Slice of Heaven

How Time Flies!!!

Wow! Has it really already been a month since I posted on here??? I guess once June got here, our family went into overdrive, and we have just now slowed down long enough to take a break! Several people have asked me if we ever finished our room, and I guess we did, so check out the webshots page for updated pictures in that "room remodel" album for the almost final product! We still have not put in actual carpet (it is just a remnant on top of old linoleum), but it works for now. There also isn't really much on the walls, but those things will get added as they come to us. But everything is painted and structual changes are all done. Next winter project, the bathroom, hopefully :)

Another big project around here was the addition of an above-ground pool to our backyard. We have wanted to put one in right off the deck for a while, but didn't think it was possible with the grade of the hill, and had resolved to putting it up in the field behind Heather's parents' barn (not the ideal location). When the excavator came to prepare the site, he convinced us that it really could go where we wanted, without costly retaining walls or drainage issues. He maneuvered that bobcat and sloped/graded our hill like a baker icing a cake! It was amazing! Now we have a pool right off the deck that the kids can enjoy and not have to hike across the field to get to it. Our weekends since the installation have been spent planting grass, landscaping with rock around the pool, and building a deck/bridge from our existing deck to get to the pool! Heather is planning on hopefully being able to teach some lessons later in July to some kids from our home school coop.

Eric and Bay have been busy with swim team this summer-practice every morning and swim meets (the whole family gets involved) twice a week in the evenings. Bay has been practicing hard, and is almost ready to swim in a meet. They love the time swimming every day and making new summer friends.

We have enjoyed some unusually cool summer weather so far up here, and have only just today turned on the a/c because of humidity. It has been nice to have the house open and airy for so long into the summer. Hopefully the a/c won't have to stay on for too long!

I am adding pictures to our webshots album, so explore some new photos when you get the chance.