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The old deck just moments before Paul started tearing it out. We had just finished breakfast together-cinnamon rolls/fruit and several cups of coffee

New Deck

Earlier this spring, we realized that the deck on the back of our house was in serious trouble. Orginally built in 1979,  much of it had rotted to the point where the deck had come detached from the house and had sunk 4 inches from it’s original height.  Not a good situation. The front porch [...]

Our neighbors, Tom and Cathy

We’re Hooked

Due to a variety of life circumstances, our original plan to hike the Current River Section of the Ozark Trail  in Missouri this weekend, morphed into a hike on trails in SE Minnesota.  SE Minnesota is less than 4 hours from DSM, whereas the Ozark Trail is 7 hours away. So we and our neighbors, Tom and Cathy, went [...]

Marley turned 2 on Saturday, April 3rd! Kim and Paul had plans to host the pizza party in their newly finished back-yard, but it RAINED! So we all went inside their cozy almost finished basement apartment to celebrate Marley's two years of life.

Easter Weekend in GR

A few pics here, of some happenings in GR this past weekend:     All in all, it was a great weekend. Except for the rain during Marley’s birthday party, the weather was sunny and pleasantly warm. The cousins really enjoyed eachother and so did the bigger people:)