Front of house

We decided to take a picture of the front of our house sometime after we moved here almost 3 1/2 years ago. It's funny how things can change in such a short time.

What the frontyard looks like now.


As you can see, the roof is a different color, there is a tree missing from the front yard (actually two but you cannot see the other one in the first picture), the only tree in the back now is from the neighbors yard (he also added the white fence on the left), and the flowerbed has a lot more color. And, the tree right in front of the house is quite a bit larger than before. I wonder how big it will be in 3 1/2 more years?

Tree

On May 22, we had to get our big oak tree in the backyard cut down due to an infestation of mold and attack from woodpeckers. It wasn't all the way dead yet but we decided it would be best to bring it down or risk it possibly falling on our house and costing a lot of money in the future.

Here's the before picture.

In the process of being cut down.

The large pile of mulch left over by the stump grinder. We ended up putting some of this in the flower beds and the rest we spread over the part of the yard where there is not grass yet.

The new tree we bought to replace the one that came down but a little further back than the original. Our plans are to eventually buy some more grass to fill in the yard and to have a gazebo built so we can chill in the backyard.

Florida-Part 2

Here's some more pictures from our trip to Florida.

Footprints in the sand

Me in the ocean

Brian in the ocean

Couusin Heather, Josh, and Rain met up with us the night before we left for a visit and dinner. Below is Heather and her son, Josh.

Heather and husband, Rain

Heather and I

Brian and I before we headed back home. Can you tell we got some sun?

Florida-Part 1

The view from our balcony.

Brian called this place the poor man's Sea World. While at the Gulfarium, we watched a dolphin show.

We also watched a sea lion show.

Had a little visit with the crocs. Do you see him?

And made a new friend.

Road Signs

Here are the road signs we passed on our way to Destin, Florida. We left on April 25 and returned home on May 1. We were driving as these were taken so the quality may not be optimal on all pictures.

Louisiana

Mississippi

Alabama-We actually had to stop and take this picture because we lost the camera for a few minutes when we stopped to eat. It somehow slipped under the driver's side seat when we got out.

Florida

Destin, Florida

Navarre Beach, Florida-On our way back home passing through the town where Heather, Rain and Josh live.

Jordan and Peyton's 3rd and 2nd Birthday Party

Mark and Ashlee had the boys' birthday party at the zoo this year.

This is the cake Mom had made for them.

The boys decided to dig in before we sang "Happy Birthday."

PRESENTS!


This is one of the gifts I got for the boys' room since it went with the whole "zoo" theme.