Then things happened.

We moved in May of 2007, just a couple of weeks after we got married.  We spent a lovely summer out on the lake, having bonfires in the yard, helping out a newly-divorced friend (who stayed with us for a few tense weeks), and generally enjoying life.

Maybe a bit too much, because then this happened.

And a few months later, this happened.

And so a little shy of a year after buying our little house, it became home to four people, a shepherd, and some goldfish.