Support beams - early 2016

        We had some strong winds that destabilized our fence. My dad and hubby put up a few temporary support beams. My dad has had to do the same to his fence a few times so he knew what to do. Eventually we will have to bite the bullet and get a new fence done by professionals, but honestly, we have more important things to do. I'm so thankful for the resourcefulness and wisdom my dad has when it comes to fixing things. It's slowly rubbing off on us! :-)

           My dad and hubby have also had to replace several fence boards on the other side of the house because the neighbor's dogs behind us keep popping them off in their attempts to fight my dogs. Thankfully when they have successfully managed to get into our yard they were all bark and no bite. They actually just played and ran around with my dogs. And when I stomped my foot and pointed at the hole they had dug and belly crawled through and said, "Go home!" they obeyed immediately LOL. But it doesn't mean replacing boards and blocking the dogs' view of each other doesn't get frustrating. I guess interacting with each other is the highlight of all of our dogs' day, so whatever makes them happy! lol

My dad measuring and cutting beams.

my dad giving out instructions

Hubby and my Dad

Dad making sure everything secure and stable

FlashBack: Mom's Pinterest win 2013

My mom saw this idea on Pinterest. She made herself one and decided she want to make another IN MY YARD! Hey, I'm not complaining! It's super cute!

 Super easy Pinterest win!

She's so cute! Born with a green thumb!

TA-DA!

Also, I'm proud to say the succulents are still alive today!

FlashBack: Painting deck 2013

      My dad and hubby painted our deck a few years ago. I found these pictures while updating my new computer and realized I had forgotten to share them.

Protecting our deck from the outside elements.

picking between several colors. We went with a grayish taupe (right).

 Finished! The boards across the bottom of the deck are there to keep the dogs from playing under the deck. Eventually I want to put something nicer, but for now it's working.

Our backyard looks so different from this picture now.

FlashBack: Deck 2013

         I don't know why I didn't post these pictures back when I took them, but I found them today  and wanted to share a few flash backs. I'll be posting an updated blog post with pictures of our back yard and deck in a few days. I'm waiting for our Crepe Myrtles to bloom :-)

When we first bought our house the back yard was a bit over grown, so we had it cleared out

Close up of our deck before we gave it a little face lift. 

Winston is on a leash because we had not fixed out fence yet 

 

 Winston always trying to be the center of everything lol

Father and son time. Deep talks about life. 

Winston! 

FlashBack: Fence

        Flash back to a few years ago when my dad helped us stabilize our fence, basically replacing our side. If we didn't have dogs we may not have bothered with it. I'm so thankful for the love and support of my parents and all the memories we collect together. My dad is really handy and can do many things Slowly hubby was learning to use my dad's collection of power tools and such.

 My mom decided she wanted to try out some of the power tools LOL

 I'm glad I caught this on camera!

 Our backyard before we fixed the deck 

No plants yet and grass is dead!

 

My dad did great! The fence is still standing today!

Tree trimming

       Nothing new lately. We haven't bought anything new for the house or started any new projects. It's been a bit slow. Hubby was laid off at the end of April, and found a job in June. I want to paint the outside of our back door and french doors in the dinning room. We also have the fireplace to tile. But we aren't in a rush.

       Today my dad came over and helped us trim our trees. He helped us cut some of the branches off our roof, and then helped us cut some branches in the back yard to make space for our growing Crepe Myrtle. 

      It's been extremely hot. Car temp read 105 degrees today. It's taken commitment to keep the grass alive. I'm out at least every other day setting up the sprinklers for an hour in each section. You'd think with all this watering our grass would be thriving and green, but it looks like it's one day from death, as you can see in the pictures. It's yellow, patchy and crunchy. I hope we get that heavy rain the forecast promised for tomorrow. July-August are always the hardest months on our plants.