Mike wasted no time buying a tractor that's
bigger than Robert's! Here he uses it to take out the trash, but he mostly likes
to push dirt around in anticipation of building a pond
Mike built a bridge over one of the streams on our property. He hopes
to build a small pond eventually.
Our deer introduced their new crop
as soon as the green leaves appeared
Rains let up long enough to
paint the exterior in the spring
Our first major purchase was a rug and a new leather
couch set for the sunroom
We finally bought a comfortable guest bed!
We invested our income tax refund on our first
real dining room table, expandable to seat 12
We settled on tile for the upstairs
bathroom, and Mike finished the basics just in time for our first batch of
visiting relatives. Sierra wanted a tropical seashore color scheme. She already
had a lot of sea turtle decor, and we bought the towel hooks in St. Augustine
at Christmas. Next on the list is to put up a wallpaper border with sea
turtles...and maybe some yellow or green paint
Mike installed a woodstove in the basement
to keep warm in his workshop, minimize heating bills upstairs, and occasionally
"test" the smoke alarms throughout the house
One of the first additions to the basement
was a foosball table. Kyle, Zac, Mary, and Sierra test it out at Thanksgiving, 2003
