Bemidji Ice Fishing

This was not the scene in Bemidji this weekend! Temps were/are in the 90's-Hot-Hot-Hot!

Puppies!

Just thought I would post some pictures of Nathan and Katie's new puppies. They got a brother and sister set of 6 month old puppies from the humane society. They're not sure what kind they are, but they are thinking Black Lab/Great Dane mixes. They're very well behaved puppies and sleep a lot! I went down to see them yesterday and they don't bark or jump at you when you come in the door. They're names are Kali (I'm not sure how they're spelling her name) and Killian.

Our New Back Yard

The first picture is of the hot tub after it was delivered-we simply put up tarps around it until we could do something more permanent. The next two pictures are the mostly completed new patio. This is out or kitchen door-We put in a colored cement slab with a flagstone design because of the low maintenance-as it turned out it was about $200 more to put in concrete slab than a deck. We just added the fence for a bit of privacy. We built the Pergola with the help of our neighbors, Wendy and Joel. We had a lot of dirt work to do to back fill the slab because of the uneven grade of our back yard and lot of repair where the Bobcat and cement truck damaged the yard. Then we planted grass, added a few plant and its mostly done. We got hold of some Virginia Creepers (a fast growing vine) and planted them around the posts-in about 2-3 years they will take over the pergola. Now we have got to get the missing grass spots filled in and then we can fully enjoy the new addition.