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Our backyard is fenced in. Normally Seiko, our dog, is let outside multiple times a day to go out in the back yard and she is let back inside. We also have a camera pointed at our front door on a motion sensor. It normally lets us know if someon delivers a package and stuff llike that. Today, it caught someone, who was supposed to only be in the backyard, visiting our front door.

Video Blog August 19th – Company (2m 32s)

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* Grammer/Bomma and Jessica visit

* Jessica drew us/me a picture

* Erin finished the tile

* Grammer/Bomma mimic Tru

* Possum vists again

* Ally and Kerri (Erin’s sisters)

* Tru is sick

August 13, 2006

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* kitchen tile (only halfway done)

* dinner with Mike and Dana

* feeding the goats (and ducks) with Tru

* bat flying around our house

* Tru identifying letters (B, T, X and R)

* Tru’s artwork on our walls

* Mike’s pan and tilt camera control (servo project)

* Tru’s bath (“bye”)

We got new coffee tables recently, at the expense of the interior of our car. We ripped the upholstery while moving them from the furniture store to our home.

We painted our 3rd bedroom and now have a full size bed for anyone who wants to come visit.

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I spent a few hours last night and most of today raking leaves again Here is a picture of Seiko helping me by carrying sticks! She loved to plop down in the middle of my raked piles. She also did Erin a favor and dug a hole for her to plant a bush in in the middle of the yard. Thanks Seiko!

On Sunday I decided to rake leaves. When I first started I realized that I’d never finish by myself so I called in for backup! Sean and John came to the rescue. After 4 hours of working, we bagged 21 thirty-nine gallon bags of leaves. That’s over 800 gallons of leaves!

Michael

We got Tru’s furniture yesterday and I got totally in nesting mode and built it all and finished the nursery last night and this morning! Check out the pictures here.

Erin

After 4 days (sometimes 16 hour days) of fence building we finally are done. Seiko and Tru will now have a backyard to play in!

Erin and I went looking at Home Depot today. I’m afraid we’re getting the bug. We’ve already agreed to completely move in with what we have and put off on getting anything new. If there is something that we need, we’ll still know after the newness has worn off. We need to give our attention to the new baby, not the new house!

Michael