Photo of the Day

Wow! Is this not the most beautiful child? This is my great-neice, Maddyson. She's my nephew Adam and Kara Kerley's baby. So cute!

Front House After

The porch is begun.... roofing it here.

Jug and helpers did this entire project. The "Crackle Barrel" porch REALLY added to the house--so charming! It's also like having another room to the house. We use it a LOT. It's just a slice of heaven! I've spent so much time this morning finding photo files, resizing them so they can be uploaded--was hoping to get some of how it looks now. It'll have to wait until tomorrow......

All done here except for pouring the floor....

Floor is poured here

And stained here

All done except for a little grass....

Front House Before

This was taken in like April or May of 2005 before we'd actually even made an offer--I think, anyway. I think I have better outside shots somewhere and if I come across them, I'll post them.








So this was before we added the massive, what Jug calls, the Crackle Barrel porch and re-roofed with red metal.










Wider shot. I see and had forgotten how much work we've done on this mulched area in the foreground. Still doesn't look great, but better than this!! The drought last year really did a number on our plants and the grass. Poor Jug worked so very hard on the lawn last spring just for it ALL to be killed by the drought. We're starting over this year and hoping for more rain than last year.














This was probably taken last spring, 07. I have it dated 06 in the files but that can't be right because I KNOW it was last year that Jug tilled up the yard. More shots of the porch next.