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Now that we are done with Gaines for the moment, we have more time for the kiddos. We decided to take them to Pinnacle Mountain this past weekend.

We packed a picnic lunch and took them down the Kingfisher trail. easy cheesy.

Despite going during the heat of the day, we managed to hear a few different birds, see squirrels, interesting insects, some fish in the water, huge and very cool cypress trees.

We conducted some serious searching, but we never found Peter Rabbit under any of these big old trees.

The kiddos were troopers, despite the heat, and even sorta almost could be convinced to pose for a picture:

It isn’t exactly obvious from the picture above, but Graydon had the most hilarious “it-is-freaking-hot-and-go-to-hell-with-this-picture-taking-business” look on her face:

Well, converting the attic never became a reality, but we’ve finished all the projects we intend to finish at Gaines. The house is on the [market], the photog for the realtor did a great job of taking pictures of the house, I’ve grabbed them here for posterity:

Living room built in around the new window: complete!

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Can you spot the kid not having fun? Click the zoom icon for full size…

I’m a bit lacking in pics at the moment, but here’s a start:

This was the concept:

Here’s where it has gone so far:

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