Red Door!

This week our home got a wonderful facelift. James' parents came down last weekend and as a wonderful gift to us, painted our porch and did something I've wanted done for quite some time. They painted my front door RED! Here is why I think a red door is so cool. In early America a red door was a sign of "welcome." When people had to travel by horse and buggy they had to stop often. If they came upon a house with a red door that usually meant they would be able to spend the night. There is even rumor that a red front door was used in the under ground railroad as a sign for the slaves traveling north that that house was a safe house. Pretty neat, huh?

In addition to the painting on the front of the house, James and Jack worked hard to kill weeds in the front beds and lay down lots of nice pine straw!

Check out Jack's HUGE gloves. He had to have them, so he could be just like Daddy.

They all did a great job, don't you think???