Larriland Farm

Today we all took a drive to good ol' Larriland Farm to partake in the annual tradition of pumpkin and apple picking. Here are some of the photos from the morning's events ...

The Fence, Part I

Well, our new project for the month (I really need to get a job!) is to remove the old fence in the backyard, build a new one, and then put up a picket fence in the front yard. Backyard fence is to keep our homeless friends and drug addicts out of our yard (such a convenient cut-through from the alley) and the picket fence is to keep the nasty dog poo out! We have some habitual poo-ers that visit us every day - even though Chris has followed them home and put the poo on their porch. Okay, that's a lie - but it's been threatened! So here are the pictures from our favorite part - the demolition!!!

Fence?! What fence!?!?!??

The burial grounds.



There actually is a fence under all that ivy!

I'm naked! (says the yard)

Not in our yard!! (Chris actually ripped up

half of the yard trying to pull these out.

That'll be project number 2 ....)

Beautiful Places to Go

Dominica

Barbados

The Pitons in St. Lucia

St. Lucia

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Hurricane - not a beautiful place

The Wedding

The night before the wedding ... almost a Cullen!

Few more hours to go ...

Good looking family!

The bridesmaids

They're married!

Dinner Night with the Boys

Finally ... a real smile from Michael :)

Tucker drinking some Duff Beer and loving it ...

Squirrel Hunting

Danny getting in position.

Yes, those weapons would be our rake, our broom, and the expensively engraved putter that Jim and Kristen got us for our wedding. (p.s. I had no part in that.)

Seth and Chris trying to scare Earl out of his home.

Lately we've been having a problem with our neighborhood squirrel, Earl Juryl. Seth, Chris, and Danny decided it was time to go out on the roof and see what damage had been done. Turns out Earl has chewed off part of our siding, facia, and shingles, and has made a little home for himself IN our roof, using the insulation as his bed. The above pictures will explain why Earl is no longer with us - but for some added details, after these photos were taken, Seth and Chris got back on the roof (after a few drinks and in the dark). They scared Earl out of his hole and he dropped right in front of them on the porch roof, so they took their rake and putter (mostly out of fear) and smacked Earl off the roof into our neighbor's yard, where he landed on the bottom step of her deck stairs. Earl froze and then ran off. I'm guessing there was some internal bleeding because we haven't heard from Earl today ...

Chris' 25th Birthday

So we had a little shindig for Chris' birthday ... just so happened to fall on the day of the Nor'Easter. Even though it was pouring rain, 40 mph winds, and pretty darn chilly, we had a great time. Here's a photo of Chris with Michael - trying to smile :)