Start of summer...

This is our first official week of summer vacation...

Jeff recently found a new job (yes, here in town) and his last day of his previous job was Friday.

He decided to take a week off between his old job and new job.

We are getting some projects out of the way and spending some quality family time together.

We went yesterday to pick strawberries.

Just look at this gorgeous backdrop.  Spokane really has some beautiful landscapes.

My trio..

They are all about the same size, which makes laundry sorting difficult, especially when it comes to black athletic shorts.   :)

Olivia was the least excited about waking up early and picking strawberries, then she was the one saying we had to stay and pick more.  It's hard for me to believe she will be a senior in the fall.

So, I've posted before about how handy Jeff is.... 

He can seriously do or fix anything.

We have been creating an outdoor oasis for the past few months.

We LOVE our gorgeous/private yard and we enjoy the summer months relaxing and eating outside.

We have an outdoor dining table that seats 6.

We have found it difficult to have room for both our plates and food dishes.

We decided it would be good to have an outdoor buffet table to set food and drinks on.

I found some plans on Pinterest and Jeff went to work...

This is before I stained it...

Here it is stained and in it's spot on the deck.

We used it last night for dinner and it was great! I absolutely love it!

Now Jeff is ready to make an outdoor coffee table for our lower deck.