NEW ADDITION!!!

 Boy...had you going on that one didn't I???? 
 Actually the new addition isn't to our home,

but to my cousin Heather & her husband Rick's home.

Welcome Madison Collins Eldredge, she was born on October 25.

Well she's not actually my cousin, her mom is,
so would that make Heather my first cousin once removed???
Then Madison (Maddie) would be my first cousin twice removed???

Or would Heather be my second cousin & Maddie my third???

Guess it's time for some research since this family just keeps growing!

 

Isn't she just adorable???

Patio's almost finished!

The grouting begins on Oct 18th .......Mandy has a bit of a challenge (but what else is new?) working within the confines of the tarp (which went up on the 26th of Sept...but who's counting?) and it was dark, like working in a cave. We've had some high winds and some heavy rains; at times that tarp was just flapping! Grouting was finished on the 21st and after the rains stopped long enough for the tarp to dry out, we were finally able to take it down on the 26th, a month to the day! You don't realize how much natural light came in through those windows...our poor plants were gasping for sunlight (kind of like us this time of year).

The second installation of the upstairs patio came out beautiful, let's all hope this is also the last installation (at least in my lifetime!). Just a little trim work left now....

Smoothing things out....

You'd hardly ever know there was a house there now; all graded off;
well except for the large mound of dirt just hanging out there
begging for my nephew to just come & dig in it.... 
Now there's a Tonka Truck pile if ever I've seen one....
Sure does make a much nicer view than the "camp" that was there,
not to mention the rottweiler/pit bull mix that's no longer part of the neighborhood :)

Patio Re-do Take 2

The tiling begins.......

And tell me what exactly are the odds that it's on the same day.....

3 years apart?!?!?!?

So....what do you think of the new color?