. I think they made the table! 

We love the finished product! It is super sturdy and weighs a ton! The bench was also handcrafted by my man. It was a lot of work. But should last a life time. And we made some great memories working together!