The past month, the boys have been spending a lot of time creating their Regata to sail against the other boyscouts at last weeks "Raingutter Regata". Here's a picture of them making sure the boat floats and practicing the "blowing" technique it takes to win. 
And here's Harrison and the rest of the pack at the even itself. We didn't win, but we had a lot of fun! And our boat looked awesome. James did an amazing job carving the boat and painting the skull and crossbones on the sail. 
P.S. Harrison's new thing is his hair- he wants to grow it out to be like Zach and Cody (from Disney's The Suite Life). So, here he is with half-grown out hair. Great....
This was how our backyard looked before we started anything. We had a pool and some concrete. 
Here's the gazebo framed and the grass planted. We still have to stain the frame of the gazebo and hang cutains and sun shades from the sides. We haven't done that yet- that's tomorrow's project. Today, we worked on getting the jacuzzi sanded down, so we can stain it the same color as the gazebo. This is the before picture of the jacuzzi. 
This is the outside of the jacuzzi- it's in need of a new cover and some new stain on the wood. We spent all morning sanding it down and now it looks like this:
And now we stain it! Wish us luck. It's fun having home projects when its actually your own home that you are working on!! Now I understand Homeowners Pride!!
