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The First Day of Fall is Here

I love this time of year! Fall/Autumn is usually not too hot and not too cold; perfect weather for gardening in, and …

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A lot of catching up to do

I really haven’t been motivated to blog lately, but I figured over the next couple of days I’d finally post what we’ve …

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Day at the lake with Grandma

On Thursday we had Brett, Laura, Mason, and Grandma over to our house. We ordered burgers for delivery from Uncle Kelly’s friend …

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4th of July Photos

Whew! Finally got this monster of a post out…I hope it doesn’t take forever to load on anyone’s computer…sorry about that!   …

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A visit from Steven

On Tuesday afternoon, our friend Steven came to visit from Las Vegas. He had an appointment with the V.A. in Long Beach …

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More pics

Here are some more pictures of Makayla and Alyssa wearing their gorgeous dresses that George got for them in India! George was …

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Unwelcome Visitor

I guess it’s getting to be that time of year again…rattlesnake season. Yikes. Josh and I had been out all day again, …

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Fruits of our labor

Here is the first fruit we’ve picked and eaten! One little strawberry! It was good; maybe a little tart. I probably should have …

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New additions to our family

Yesterday Josh and I went to Petsmart and had a sample of our pond water analyzed. They said everything was in the …

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my Mom’s birthday! We wish her the best and happiest of days! 🙂  On Sunday we will get to see …

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Rainy Days

Yesterday and today have been drizzly and rainy. Today we’re staying indoors all day and making a roast for dinner…perfect weather for …

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We finally have a lawn again!

It’s wonderful to look out the window and see GREEN again! Our sod was put in today…we’re very glad that this construction …

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Delivery

Our Armstrong plants arrived yesterday! I had called other nurseries to see if a Royal Lee cherry was available (they didn’t have …

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Our Frog Pond

Ever since we bought our house and moved here we loved the yard but knew we wanted to do something to improve …

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Josh planted tomatoes!

Today we went to Armstrong nursery and ordered most of our fruit trees! I had called them to see if they had the …