I feel like I am spending a lot of my summer catching up from the last thing or getting ready for the next. Here are some birthday pics of my (gulp) five year old Mary. She had a princess tea party with a few friends a couple weeks ago. It was the first friend party she's had and the first really planned party I've ever done. The girls wore fancy dresses and we made tea cups and crowns. We ate homemade princess cake. It was a lot of fun.

This Old House

It isn't finished yet, but it's looking so much better. Many thanks to Brian and his dad as well as Everette and Dallas. I am really happy with the color. We're in discussion about the door color (red or strip the color and go natural) as well as the shake shingles to go on the front porch.

Happy 4th of July!

We're (Elijah, Emily and I) are off to the boat this morning--Mary has been up there since Thursday. Brian is staying behind to finish siding the house. Have a safe and happy 4th everyone! I'll be glad when our computer isn't broken anymore and we can upload NEW pictures.