Instant Yard

The sod has been laid and I finally have my beautiful yard!!! (Now I just have to clean up the porch....hehehe) I can't wait to expand my garden next year, as we now have a much larger area designated for that purpose. As Chad and I admired it last night after the crew left, we realized that we have a really big yard! It was so underutilized and it is wonderful to have a big open space for Gavin and Alayna to play. Its so tempting to want to run all over it immediately, but we know we need to wait for the roots to take hold to the ground underneath. In the meantime, though, it sure is pretty to look at.

Nothing but Dirt!

Most of you know that we are doing some major remodeling of our home this summer. Yes, we have been remodeling for the last 3 years, but this summer we are really focusing on finishing all of our projects. This last weekend Chad's brothers, Brian and Logan came down to help Chad tile the kitchen floor and put two new windows in our kitchen. The kitchen is just about done! All that we have left are a few cosmetic changes we want to make. They also mudded the wall that extends from our dining area into our living room. Soon, we will be ready to paint our living room....exciting! Also, as you can see by the pictures, we are having our entire yard re-done. For anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing our weed-patch of a yard, you may agree with me that I actually think the plain dirt is an improvement! :o) Tomorrow the landscapers come back and will put the sod in, mend part of our fence that is down, smooth out all those piles of bark and move some of our plants/trees to make it all look nice. Chad and I will then take a trip to a plant store and top it off with a few shrubs here and there to make it all look really pretty! Stay tuned for the "after" pictures of the yard.....

Swimming Lessons

The last two weeks of August turned out to be pretty busy for us. Gavin attended swimming lessons for a 1/2 hour class every day and absolutely loved it! I was very proud of him as he learned to put his face underwater and is very comfortable jumping in from the side of the pool. He is now a Goldfish Graduate. We celebrated with an ice cream treat! We have decided to continue the lessons in the fall, although he won't be going every day. He'll attend a 5-week "Pre-Penguin" class on Tuesdays and Thursdays to compliment his pre-Kindergarten classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.