Ken visits & we build a fence

pretty things in my garden :)

From Wednesday - Wednesday our dear friend Ken stayed at our place. We teased him and said that we purposely planned to build our fence the week he was here so that he could help. I guess you can say he earned his food and lodging (and even a movie ticket). ;) He and Tony's dad were a great help!! We worked on the fence for 4 days straight. It was a LOT of work, but oh so worth it!!  This past weekend, Tony and his dad added the gates. Now all that is left is to finish packing the dirt and trimming some of the tops. Then it will be all done.  

The neighbor girls made beaded necklaces while we worked. And there's a picture of my fishtail bracelet.

The nails marked the spot. The auger strained to get through our very hard ground. After an overnight water soak and in combination with post hole diggers, a heavy spike, and the auger we were able to dig 40 some holes 2 feet deep. :)  

Lowe's delivered all the materials on Thursday!! :) 

The very first corner :)

July 3rd we celebrated Shonda's birthday!! Complete with a new pet turtle that stuck his tongue out at the camera. 

Mrs. Donna's beautiful garden!! She has blessed me with many tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, bell peppers, and spaghetti squash. :) I've already fixed one large bowl of salsa and will be making another batch tomorrow.

On the fourth, we had my parents over for dinner and then joined more family to see the fireworks. 

On Ken's last night here, we went to see Cars 2. I loved it!!
The evening was topped off with Brooklyn's Pizza & Krispy Kreme doughnuts. :)