A new home and more cleaning.

We ended up getting busy doing other things. Specifically trying to cut down this tree at our church that is completely dead and in danger of falling . The pastor had mentioned wanting it cut down, so we (Matt, his parents, his grandpa and I) were going to take care of that.

It helps if the chainsaw actually works though. From left to right, my mother-in-law, Matt's grandpa (his dad's dad), my father-in-law, and Matt. They are trying to get the chainsaw running and my mother-in-law and I keep telling them that this is a sign that we aren't supposed to cut it down on that particular day.

After we gave up on the tree, we already had the truck out so Matt and his Dad when and picked up the materials we needed to build a kennel for the dogs. It's almost as long as the garage. It was supposed to run the full length of the garage, but once we got started we realized that there was this big hole in the side of the garage that we needed to do something about. Instead, we shortened the length of the kennel a little bit and used that piece of fencing to run across the front of the garage. Now they have the outside area, and can still get into the garage where it's cool and dry. They have full run of the place.
Lady and Suzy now live in the kennel/garage. Ladyhad always been an outside dog before. She only came inside when she had Nueva in the middle of the winter, and she had started using the bathroom in the house again, so out she goes. Suzy.....well she likes to chew endlessly so she was spending more and more time in a small kennel inside because of that. I think it was mostly that she wasn't getting enough exercise (this little girl NEVER wears out!) so we decided to put her outside with Lady and see if it would even work out. Well, she honestly seems happier outside than she ever was inside because she can just run until she falls down. She isn't anywhere near as territorial or loud as she was inside either. She had gotten to the point where she was barking non-stop, but now she just runs and jumps and plays and has a ball. You can't see it in the picture, but they have an old recliner in the garage that they curl up in together to sleep. We bought that dog house for Lady a few years ago and I don't think it's ever been used! lol
Today we set up this little basketball/soccer set we got for the kids. It is just a cheap little plastic set that we got during a "yard sale" that the local grocery store holds a few times a year. They have all this seasonal stuff that they try to get rid of during the off season. If you wait long enough, they even end up giving some things away. That's how we got this. We originally had two of them, but like I said....they are cheap and one broke while we where trying to set it up.
We used the basketball part of the one that broke and nailed it on the side of the house so that they can actually have a bit more challenge. lol Not that it's that hard, but harder than when it's on the actual set.