We had a great time at Maple Valley Days. It was the first year we’ve gone. It’s kind of a community carnival event that happens each summer.
This was Avery’s first time on carnival rides. He loved the airplanes!

June was a busy month for us. Lindsey and I photographed a couple different weddings, and we started a huge landscaping project in our backyard. To start with we replaced a retaining wall that was poorly built by the builder. The existing wall was made of natural rock and wasn’t constructed tall enough. By replacing it with a block wall we gained about 250 square feet of backyard, and it should prevent the hill from eroding more. And it gave me a good reason to rent an excavator and dump truck, which are fun.



I moved all the rocks.


Mike carefully put them in the truck.



Avery riding with me to the quarry.





Mostly finished wall.

Now we’re in the process of installing sprinklers and new grass.

Lindsey and Avery are in Texas visiting her parents. I’ve heard that Avery is really enjoying the pool this trip. They’ve also been spending some time at the park, zoo, and Nordstrom sale.
Tonight we said hello on the webcam. Avery wasn’t quite sure about Daddy being on the computer, but he did smile and say “hi daddy” before going back to playing. I got a screen capture of them together.