Ah, yes. We do enjoy living by the lake with a wonderful backyard and great neighbors. But here’s what I was greeted by this morning.

It may look like a seemingly innocent picture of our massively disastrous garage. But look closer. Right in the center. Yup, right there in the middle is an icky icky spider. Who has taken the time to spin an enormous web that covers 75% of the entrance to the garage.

A closer look for those interested. So what do I do? Shiver a little and back away slowly. But wait, don’t step on the….. 
Dead Bird! Goodness gracious. Dear Mother Nature, what are you trying to do to me this morning!
In other news, the boys didn’t want to wake up for school on Monday morning. So I put Eli in their beds. He did a good job.


This is what Eli likes to do right now.


Joey is teaching him how to spell. FZSFMG spell “Mommy”.