in which the back porch had to go...anywhere but there

Part of the clean up that had to be done around the house was removing the back porch.  Dad and Buddy were very careful to remove the planks from around the newly installed and painted siding.  It only took them a couple of hours, during which time they found more spiders and empty snail shells than they could count.  Yuck!

 

in which they swam at a meet

The kids had another swim meet.  They did well.  Sunshine was really confused at first at where to be and when it was her turn.  She tried hard though.  Buddy is used to these by now and placed fifth in both backstroke and freestyle.