Puzzling!

We have been working on putting together a few puzzles for a friend of ours who is making a huge project using puzzles. We got the first puzzle done in 2 days, and it was an 1000 piece. We have started two since then - one of animal crackers and one of a garden sort of scene. The animal crackers puzzle has a box, but is just about impossible -we think. The garden one did not come with a box, and we think some pieces are missing. At first the garden one was easy, (the edges especially), but as we continue to work on it, it is kind of puzzling!

A picture of me by the first puzzle right after it was finished: A picture of Mother, Jeff, and I working on the animal cracker puzzle: We gave up on it before completion - it was not "time efficient" for us.
A picture of me working on the garden one (Jason was across the table, working just as hard as me, but somehow he didn't get in the picture). We did not have a box or even a picture of it, so it was really difficult!

Here is the second completed puzzle; it actually had five pieces missing, but Dad Photoshopped them!

The next puzzle is of an old red mill by a river. It is going together lots faster! Check back here to see the result in a few days...

Here it is all done...