Deck Destruction..dunt dunt dahhhhh

We look a bit ferocious in these pics. haha. Well tearing down a rotting deck will do that to oneself. Today marked the beginning of the tear down process for our old deck. Actually, mother nature was doing a pretty good job already. The deck was previously made with untreated wood, conveniently rotting away as it had not been painted in a while. This made the use of sledge hammers quite easy! It was even rainy, windy and cold today, but we demolished any way. After almost stepping through a hole in the deck, i decided to get down and do all demolishing from the ground. Our new supplies are being delivered tomorrow (friday) and we plan to begin building on saturday. Yippee!!! Funny thing is that snow is falling down as we speak. 3 inches to fall by tomorrow. What a trip. Well, thank goodness it will be 50 by saturday. We have never built a deck before. I made birdhouses when i was little. Does that count? (jk, joe is going to do amazing with this deck. i am pretty handy with a drill when i have to be, too) more pictures to com...

babysitting 101

We got the chance to babysit Joe's sister's kids last week. What a blast! We had pigs in a blanket, mac'n cheese, green beans & ice cream for desert. yum. Then a walk outside. Funny story was that the kids asked to see down into our sewer system (it is covered with a cement lid in the backyard, and they were curious as to what it was). Joe told them it was our poop hole. (oh my) and so they shouted "we want to see down in it!" then the chanting open it open it open it!!! Alas, the lid came off, noses crinkled, and Nathan promptly said "oh, ok you can close it up now." What a hoot.

After a quiet storytime and a quick video it was time to go. One thing convenient about being uncle & aunt...the kids go home at the end of the day. :) But we love 'em and hope to do it again.

puppies

Here are the abandoned puppies we found at Heartland a few weeks ago! 3 females, 1 male. They were starving, so we brought them home, fed them, and gave them a good night's rest. We took them to the Mt. Gilead Dog Rescue the next day (same place we found Molly) and they were taken in. It was so much fun to have them, though! Definitely made us think about what life would be like with another furry friend...but then we thought again ;) Maybe someday! Molly had a good time with the little ones, too. It hurts to know that someone just dropped these guys off...they were so loving! Well, we hope they find great homes!

A winter past...

So, this was the drift on our deck about 1 month ago....we were surprised the thing didn't give way underneath the weight! :) Molly loved it, needless to say.
Here we are playing in the yard, enjoying the amazing amount of snow...thankfully its all gone now!
What I thought would be a fun, innocent picture of our day in the snow...
turned into a rather hilarious moment. I was totally oblivious, up until this exact moment. haha! Look out joe...i know where you live.
Sometimes i like to think that Joe has read a bit too many Calvin & Hobbes comics :) He had a blast making these with kids at Heartland a while ago. Did you notice the dog? I love this man....