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The first weekend in August we painted the outside of our house! And by "we" I mean Cal and his brother Pete (thanks guys). It was a HUGE project that has been looming over us since we bought the house and we are so glad to have it done.

They cranked it out- I was impressed. And they did a great job.

Two men. Four ladders. Two evenings of prep work. One long day of spraying. One day of trim. And one day of touch ups. Not bad, right?

Before:

(Our "pee colored house," as we affectionately called it)

During:

There were some precarious parts of the job that I was grateful to not be a part of. I think we all breathed a sigh of relief when those were done.

After:

So. Much. Better. (at least we like it).

Now every time we come home, Zach says, "Mom, do you like our green house?"

Tahoe, Of Course

We hadn't planned on going on our annual August trip to Reno this year. But then, we just couldn't resist, and we went the last weekend of July/start of August. We were actually able to see the whole Smith family, and most of the Gabbarts while we were there. This trip we got to spend a little more time there and it was so fun! I got to relax. Glorious!

First trip to Tahoe- a mid day excursion. Cal and Pete mountain biked down to meet us. We ate a yummy lunch picnic and paddled around in the kayak.

Zach playing with Grandma Calli

Austin snoozing in Cal's arms. What a trooper.

The next day we headed up again for the evening, this time with the Gabbarts. Tahoe in the evening is amazing. I love it.

Zach got to rock jump with the big boys.

Tahoe's crystal clear water! Beautiful!

No red sunset this year. I guess that's a good thing, since last year's was due to California's wild fires.

One day we took a quick trip to Virginia City (an old mining "ghost town"). I had never been and it was pretty interesting. We just walked the main drag.

Jay and Sheriff Zach

Thanks Calvin and Calli for a great trip!