Well we had a great time at the Mahoney Bar-B-Q slash water fight... which was delayed by a very adventuresome 2 hour search for water baloons. Above are some photos of the day. Thanx for all the food and fellowship everyone. I still think we should get together more often. By the way Ryan... I win!!
OK, so it took more than a day or two but here are the pictures of the kids I promised. The last one is Matt and Xan combing Izaak's hair... if only they were this nice to each other all the time. We also have Sid then Zaak then Matt then Xan and missing from this particular photo shoot is Elliott... I promise to add Elliott to this post as soon as he returns from his mothers.
Here are a few pictures to let you see the progress I've made in the yard. As some of you know this is my major project for the summer and is nearing completion. Even though the "Yard fund" has been exhausted I think we are still on track for completion in early fall. My goal is to hydro seed with in a month to six weeks. most of the hard part is done its just a matter of waiting for the funds to trickle in. the front yard just needs a couple minor touches to be completely ready for seed but the back has a few bigger items to be completed. Once the wall is finished I can install the last the sprinkler heads and then its just a matter of grading and moving a lot of topsoil to the back yard. The topsoil is the hard part since I only have four feet of clearance on each side of the house it must be done by hand. I'm told that there is a conveyor that will launch it over my roof into a pile back there but the cost outweighs the benefit. Anyhow, I hope all that can be done before winter so my grass won't die over the winter.
