Memorial Weekend Mishaps to Happiness

So I'm a few weeks behind on this... but I finally downloaded pictures from my camera (along with some precious shots of the Herd Twins!) and have story-in-pictures to share. Meghan - there will be more house updates on the way, as promised.

So for now:

The pool, post paris (lovely, no? welcome home! you now have a pond) see, i told you it was bad...

and subsequent draining. It was shiney and blue by the next evening. dirty rat-b@astard pool. arggh

this is a sneaky picture from the dining room. so... we were having a couple boards replaced on our porch and - much to my delight (oh, wait...) the whole damn thing needed replacing. nice... so this is the workers finishing up the new floor joists.

and now, something pretty from the backyard to counteract the other backyard blunders:

and while lightening the mood here... this was fantastic. dinner with the Shanleys and for a bit of comic relief - look through the window over Erin's sholder. Um, that'd be Jim & Joe under the roof of the casita because it started raining while they were grilling. tee hee...

and as the grande finale on this crescendo.... pardon my elephant neck but, seriously - can a face express pure joy any better than little bit's here?? we weren't even spinning yet, it was just the countdown ...