Family Visit & Projects

This year's 4th of July was a special one because we were visited by my entire family! My mom flew in from Georgia & met my brother in Kansas City...they drove up to Iowa together. A few days later, my sister and her husband made their appearance in the middle of their vacation that has taken them many interesting places.
For some reason, I was not good about getting my camera out to take pix while they were here...but I did get a few shots of the home improvement projects that took place. The two main projects that I was excited to see completed were replacing the front/back storm doors, and putting up new exterior lighting at the front door. My mom also chipped in by painting the front door to match our shutters, and by way of fixing a slow faucet, my brother replaced the existing faucet in the upstairs bathroom...
Please don't think that if you come to visit the Jackson's you'll get put to work...all projects were completed voluntarily!! (I hope this doesn't scare away any potential visitors!)

Front Door Before (the lights have already been replaced). The door was starting to rot & I cannot wait to get rid of the white pillars on each side of the door (will have to wait on that tho, I want to replace with shutters that we'll have to special order):

Front Door During - Billy, Dave & Steve working hard:

Dave & Billy clowning around:
Front Door After!
Mom painting door:
Green Door:

Somehow, my sister, Sandra, missed out on getting in any of the pictures I took...sneaky! But I did get a pic of her hubby Billy and Belle...she found a new best friend who carries treats!