Mansfield XC

 Daks and Dane both are enjoying Cross Country. Each of them continues to improve his time each week. This was the meet in Mansfield.

 Dane with Abbie, Emma, and one of Coach Andrew's little girls.

Dace the Ace~ Fall Fun

 Dane face painted Dace like a Razorback! Wow! Nice job!

 Halloween supper!

Dace and friends at Brady Morgan's party.

Dace, Cooper Goodwin, Brady, and Reis Denson

The Fat Lady Has Sang~ Alleluia

 Well, from the very first day at the end of June until the very last day at the end of October....

The Fat Lady Has Sang!

It is finished!

Whew, what a journey!

 Scott suggested that we do the rock and mortar around the flower bed to help with the water/drainage flow. I love how it turned out and cant wait to have it done on the other flower bed in front of the little boys' window.

 I had wanted to trim the pool in rock but didn't think the budget would allow. Scott actually came to us and suggested it because it made it easier/cheaper for him. What a sweet bonus!

 I designed the platform/fountain area, which was inspired from Pinterest.

 The steps are in...time for the liner!

 I absolutely love the liner that we choose.  It is called Carmel and is the perfect shade of blue. The design looks great with the rock, as well.

 Filling it up!

 Love the lights! They change colors and do a disco light show.

 Well, it was too good to be true...we noticed the water level going down. We marked it with painter's tape. Scott tried to tell us it was evaporation. Darin explained the evaporation process to him. Finally, he admitted that he could have possible hooked the pipes up the wrong way.  He said that he had yelled in the pipes and asked Javier to listen and tell him which pipe he could hear him from. Seriously?? He had to get a diver to dive down to the deep corner and do a listening test. Scott had to empty the pool, pull back the liner, break up the concrete with a jackhammer, fix the pipes, replace the concrete, liner and fill it up again. Oh My Word!!

The first swim!!

Silver Dollar City~ Fall Break!

 The boys were out of school for Fall Break so we decided we had better head for Branson again. We bought season tickets this year and want to get our money's worth! The Fall decor was so fun!

 Darin and Dane are about to ride the Outlaw Run. Daks and Deacon were a bit timid. They are not roller coaster fans. We ran into the Keislings while there! Beth took this family photo for us!

 Dane rode it several times. Here he is with Ben Keisling.

Deacon and Daks reluctantly decided to ride.

 Later in the day, we ran into the Bollmans and rode some rides with them!