Holy Flamingos!

It's not everyday that you get to look out your window and enjoy the breathtaking view of 30 flamingos flapping in the breeze...I better explain. No, they are not real, much to the disappointment of the seagulls that thought they could fly in and make some friends...it was rather amusing watching them! We were endowed with the flamingos due to a fundraiser for the youth group at church. We were the first to get them and in order to get rid of them we pay a fee, but we decide who they get to bless next. If you do not want to receive the beautiful lawn decoration then you have to pay for "flamingo insurance" and you will be safe. We get rid of them today after having them for a week. I must say this is the most I have seen people look at our house and it has made more than a few smile too!

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During

We were very excited that the trustees from church decided to put on a new deck surface as the old one was very dried out and it was a splinter danger! My nephew Trey got a huge one a couple years back and it was an ordeal to get it out...we didn't want to experience that again. They tore it off Thursday, came to lay it on Saturday and finished it totally on Monday. It is a cedar colored composite wood...so no worries about splinters...ever! I took advantage of the good weather and the activity to keep Maria busy and raked the leaves that we never got to in the fall. I also got out in the garden and raked out the dead plants(finally). Now I just need to let it dry some more before we can burn it all. Maybe this year we will get the garden planted before Memorial Day...something (or someone) kind of had us distracted last year! We are excited for the new deck as we have a special birthday party coming up. Check back for a post about Maria's first year of life...has it really been a year already!

The finished product!

We have plenty to praise God for; a wonderful house!