Introducing Graham!

Trying to convince Elliott to get a second dog was no easy task. I have been working hard to this end for about 2 years! I would surf the doggy sites and show him pictures, "no that's not the one," he'd say. Finally in May I found a cute little critter at the Louisa County Humane Society (about an hour from Richmond). "Hercules" (his name before we adopted him) and his litter were born under the care of LHS and he was a bit of a genetic anomaly. His mom is a beagle and all the other little guys and gals took after momma. Graham has the hound in him but he was obviously influenced by daddy's genes. We'll never know what Dad looks like (deadbeat) but we love our sweet new pup and are so glad he is a part of our family- right Dooley?!?!

The day we got him. Dooley looks on thinking, "Beat it, kid."

Graham 3, Shoes 0

Sweet sad hound dog eyes! Melts us every time!

Dooley is beginning to warm up to his partner in crime.

Sweet little boys!

Moore Fencing, Inc.

Elliott's taking on a new career. He is going into the fencing business. "Screw the desk job, I want to work with my hands." -Elliott... "Okay, honey."- Lauren

Okay not really, Elliott has said this but it comes from his pride in finishing the fence at our house. He came, he saw, he conquered! Actually, fencers quoted, Elliott balked, designed and built! I am so proud that he did! He saved us boocoodle bucks (like $1500) and it looks better than we could have imagined.
Before we had ugly rotted green painted slats with beautiful chicken wire reinforcement.... *sarcasm*.
Our poor neighbors have asked about the fence "can we help you paint, etc" and we are so happy that we were able to knock it out because we know that they have been tired of looking at our piece of crap excuse for a fence... as well as every other neighbor that drives or walks by the house because of our corner lot!

Elliott began by demo-ing and planning. He designed and executed everything and even purchased a few new tools in the process... lucky dog! I helped by putting my pressure washing skills to use to clean up the columns and prep them for the new posts. A neighbor said "wow I didn't even realize you all had this brick..." 

Don't ask about that all-forsaken corner post. Elliott set it twice. Yes, set in concrete, removed, re-set again. We won't discuss OCD in this blog entry.... love you EMo.

Slats!

Now let's jump into the final product! Thank you Elliott for spending so much time and effort on our home and for making this look AMAZING! 

Check this project off the list! 

Love to all!