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WOW! What an eventful couple of weeks. We had our 2nd Annual Summer BBQ and had a great time! Here is a pic of Jamie with his new Birthday BBQ

His grandma Hazel even came out for the weekend to join us. The whole weekend was wonderful! Thanks to everyone that came out.

I then went to Baltimore for work and was able to drive down to my brothers house in Virginia for a few days. Derrick's Place



He and Alisha have put a lot of work into the house, especially the basement. I don't have any before pics on it but they showed me and WOW what a difference! They also had a 4th of July BBQ on Sunday and Derrick put on a great fireworks show! What a great time! I loved meeting all of his co-volunteers from the fire department (which is literally across the street!) I also got to go to work with Alisha and saw her produce a teaching video. That was very interesting!

So 2 great weekends in a row! Fantastic!

What a great weekend! Julia came over on Friday and we had a great day together. The family came for a BBQ and the evening weather was really good (mid-day was VERY bad!) I am so glad she is closer than Colorado but I want her in La Crescenta again!!!

We had a great weekend! On Saturday we finished putting in the stepping stones and then Jamie had the idea of filling in the sides with gravel so we bought a 500 lb (not sure if that is right but it sure seemed like it!) and Tom helped up put it down and spread them around. We are both so very happy with how it turned out!!!! My cousin Renee said it almost looks like a professional designed the backyard! WOW What a compliment!
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After

Last weekend we worked on the backyard a lot. We put those stepping stones back and bought a bunch more. We still need about 15 more and then we'll be done with that! We already put the picnic table back and it looks great! This weekend we are going to finish the stones, clean the deak and tables and consider ourselves done with the backyard!!!

I think most of you know that we let Orange Cat (Orangie) start living in the house at night (sometimes all day too when she doesn't want to leave in the morning!) She's taken to it very well as if she has been there forever! We took her to the vet today to get the big lump on her tummy removed. Well after the doctor looked at it, he said it has doubled in size and is up inside her too. They think it is breast cancer (in a cat?) so even if they remove it, it will probably come back. Since it doubled in size the price for the surgery went way up too so we decided, all things considered, to not do the surgery. Orangie was happy though because I took her back home!

Have a great 3-day weekend!!!

WOW! Look what we found on our roses this morning! A bee swarm. Very cool. I assume it will be gone by tonight.

Another freak thing happened this morning. Orangie brought a dead mouse in the house and ate it. I guess I am glad she ate it so i didn't have to clean it up!

We had a really good weekend that ended with Jamie and I and the Firepit in back. Verey nice and relaxing. One of my favorite parts was trying out the poker table on our new dining table! It was so nice to have it fit and not have to use a book and side table to prop up the end of it!