New arrivals and deck work begins...

Well the last couple of weekends were busy and marked with a few notable events.  

Last weekend Scott's folks came over and we took the trek up to Pikes Peak via the cog railroad - quite the experience and definitely something everyone sh

ould do a

t least once.  Some beautiful scenary but also a good foreshadowing to the days ahead with a chilly wind.  The peaks in the distance on the right are the San Juans and on the left is Mt. Wheeler (the highest point in NM).

We started decking the deck and are about 3/4 done with the

 decking for the front stairs with a lot of help from some friends.  One of whom is rather goal oriented... and didn't want to stop in spite of darkness.  :-D

The last (but more notable) event was the arrival of a couple of new furry friends.  We adopted a dog (Rocky) and a cat (Harley) this weekend - they're pretty much responding as expected.  The dog won't leave Jauna's side and appears to want to get back in the car and go home and the cat hasn't left (at least that we've seen) the underside of our bed.