Were Building our Little Piece of Heaven one day at a time

When we purchased the property in 2011 there were only 2 trees.  Now there are over 120.  Each and every one were planted by myself, my husband and our boys.  It's a labor of love.  It would have to be to keep digging in this clay!

Due to making effort to conserve water, we are working on eliminating most of the lawn areas on the property.  We are retaining some smaller areas for puppy play.

Arno ~ One of our first Stud Dogs                       James ~ fixing sprinklers - Again!                     Dad and James and Chris                                                                                                                                                                                         plamting another tree!
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PUPPIES ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE OUR BREAKS FOR PLAYTIME.

JLO and Arno's Litter getting into the middle of us planting Olive Trees
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OUR SONS DOG BRADLY ABSOLUTELY LOVES TO COME PLAY WITH THE PUPPIES

THE HEN HOUSE NOW TAKES THE PLACE OF THE JUNGLE GYM

The Old Jungle Gym is now gone                                           James and Chris (our Twins) helping prepare for the Hen House             Brianna playing with the Chickens

THE HEN HOUSE 

We have 5 hens that provide us plenty of fresh eggs daily

THE DOG HOUSES 

OUR FIRST GARDEN AND THE FRUITS FROM THE LABOR

The Garden is much larger now.  Just had too much fun, had to have more.  Doing lots of canning like my Grandma used to do.
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REPAIRING THE POOL

BUILDING THE BARN

                                                                                                                                                                                                             My Horse ~ DAKOTA

Taking a break for a short ride while the guys continue working on the barn.                                                                 
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BUILDING MY SHED....IN THE DARK BY FLASHLIGHT!  JUST NOT ENOUGH DAYLIGHT HOURS!!

TOO MUCH LAWN!  MAKING A DECOMPOSED GRANITE PATIO TO ADD A FIREPIT

Still in progress.  Should be done by end of summer!  Although Asia wants to help she seems to be keeping Dad from getting his work done.

OUR FAMILY 

From Left to Right: My husband, James, then me, our kids Christopher (twin 1), our Daughter - in-Law Quin, our oldest Son Tony, Michael and James (twin 2)

​ Notice all the trees here in the background where there were none above during the pool repair.  Olives & Pines grow so quickly!