GUILTY AS CHARGED!

So it isn't our watering day.....it is after watering hours....we're not supposed to wash our driveways....and I just did! Our neighbor honked as he was leaving his driveway....was he honking goodbye to his wife....was he honking to let me know he saw me....was he honking goodbye to me because he was going to turn me in?????All these questions....no simple answers. LONG LIVE THE DELTA SMELT!

REUNIONS....

According to MAX....just friends!

The custodian!

Look out Nate!

The professional biker

Dynamic duo

Another dynamic duo

Guess who ate Strawberry Waffles at our house today?

Sleepy Liam and Mom











So here's Ryan and his Aunt Vanessa with their babies......












Ho Hum!


















Rachel, Liam with aunt Vanessa, Rebecca

The amazing catalpa tree!

This tree h as been so beautiful this year...from the deck it makes me feel like I am in Hawaii..I'm not sure the photos will do it justice.









We got this tree as a volunteer, from Grace Reid...so we have had it a long time, but it has really finally blossomed...






































I just added this photo because I love the new doors from the dining room....from the inside, you really feel the 'outside' coming in....Does that make sense?

Uh Oh!!!!!!!

So I wanted to add a photo for posterity that shows my husband's ingenious solution! 'Jack 'of all trades :)











We discovered a very disturbing situation with our wonderful new deck....on the south side it had dropped about 4 inches! After taking off a few deck boards, we discovered the support board attached to the block wall, had detached from the wall....

Doesn't look like we will run out of projects...We jacked it up....had trouble fitting jacks under the board, so Dad rigged up a pulley system where he balanced a large jack on top of the wall, pulled the deck up...we had to do it in sections...there were some painful crunching sounds....now all he has to do is put some larger bolts into the wall and assume they will hold it...