City meets country living

A couple weekends ago Josh & Carol came to visit. They got here early Saturday morning & of course, it being Saturday, it was raining. Seems to happen a lot around here this spring. We didn't want to waste the entire day inside so we decide to go the Saratoga.
We had umbrellas & wandered around ending up at the Farmer's market. By then it was starting to rain harder so we ended up leaving.

Sunday morning was still a little rainy & we took a ride over to Scott's house. It's starting to look good inside. All the hardwood floors are in & one bathroom is finished & usable. The kitchen cabinets will be installed this week & he's starting all the tile floors. At this point Scott is doing a lot of the work himself so it will take a while.

I love the view they have

The chickens have grown up

We ended up going to get a very late breakfast at this quaint diner they had discovered a couple miles from their house.

They have been going there a lot so the waitress was really giving Scott the needle.....he makes friends with the best people!😉

This the counter which faces directly into the kitchen

There was a chicken theme going on & they were everywhere. I don't have to tell you, but the food was absolutely delicious😊

We went home & picked up Jess & the dogs so we could show them a "real" dog park not like those concrete jungles they have in the city

I think they were considering trying to push it over ??

Photo shoot bomb

Love these two💖

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