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“adventure” out to Bam-ma and Bop-pop’s house

Those of you who look at Flickr regularly may have already noticed the plethora of photos taken and captioned as being at my mom and dad’s house here in TX.

The basic story is that since they have not moved here yet, but they have closed on their house, Texas Seestor or I go once a week to check on it.

Last weekend, we needed to deliver a piece of furniture to Mom and Dad’s house. And while we were at it, we figured we’d look at the sprinkler system and try to figure out how to make it water more in the sunny backyard and less in the shady frontyard.

We were afraid to tell M (older niece) where we were going for fear of confusing her. We didn’t think that we could tell her we were going to Bam-ma and Bop-pop’s house without her thinking that they were actually going to be there. Instead, we just told her we were going on “an adventure to a special house!” She seemed to think that was explanation enough for a car trip.

When we got there and we could show her the empty house (and lack of Bam-ma and Bop-pop), it was easier to explain the concept that this is where they would live…
…. sooooooooooon.

First, she just wanted to check out the outside by looking through the windows.

She was a bit hesitant to go outside while her younger sister (YN) was hanging out inside.

But when I pointed out the swing in the backyard and told her I was going out there, she was ready to go!

I don’t have a pic of the two of us swinging, but I got that one of Trainwreck carrying YN out to that part of the yard.

Here are some additional shots of their backyard.

This one is from underneath the arbor. You can see the swing again just to the left of the upright.

Here is another shot taken from under the arbor.

Lest you think all of that green grass is their backyard, I should explain that their backyard backs up against a golf course. The golf course starts around where those double trees are located; the closest part of the shadow that they are casting is about where it switches from their yard to the golf course.

It is really peaceful.

I’m sure that you will see more photos of us out there over the years.

I’m looking forward to their moving here this fall!