Alan's first business venture

Alan designed these puzzles. He drew out these little dinosaurs and then I copied them onto the wood and cut them out for him. He wants to see if they will sell. He's so excited about it. So I listed them on etsy. If you click on my shop to the left, you will see them up for sale.

Leveling the ground

So last week we saw that our pool was a bit unlevel. Knowing that it could fall over if we left it, we had to drain it and level the ground underneath it. For two days the kids and I worked in the heat and humidity digging up the grass and moving it.They're smiling here, but it was really hard work. We finally got all the grass up, so then it was time to time to level it. Tom leaves for work too early in the morning to do it, and by the time he's home in the afternoon it's close to 100 degrees. So, knowing that we were anxious to have our pool back, he asked the missionaries to come and help. They did a really good job, but they were so tired and hot from all the work, they needed a little break. They hung out and played with the kids on the trampoline, then had lunch on the deck with them, and read them stories. And now we have a nice level ground for our pool. Yay! Just in time because it's reeeaaally hot these days.