This is how we celebrate Father's Day.

Our home teacher and his son came over to help with the barn removal. Chris and Tanner are "best buddies".

















The shingles were removed and taken to the trash. The roof boards were salvageable (and may turn into raised garden beds next year!). The siding was all tongue and groove and will find a new home with our home teacher.









Eventually all the siding and side supports were removed and the entire barn was pushed down towards the field. The rest of the lumber was removed (we may need to invest in a Sawz-all soon). Some was salvageable. The floor boards at the back were horrible.










Check out the beautiful hole! Can you believe this used to be a barn? This was one of the cleanest demolition jobs I've ever seen!

What do you do on a quiet Sunday evening when there's "nothing" else to do?....You bury Dad in the afghan! Note the finger poking out of the blankets---He's alive!

This is an almost kid-less post! We had dinner with a friend the other night and came home with all sorts of wonderful gifts from her garden--hostas, black-eyed susans, columbine, white bleeding heart, etc.! The dinner and conversation were great, but the garden gifts just blew me away!







Here's a shot of the beautiful brick walk! It's lined with petunias and there are perennials (and as of today a couple of annuals) in the bed with the big green bushes.









And here I am blowing out my birthday candle. My crown was designed and created by none other than the talented Alia. Tanner wanted to be near me (and the cake!) for this picture.