Duplex update

We had to evict some unpaying renters a couple months ago...

...who left the house and yard in a dirty, disgusting, desperate, dire, dismal, disastrous, desolate state...is that enough 'd' adjectives to describe the mess we had to clean up!

Tyler filled in the dog's hole in the backyard and planted grass...it's finally looking green back there now. We took 2 trailor loads to the dump and did some deep cleaning, then I started painting the whole interior (we painted the exterior a few months ago, and I still need to finish the trim...) We finally have new renters as of August 1st! after 4 months of no rent, this is a big relief! :)

Finley Family Gathering

The Finley brothers and sisters, minus one...wish you were here G.G.!

Spouses, and all the cousins and 2nd cousins and....big family! looking good at 80+ :)

Summer-time!

This is how we're spending our long, hot summer days =) Splashing in the hot tub, Jumping on the trampoline, Playing with friends! :)

Chasing Marigold and Little Pickle around the yard :)

Ashley and Anthony's wedding

Tyler's cousin Ashley got married! Her daughter, Alizabeth, was born a month before Isaac (it was supposed to be Ali & Abi ;) haha...

the 2nd generation Lewis cousins: Our family:
Someone finally lost their 2 front teeth!! :D
The Bride was so kind enough to dance with the toothless girl! (since her dance partner kept falling on the ground!)
Many blessings to you Ashley and Anthony and Ali! :)

blogging

I wish I had more time for this. but I get on facebook and end up chatting with friends and looking at their posts and pictures and I run out of time and energy to post on my blog. but I know a lot of family is not on facebook and looks to the blog for updates of our family. right? should I continue? I want to and I will try to. I have 1593 pictures from our 2 weeks in Germany, Denmark and Salzburg, Austria! :O I take a lot of pictures :)) I won't put all of them on here but I will make some time to post about our adventures in Europe...soon! but now I must sleep...