These mussels where used in the fish chowder, which was the first course.

Whole lotta scraping on the front side

We finally got the sod laid in the backyard. It looks SO great.

Ben is a champion. He filled in the entire pond with dirt, did all of the prepwork and ground clearing around the area.

And also, my lower back is KILLING ME.

You can see before picutres of the pond here. We really did love the way the pond looked and stuff but it was one problem after the other after the other. This way we have more backyard space to use and enjoy with MUCH less hassle.

Here my sister in law is preparing her daughter for her dance recital, it ended up going pretty well.

These mussels were picked out the bay at low tide, and hand delivered to us 20 minutes later. Hows that for fresh?

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Trip is doing all the dirty work here. I think he was stirring for about five minutes or so. How much sugar goes into sweet tea anyway?

Gina ladling chili into borrowed Crock-Pots

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I can not find biscuit cutter here to save my life. Since I still haven't bough any online (i will soon) I've been using the O in my LOVE cookie cutters. Ghetto fab, baby.

Note front door sticker.

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West den wall. I would almost admit that I like the contrasting colors. If I wasn't thinking resale on the house I may have just as well left it alone and sealed the strips and left off the stain.

We finally got the sod laid in the backyard. It looks SO great.

Ben is a champion. He filled in the entire pond with dirt, did all of the prepwork and ground clearing around the area.

And also, my lower back is KILLING ME.

You can see before picutres of the pond here. We really did love the way the pond looked and stuff but it was one problem after the other after the other. This way we have more backyard space to use and enjoy with MUCH less hassle.

for cod with black beans

After all that hard work my sons did, I made them fudge brownies ^_^

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Face paint for the little hobo.

After climbing the Andes, we came back down to Santiago and visited Mercado Central, the city’s bustling market, before flying back to the United States.

Green onions, tomatoes.

We finally got the sod laid in the backyard. It looks SO great.

Ben is a champion. He filled in the entire pond with dirt, did all of the prepwork and ground clearing around the area.

And also, my lower back is KILLING ME.

You can see before picutres of the pond here. We really did love the way the pond looked and stuff but it was one problem after the other after the other. This way we have more backyard space to use and enjoy with MUCH less hassle.

i have cards everywhere, ones I've removed off the drying rack, and haven't packaged yet but will.

Thursday will be the bag-a-thon, or what I fondly refer to it by, I need to get everything packaged up, and ready for Friday.

Den wall looking West. Paint is a copper metallic. Took about 4 coats to finish it. That doesn't include the 2 coats of primer.