bobbi has often said she'd rather read my words than look at anything i attempt to take a picture of. he he. well, this time she will be sad i forgot my camera. our memorial weekend was busy, fun, fulfilling and back-breaking all in one.

let's start with the fun stuff:

deann and her beautiful family drove up on saturday night for dinner. we had burgers and beers and it was GOOD. her kids are even better in person, people. i had such a great time being with them. thank you for coming to see us, deann! the boys admitted that your girls are awfully cute, but of course they both thought brody was the coolest. i just love you guys.

the big pool opened on saturday and it was over 90 degrees. little j reached the magic 48 inch mark and was in heaven. he went down all three slides and off the boards and across the ropes...ahhh. to be 48 inches after 6 long years of waiting.

we saw shrek 4 on sunday night. this one is a serious must-see. very very clever. rumplestiltskin as the villain is just awesome.

on the way home from shrek i saw a BABY FOX on the road near our house. i watched him for about 5 minutes before he darted into the woods. tell me you wouldn't like to see a picture of that--even a fuzzy, out-of-focus crooked one! anyway, we are on the look-out for him. i hope i get to see him again, but the husband says not to hold my breath.

now for the back-breaking part:

the husband and i (mostly the husband) built a big ol' double tiered retaining wall out front and got the top tier all planted and mulched and looking good, finishing up around 7 pm last night (we thought we'd get it all done on saturday, ha ha ha). the rock we got looks like mountain rock. i say again, if i can't live in colorado i will make it feel like colorado :)

we also ordered more stone for three walls in back and the deck wood will be delivered this weekend. so, more back-breaking to come.

oh, i can hear my friend begging for pictures from here...