Finished our landscaping! We were finally able to track down the same landscaping company who did our previous home. It’s mostly a desert-scape with turf, rock and succs. Not much watering needed, yay.

Besides the turf and concrete in the backyard, we decided to try DIY’ing a succulent wall. We purchased planks from a lumber company, bought posts and put the booger to work, haha.

Moving all the planks to the backyard on a little dolly…

After a weekend of labor, we are so happy with how it turned out! Went from a huge yard in TX to a medium yard to almost no yard so the wall was befitting… Y is pretty happy about not having to do much yard work (or hiring someone to do it). :P

We bought the succulent pots and had them delivered to a lady known for succs in the area to make all the arrangements. Got to chat with her for a bit and found out she used to work as a helper in SG for many years. Inspiring that she could go from that to owning her own biz here. Hopefully America will continue to be a land of opportunity.

The pieces all turned out so beautiful… We barely fit them all in the SUV but they survived. Super low maintenance too!

Started campus visits for middle school and beyond! Y especially loved the chapel here as it reminded him of his secondary school in S’pore.

Sailing after school…

Seems like we’re always at the club now.

His coach has been asking if E wants to do regattas but he doesn’t feel quite ready so we haven’t pushed… He’s been doing some practice races so sometimes we’re back on the water to spectate and cheer on.

There was a solar eclipse one day and the Liu’s walked over to watch.

We wanted to do something unique for the California room floor… Most neighbors were tiling or just epoxying it. We epoxied our garage floor and tile just didn’t quite appeal as much so we decided try another DIY project and paint it a monochromatic Mondrian-esque pattern. Don’t even ask how long we agonized over the various shades of grey, haha. Also, it wasn’t super easy to get the lines straight but we like how it turned out! Patio furniture will go on top.

That’s probably a wrap on {major} house things for now…

His first time seeing a roasted pig at a neighbor’s party… Poor Babe!

After living here a few years, we’ve gotten used to “Indian summers” with September as generally the “hottest” month. So pool days are still in order!