photos from france

if anyone is interested in seeing some of the pictures andy and i took in france, i've posted them on my blog: here, here, and here.

new floors!

the week before we left for france, andy and i discovered that our gross carpet from the 80's was covering up really nice hardwood floors.

we got permission from our landlady to rip out the carpet, and we went for it as soon as we got the ok. the only catch is that now we have to sand and refinish them (the agreement with the owners is that they'll pay for supplies if we do all the work).
but since the wood is in really good condition as is, we're putting of the refinishing...at least for now.

pulling out the carpet gave us some interesting insight into the history of our apartment though. i think it was built in the 50's, and the wood is definitely original. sometime in the 60's, they must have thought it would be really rad to put in orange shag carpet (we found remnants), then in the 80's, the orange shag was replaced with brown low-pile, and now we're back to the wood! it's funny how fashions change...even with flooring.

in anycase, i feel alot better about our respiratory health now that the carpet is gone.
and the new floors make our apartment even more awesome than it already was. hurrah!

4th of july with seth and melinda

now that andy and i are back from france, we've got some catching up to do.
here are some shots i took on the 4th.
it was my first ever provo freedom festival experience, and i must say, provo is extremely patriotic.
we woke up early for the free french toast breakfast at macey's (awesome), then we headed over to the parade (not as awesome).
later in the day we hung out at seth and melinda's where we had delicious food and watched the fireworks. i wish i had taken some pictures of the fireworks because they were by far the best i've ever seen.