8th Grade Graduation

Ben had his 8th grade promotion ceremony on June 7th. Here he is with his buddies Luc and Jared. Off to high school in the fall!!

Still working on the curb appeal...

We added (err rather paid someone to add) stone around the flower beds out front. Looks good I think!

New A/C

It is nice and cool upstairs now but apparently air conditioners are now much bigger than they used to be!

Pool Pics (& Fishing)

RIP 20 Year old AC

Our upstairs A/C unit is officially dead. Certainly it was impressive that it apparently lasted for 20 years - it was original as far as I know (as is the downstairs one which is still running, knock on wood). They are both Carriers, so I guess kudos to Carrier for making an A/C that lasts 20 years. But anyway, it's time is apparently up :) Our home warranty company is paying a few hundred dollars for the coil , which is the thing actually broken, but it's not possible to replace the coil on a 20 year old A/C apparently and have it actually be like, up to code. So we have to shell out for the compressor, so we elected to go with a slightly larger one (2.5 tons instead of the 2 ton we had) and also to replace the furnace at the same time, both with Lennox brand models. This will enable us to claim a $425 rebate from the electric company due to it meeting a certain standard of energy efficiency, apparently. Still, the net outlay of cash on our part is north of 5k :( And also, the install isn't scheduled until a week from today, so yet another week with no A/C upstairs. Fortunately it's been overcast and low 80s mostly, so not horrible, but our window screens are also all 20 years old and most are broken so the only person who has a window screen / window fan right now is Ben and the girls have been sleeping in the bonus room with a portable A/C unit in there. But that's getting old as they claim they can't share a king sized bed without kicking each other. Sigh.

Goodbye Giant Ugly Bushes

We got rid of the giant bushes in front of the house and planted some smaller bushes. My only regret is the landscaper went to work so fast demolishing the bushes that i didn’t get a “before” picture for comparison! At some point we’re going to get some stone to go around the outside of the beds.

Becca’s First 5K

Becca came, saw & conquered her first 5K, I will let her official stats below speak for themselves!