Enjoying the evening outside. Didn't do the fire pit but lit the tiki torches. I sprayed myself with repellent (except for my face)and Alyssa didn't. She ended up with 10 mosquito bites on her legs. I ended up with a big one in the middle of my forehead! Guess those critters just love the girls!

Playing some croquet in the back yard.

Enjoying the pool.

Kids having a backyard tea party.

Before and after picture of the house. After includes new roof, windows, exterior trim painted white, garage door and trees trimmed. You may notice the tall tree leaning over behind the house that the top is split in a V shape. We had the top removed and it looks much better - not to mention much safer! That doesn't even include everything we did inside or on the deck. And to think when we purchased it we didn't think there was much to change. Ha! :)

Poison Ivy

Weeding in the front yard and saw what I thought might be poison ivy. I pulled it because I didn't really think it could be poison ivy in our yard - it's usually found in the heavy woods, right? Wrong! I had gloves on so thought I'd be fine if it really was. Later on I noticed a rash on the side of my face and behind my ear. (Then I remembered that I had some hair in my face so brushed it off and tucked it behind my ear). Several days later noticed a big rash on the side of my leg. Not sure how it got there but it's been about 2 weeks now and finally clearing up.