I'll take "Unidentified Shrubs" for $300, Alex...

Does anyone know what this shrub is?? We have two of them in our backyard that we "inherited" from the PO. I love their light green leaves (which turn yellow in the fall) and we had the most pleasant surprise this spring (the last two weeks of May) when these these beautiful little white flowers bloomed, with their lovely, light, sweet smell.

I want to keep them, but they are planted too close to the house and really need to be moved. I don't want to kill them -- so I am hoping to figure out what they are so that I can figure out the best time to transplant them.

This Barberry bush, on the other hand, could die for all I care. In fact, that would make my life easier. It is also planted too close to the house and is becoming obnoxiously over-grown. I hate pruning it because of the thorns and my half-hearted efforts are further dampened by the fact that we are leaning toward just cutting it down and starting over...if only I could decide what to put in its place (oh, and had the funds to purchase whatever we settle on).

(On a side note, in this photo you can see evidence of several other projects -- our steps, which need to be cleaned off and/or repainted and the railing which needs to be repainted ; and the piles of dirt under the bush which are left over from a different project and will be used when we try to reseed a couple sections of our lawn.)