Savannah is a licensed driver

By the time we finished up at the DMV Savannah needed to get home, change for work, and head out on her own to drive to work. She said she was both excited and a little nervous to drive on her own, with no one in the car. She said, "I'm like a little bird, flying away from the nest". Yes you are, honey! Another step in the right direction!

New Wheels

The pictures are dark, since we didn't make it to pick up the car until 8pm. But here she is in all her glory! Savannah's new car! She doesn't take her driving test for two more weeks and she's going to be tortured seeing her new car parked in front of the house for the next 14 days!


On the way home from getting her car we stopped off at Oak Grove 8 Cinemas ( her place of employment, which is paying for the car ) to show her off to her best friends. Fun times!

Chop, Chop, Chop

We have spent the entire summer contemplating what to do with the mess of overgrown arborvitae lining the back of the yard. The advantage of the overgrowth was complete privacy and a sound barrier. On the negative side-ugly and taking up a whole lot of space. One day to escape the stress of waiting for a job offer Mario went outside to start trimming. I warned him to not get too carried away! Here's what he came up with.....

Shave them to the trunk from the fence line down......

It left quite a mess to clean up
and Emilia and Tyler were worked hard hauling tree limbs away...

Me, hard at work, too........

Emilia is always willing to serve......

We ended up with a good supply of wood for the fire pit.....

The end result.....I'm very happy with it.

My husband has a real job now. He no longer works for me. Projects will be fewer and far between, not to mention slower to get finished. But that's ok. We had a great summer together and got a lot done. It was wonderful. Thanks for all your hard work, honey. I know you're getting more rest at the office now :)