Hot Time in July

The house continues to make progress, mostly inside, but the porch is coming along as well.
Maybe grass will actually grow in this backyard.

Trying out the new stairs.


The electrical is coming along.

Testing out the facilities.

This gave Ellie the opportunity to use one of her favorite words: "poo".

(and no I didn't)

Hayley is about 3 or 4 weeks away from having the next handful; just in time, little Miss Independent is wanting to do things on her own anyway, (sort of).

Then, in spite of temps near 100, we went on a picnic to the Prince William Forest Park with Adam, Hayley, Ellie and the mutts.

Grandpa taught her that hitting a tree is cool fun.

It was stinking hot, as the dogs are clearly demonstrating at the park.

Ellie and Adam went exploring.

These knuckleheads did too.

"Hey everybody, I'm back!"

The Montclair fireworks were great.

Ellie was kind of scared of them but the freeze pop with Gpa was good.

...and learning to roll down a hill at the golf course wasn't bad either. She saw the other kids doing it and had to join in.

Yeehahhhhh!

If anyone is willing to go outside, Ellie is happy.

And then the water gets turned on.....

The dogs were happy and looney.

Dog heaven!

Ellie loves the water almost as much as the dogs. She can't resist water, clothes and all.