Outdoor kitchen is completed..Fresh spaghetti sauce! Good bye luncheon for Aaron! Projects for our kids!

Lori, Russell, Aaron, Mason, Chloe, Me, Christina, Ken, Eric and Seth 💕
We met again at OTP Auburn to say goodbye to Aaron! 2 times in 
one week! So glad we were able to make this happen! 💖💙

 The outdoor kitchen expansion is finished! Of course, is anything ever really finished?! Ken got the last four rows of pavers done this week. We added about 100 sq feet to the original kitchen and we love it! Now to get to the decorating and moving stuff around to see what works best. There's a few things I want to order, but they'll have to wait until we're back from our yearly anniversary trip. 

An added 5 x 20 foot. Just a perfect size now! 

So, the week was spent at home and doing some running around in Reno and Carson City. A trip to Gardnerville to pick up some prescriptions for Ken too. 

Lori sent home a bunch of veggies from her garden so
made some delicious spaghetti one day and let it meld
for a couple. Turned out amazing, if I do say so myself LOL

Used ground turkey for the meat 

Zoodles for the spaghetti noodles. Cuts the carbs and calories
way down and was ohh so good! 

Saturday Karen joined us for Champagne  Saturday. College
football was on so it changed. I made bacon, lettuce and tomato
sandwiches with Turkey bacon. I made her a virgin bloody mary
but Ken decided to have a real one. YUM! 

Sunday, we met family in Auburn again to have a send off to college luncheon for Aaron. Another great time was had by all for a few hours. Hopefully he can come home for Thanksgiving, but we shall see. 

Today I spent a lot of time in the kitchen to get a few things for the trip done. Ken just brought the Mansion over from her parking spot over near John and Karen's place. Now to get busy packing! LOL. 

Conder Ranch beef we picked  up last weekend. OH so good!
He took a pound and made 4 burgers out of it. So half of mine 
he had for breakfast this morning. Grilled onions, oh yum!

Mine on the left, with a low carb burger bun! Oh so good, but
way too much! 

Russell and Lori have had their own project going so I've got a few pictures here. 

Wish I had before and after pics..they had a slatted cover for 20 years or so.
This one is so much better and new furniture always helps! 💙

Russell's outdoor kitchen. He's got lots of seating and places for company
to sit! Love what he did with pavers and rock! 

Eric and Christina have their own project going on at their house. Painting after being there about 20 years. Looks so good! 

Seth and Mason helping with the painting! 

Before

After 

Seth working on the trim 

Gotta love the red door!! 

Changed out our flags today. Third American Flag since December , 1st for the Navy we
had since December. Decided to go a little different for next few months. The wind
and weather here is brutal on the flags. Support Our Troops with the branches listed. 

We're at John and Karen's watching the hairy grandkids. They are a mess so we're staying the night while Karen is in Reno going to an appointment with John tomorrow. Couldn't leave them by themselves as they seem depressed that mom isn't home. 😔 An early morning to get everything loaded for a Wednesday departure! 

Have a good night! 

Perfect night for an outdoor fire!