Sunrise from the deck

We attempt to create the Garden of Eden on a rocky mountain hillside

The Arizona girls go back to school

Our amazing Maddi and her hula hoop

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It's been a busy July so far!

Taylor came out for a week of tennis camp, and Pat, Maddi and Scott joined us over the 4th. Then they left when we had other company arriving on Saturday.

Saturday, 07-07-07, was the day to celebrate my 7oth birthday. Hugh put on a hot dog fest.

Well, I helped to get together all the fixin's for the hot dogs, but Hugh did the cooking.

And here I am, all 70 years and a few pounds of me. See all that muscle around my middle?

Muscle is good, when it comes to digging in this stony dirt around here.

And muscle really helps when you are moving and arranging all these rocks.

Carolyn and Jim brought us a squirrel-proof bird-feeder. Now, we have discovered that we need a raccoon-proof feeder!

Here's how an almost 70-year-old stays healthy

It requires a pick ax and the side of a rocky mountain, and lugging big rocks from wherever you find them. Then, you lug bags of topsoil and mix it in, then stick some plants in the ground, and then carry a few 25lb bags of mulch from the other side of the yard . . . . .
It all helps you sleep well at night, and improves your tennis game.

The next day, you try a different exercise, but on the same rocky mountain soil.

The next day, if you're wise, you hire a landscaper.

Christina Graduates!

I forgot to include the kitchen!

Here is the kitchen, and I love it!

And we had a major accomplishment over the weekend

Maybe by winter there will be room for my car, too.

Latest photos — we get more and more settled every day

The screened porch

The little deck between the house and the garage (by the back door of the house)

The office/4th bedroom (in the basement)

Looking into the house from the screened porch

The deck

looking up, at the deck and the front door

looking up, at the deck and screened porch

The house and the garage

The library/game/play area in the basement

Hugh's stained glass on the left of the front door. He is almost finished with the one for the right side. Aren't you proud of him?

Another Luau in Fredericksburg as Taylor turns 12

The boxes don't seem to want to go away, but here are some inside photos!

The living room

The master bedroom

The basement rec room

The "Americana" bedroom

And the third bedroom

We have a REAL occupancy permit! And boxes everywhere!

The inside photos will come later, when we have emptied more of the boxes!

And here we are

We have a "temporary" occupancy permit, which means we can actually live in the house, but the garage is not yet finished, and the outside of the house is not painted, guttered, etc. This allows us to get a lot of our stuff out of the old house and keep it "staged" for potential buyers.

And as luck would have it, the new furniture that we ordered for the living room was delivered on the same day that we had occupancy. We think it looks wonderful, if maybe a little bare!

Occupancy is imminent!

Here is Hugh's favorite spot

and I guess the laundry room and kitchen will be my favorites