Last Thursday we went to the climbing gym to get a little sessioning in before we went to Flagstaff for the weekend. Well, as luck would have it, Tommy ended up tweaking his two injured fingers on a crimpy problem! So, knowing we’d probably get rained on and Tom would be incapacitated and not able to pull down on any hard climbs, we decided last minute that instead of going to Flag, we’d take a weekend trip home to start the renovations on my mom’s house. She’s putting it up for sale next spring and she needs to do some improvements to it before it goes on the market. We tried to suprise her late Thursday night, but Monty would have none of it and tried to attack us on our sneak approach! What a good guard dog!

A month or so ago, I took a trip home to put new gutters up and during this trip we finally dug out some trenches for a few of the downspouts and ripped out the bottom deck that had been rotting from water damage. It felt good to get some work in and we had fun visiting with mom and Joe. Henry, of course, couldn’t let us leave with him completely scratch-free as he managed to somersault backwards down the outside staircase and then do his little stunt tricks for us at night. Last Thursday at the gym, Henry fell in love with two blonde, beautiful college girls who taught him an important life skill – how to throw your hands up in the air when your team gets a touchdown. Priceless.