Summer is flying by this year. We just said good-bye to our most recent guests, our daughter Alexa and her boyfriend Mitch and our son Jesse and his girlfriend Pei-Chi and their dog Mia. It was great to have them here and have some fun and relaxation for a change.
Here are a few photos from their visit:
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As far as the house goes, we finally finished installing the railing. Aron also finished the rest of the lighting in the closets and wiring for the hood fan. We are now ready for our ‘Occupancy’ inspection. You may be wondering, shouldn’t we have that already, we are living in the house. The answer is technically ‘yes’ we should, but it isn’t uncommon around here for people to start living in their homes prior. We hope there is no big problem when they come to do the inspection, but have been led to believe it should be fine.
We’ve also been trying to balance working in the house with keeping up the garden. It has been a bit of a challenge this year and we are having some issues with our watering system, but we are getting some produce now and lots of flowers, which I love having around the house.
Veg from the garden! 
Next we are planning to do a bunch of clean up outside, we still have a big rubbish heap we need to take to the dump. Also we have a firewood pile and some leftover lumber pieces we will use as firewood that we want to move to their permanent location. After that, back to finishing things inside.
Enjoy your summer, it will be over before we know it!
