Happy Easter!!

It's warm, sunny, and breezy - a fabulous day for Easter! Although we're not doing much to celebrate this year (Joy dyed 3 eggs and made cupcakes for Paul to take to work) it is still a nice and relaxing day. In between his two shifts today Paul is putting in the finishing bricks to the extension of the pool deck by our bedroom door. It is quite the project, but it solves two problems in one: since the hose is there and its a high traffic area we could never keep grass growing, and we had nowhere else on the pool where our conversation patio furniture fits without killing the grass underneath. While Paul toils in the sun, Stella is eating the fish food from the pond and taking dips in the pool (not quite warm enough for human swimming). Once this project is complete we'll be one step closer to our perfect backyard!