Jon loves us

See how much Jon loves us:
We didn't make him work alone though. We helped too:

Uh, I mean, we helped too:

Now our house looks beautiful! No more two-toned house. (I know, technically it's always been more than 2 tones, but you know what I mean.)

Hooray! Thank you Jon!!

Special thanks to Charlie & Tenielle for the use of their freakishly cool ladder!

Before and After

I decided I needed a break from studying so here are some before and after pictures of our house. The backyard pictures aren't exactly "before" since we pulled out some of the worst stuff before we thought to take pictures and it doesn't show the beautiful trenches along the sides that were so kindly dug for us by the many dogs who used to live here. But here is what it used to look like:

And here it is now:

Notice how we have lawn instead of clumps of grass - impressive, eh? I especially like how Everett and Simon's front end loader and dump truck were ready to work when we needed them and then started playing soccer once the job was done.

Here's the other major project we've tackled, the bathroom. It went from PINK:




To green(ish) neutral non-color color. Think it's an improvement?

Everett loved the pink, but even he likes the new bathroom better than the old.