Backyard critters and update

We've had quite a few visitors who regularly visit our yard. These we welcome:

The rabbit comes by every evening.

There are two sets of deer that we've seen in the morning. The other one is just a mom and 1 fawn. Ryan even saw the twins nursing a couple of days ago. They have eaten all the pears on the lower part of the pear tree. Luckily they can't reach a few so Ryan picked some to eat!

These we are trying to get rid of:

There are two babies and a mom up in our attic that we hear every morning around 5am. Ryan decided to cut some branches off this tree to prevent them from getting to the roof, but the mother squirrel now jumps from the deck to the gutters to get on the roof. When I was out waiting for both of them to show their heads, the mother was getting mad in a nearby tree because she couldn't get to them.

As for updates, we have been really busy working on the house, so busy that I keep forgetting to take a pictures of it. We spent Labor Day weekend trimming bushes and cutting down tons of branches. I'm waiting for my dad to come over to help me figure out what else to cut down because everything is overgrown. There are of course more things we'd like to do but we are happy with how everything has turned out so far. Upcoming projects include replacing the faucet in the downstairs bath tub (the cold water doesn't work so we don't have a working bath tub) replacing the garbage disposal, and finding a rug and curtains for the living room. And I can't forget we have more painting. I want to finish painting the trim white. We haven't painted the downstairs bathroom because we are still deciding if we just should wait until we redo it. I'm afraid if we wait though, it might be years before we get to it though. I also have a few more things to spray paint. I love spray paint! We spray painted our kitchen table (and still have to do the chairs) and the ceiling fans. Now I want to spray the range hood black to match our new oven range and my old wicker chair, a bookshelf and a dresser. I'm also on a lookout for a bed frame that I will probably spray paint as well.

I almost forgot! I got a part-time job. Twice a week I babysit up to 5 kids at a private pool club while their parents exercise. I wasn't looking for one, but since I can bring Ethan its really just a paid play date!

Its seems like we are always working now, but we do spend time just enjoying our place. Ryan loves to take Ethan outside after he gets home from work while I finish getting dinner ready and we try to take walks after dinner down the the lake.