More home update

Gosh... where do I start??!  There has been so much going on lately I haven't even had the chance to update the blog!  So here goes...

Some clean up along the side - overgrown ivy and who knows what else. There are lots of butterflies around so looking forward to planting some butterfly-friendly flowers!

The shrubs were quite overgrown too so that got a trim as well:

Those shrubs in the backyard are really tall!!!

Graham and Charlie are taking turns with the push-mower.  Too cute!

The plumber was also here to fix the leak under the kitchen sink.  It took them a couple of trips but all fixed now! I am not sure if Graham actually learned anything:

But he was busy fixing up his little table:

And Charlie is busy putting together some toy "laser pistol":

Tada!!! New fancy faucet which he boys picked out plus water filtration plus new dishwasher as well. Yay!!!

The work outside continues... the stucco is being repaired at the front of the house.  Charlie says we live in an "abandoned" house. LOL!!!

The side of the house was repaired as well.  So much manual labor having to fill up all the cracks and cementing the bottom parts by the soil:

And we got a new electrical panel as well.  I am glad the electrician knows what he is doing.  Looks complicated!

He raised the wire a little too. Hopefully Graham and Charlie don't have any crazy ideas about throwing the ball over these wires!

A few thousand bucks later... a nice new panel!  It still has to go through an inspection with the city.  The electrician still needs to come by and label everything.  Who knew!

The house is coming along slowly but surely.  Still have about 85 boxes in the garage... but at least we can have meals at the dining table :-D

Our first meal in our new house... Halloween (Oct 31).  Happy family!!!