Duck herder

Ollie is qualified for a new job! He was entertained by the ducks at the restaurant in my hometown.

Hills of Athens

The boys are enjoying the new terrain in our yard. Landon wished there was snow already covering the ground but their scooters will do for now as a means of transportation down the hill.

Clara Margaret

Clara is trying to keep up with the boys. She is still easy going and laid back, constantly smiling, and always looking for someone to wave at.

Park

We discovered a new park in town a little less popular and the boys had fun for a while but got bored easily interacting with each other and not a new face. Before they got bored with each other they followed each other down the slide. Landon discovered a short chin up bar and was doing flips off.

Lunch date

We had a lunch date with some of our dear friends from high school. Geoffrey has sheep, 3 (about to be 4) donkeys, a llama and dogs. We love going over to see the animals. Sitting on tractors never gets old, especially tractors that they have never rode on. They also got a golf cart ride. Clara was even climbing the fence.
Funny how we only go to Geoffrey's house maybe two/three times a year but Landon knows exactly where Geoffrey keeps the toys!
It was great to see friends and let our kids play together.

The wall

We were having water leak into the basement when it rained. We, Craig, Craig's dad and my dad, dug up old tile footers to drain water away from the house and replaced it with new. Tree roots had grown into the tile making it impossible for water to flow away. Then we built a retaining wall to get rid of overgrown bushes and help with water flow. So far we have had no water in the basement. The former owners were quoted a price of $7000 to fix the problem with a French drain and a sump pump (that would not have prevented water from coming in the house) do we fixed it for good (knock on wood) for about $2000. We never could have fixed it without the help of our parents though! Thank you for all your help and hard work!

Clara Margaret

Clara learned to crawl the day before we moved. She didn't use the traditional method but rather dragged her one leg and walked with the other. She's just starting the traditional method 3 weeks later. She has also started to walk holding hands, conquered the stairs, all 14 of them, and will sometimes walk pushing the scooter.
She's growing to fast.