Pool Party

On Memorial Day, after we visited Grandma, we went down to Trudi & Daniel's house to officially break in their pool with an afternoon pool party. They had invited another family with 4 kids, so with their own 3 kids included there was a total of 70 little fingers & toes splashing in the pool! (not including those 60 bigger fingers & toes). After a yummy supper of hotdogs & hamburgers a few of us had fun climbing trees. :)

Grandma's Garden [update]

On Monday (Memorial Day) we went over to visit Grandma and to check up on her garden. She was very happy to see us since she hadn't been feeling well earlier in the day. She seemed happy for the company.

Her garden is doing great! Since we last saw her she has added two new rows of beets to her garden. The Lima beans, green beans and tomatoes are also looking very healthy. The potted corn seems to also be growing well in spite of their close quarters. It will be interesting to see how that turns out! :)

While we were there, we also trimmed a crape myrtle bush that had been damaged (about 60% of it) by the hard freeze we had a couple of months ago.

Beh-beh Ducks

Yesterday (5.27.07) we went to the Chickamauga Dam Park to throw frisbees and watch boats. We also saw these baby ducks.

Bye-bye!

Rock Town

Last Sabbath a group of us drove down to LaFayett, GA for an afternoon hike. After a 1 hour drive we had to hike about a mile before we finally reached our destination - a cluster of rock formations called, Rock Town.

This photo is a good representation of some of the many cool formations we saw.

These rocks where perfect for "boldering" and practicing your rock climbing techniques.

We climbed up a big rock and found this little grassy patch on top.
The perfect location for a private picnic.

This sequence of photos shows Er!c crawling through a small hole in the rocks and then reappearing a few minutes later down a side canyon... Ta-Da!!!!

This was the view from atop the mountain (where Rock Town was)

Todd & Er!c jumping the chasm...

Our Anniversary

May 15, 2007
Today was our 2 year Anniversary.

"Happy Anniversary to us, Happy Anniversary to us..."

Compost Cage

Yesterday we built a compost cage and loaded it up with a pile of already-composting leaves and sticks. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a good healthy compost pile because there were already lots of earthworms in the mix! :)

Lazy Tofu

Our cat Tofu was lazing around in a pool of sunlight one afternoon and let me take some great photos of her.

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Around The Yard

Here's a recent photo of our back yard at dusk.

The above photo is of the new neighborhood directly behind us. New houses have recently been going in left and right. The two in the middle just went up this past week (our house is right in the middle at the end of the cul-de-sac).

We bought a new hibiscus bush last week and it has the most beautiful blossoms!

We decided to removed the row of cardboard boxes and build a "real" shelf with 3 upside-down terracotta pots and a shelving board.

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