For the love of ivy....

So after the blessing and the festivities, we went back home to Ray Ray.  It wasn't until he was let outside that the excitement that we'd missed out on became apparent.  Seems like the recent snow and wear and tear had caused the ivy arbor to collapse:

So we spent the morning turning the ivy into a pile of lumber and a giant ivy snowball:

And then my cell phone scrambled its memory (as near as I can tell, while sending this last picture), deleted all the photos, my sent box, phone book, and a number of other settings....