Here's our Griffin enjoying the welcomed break from the latest heat wave and a quick view of the back yard as it looks on July 1, 2009.

It is still my favorite "room" at our house. Luckily, Matt and I have an unspoken agreement that I will take care of mowing the back and he can have the front.  And while he very much appreciates my efforts, I'm more into gardening and planting than he is so the backyard is quickly becoming my very own, grown-up playground :-)