BACKYARD PROGRESS

LITTLE BY LITTLE THE VISION IS BEING COMPLETED. FENCE AND CURBING IS IN. A FEW MORE LITTLE PROJECTS ARE LEFT BEFORE THE SUMMERS END, BUT THE BIG STUFF IS DONE.

YARD UPDATE

THIS WEEKEND JEFF AND I LAID THE LAST OF OUT BACKYARD LAWN. THIS WAS NOT AN EASY TASK BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GET THE PALLETS OF SOD CLOSE TO THE BACKYARD AND SO WE BORROWED OUR NEIGHBORS 4-WHEELER WITH A TRAILER TO GET THE SOD FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK. WE HAD A LATE START BECAUSE OUR SOD DIDN'T COME TILL AFTER 5PM. WE COULD ONLY LOAD ABOUT 7-8 ROLLS OF SOD IN THE TRAILER AND IT TOOK ABOUT 15 TRIPS AND AT LEAST 1 HOUR OF LOADING THE SOD FROM THE FRONT YARD AND UNLOADING THE SOD IN THE BACK YARD. HURRAY!! WE DID FINISHED ABOUT 99.7% OF THE WORK BY 10PM, IN THE DARK, AND THEN COMPLETELY FINISHED THE REST IN THE MORNING BEFORE IT GOT TO HOT. THE LAST 1000 SQ FEET IS FINALLY DONE. JEFF ASKED ME IF I WANTED A PICTURE OF THE 4-WHEELER AND TRAILER TO DOCUMENT OUR PROGRESS (EVEN HE KNOWS TO ASK IF I WANT A PICTURETO BLOG:) BUT I WAS TO TIRED AND DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE ANY TIME TAKING PICTURES, ALL I WANTED WAS TO GET IT DONE. HOWEVER, I DID GET A PICTURE OF THE FINISHED PROJECT. (NOW JUST INVISION A FLOWER BED AND VINYL FENCE ALONG THE BACK. AHH, IT WILL BE SO NICE.

ANOTHER GOOD QUOTE

"A stronger personal faith in Jesus Christ will prepare [your children] for the challenges they will most surely face." -Neil L. Andersen

BACKYARD UPDATE

THE GRASS ALONG THE STREAMBED LOOKS SO GOOD.

THIS WEEKEND WE SPENT WORKING IN THE BACKYARD. JEFF AND I LAID 1500 SQUARE FEET OF SOD. THE REST NEXT WILL BE DONE NEXT WEEKEND. AND I THINK THAT MOST OF THE HARD STUFF WILL BE DONE. THE REST WILL BE THE FUN STUFF, BRINGING IN SOME DIRT FOR MY FLOWER BED AND BARK TO FINISH THE EDGES AND FINALLY PLANTING. YEAH!!

GOOD QUOTE

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller

GETAWAY

LAST WEEKEND JEFF AND I WENT TO DEER VALLEY FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY AND A LITTLE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR ME. WE MET BEN A MICHELLE AT RED BUTTE GARDENS, IT IS A FUN PLACE TO BROWSE AND GET PLANT IDEAS, AND I LOVE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.

MICHELLE SUPRISED ME WITH THIS CUTE PLANTER FOR MY FRONT PORCH. SO CREATIVE!
UNIDENTIFIED PLANT THAT I REALLY LIKED. CAN ANYONE NAME THIS PLANT?

WE MET BRANDON, DAYNA AND HAILEY AT "THIS AT THIS IS PLACE MONUMENT STATE PARK". WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN TOGETHER. WHEN WE SAW THIS GARDEN WE DECIDED THAT THE PIONEERS WERE THE ORIGINAL SQUARE FOOT GARDENERS. WE TOOK A FUN LITTLE TRAIN RIDE AROUND THE LAKE, HOWEVER, I THINK WE LOOK A LITTLE BIG FOR THIS TRAIN DON'T WE? WE FINISHED UP OUR DAY IN THE POOL AT DEER VALLEY AND EATING BURGERS AT "FLIPPIN BURGERS" IN PC, TOPPED OFF WITH DELICIOUS BOSTON CREAM CAKE FOR DESSERT. OH SO GOOD!

YOU CAN CHECK OUT BRANDON AND DAYNA BLOG FOR A FEW MORE PICS .

THANKS KIDS FOR SUCH A FUN WEEKEND!