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Yard update

June 21, 2017

Considering we re-did our front yard a full year ago, guess it’s time I showed some pictures of it, huh? When we moved into this house, the front yard was basically an overgrown forest – tons and tons of trees.

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It made me feel like I was living in the dark so we decided to cut down those trees! It was a tough and scary decision but definitely the right one. We took down about 13 trees total – it was a big job! And my crew was loving all the action!

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Maxwell’s baby face here…I cannot believe that was only 1 year ago. Also, Samantha’s face! ha!

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It was a mess for several days – and I think made all of our neighbors really nervous about what in the world we were up to!

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It was awesome when the trees were down all the light started pouring into our windows and we could actually see the sunset from our bedroom!

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trees

Once the trees were cleared, the landscaping came and we had lots of good supervisors!

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Then we got sod! woohoo!

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sod

sod

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trees

We were so pleased when it was all said and done – and I think our neighbors were pleased too!

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trees

About two months later we also cleaned up the side of the yard to finish the project…

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It was a huge undertaking but I’m so glad we did it. Taking out all those trees just opened the house up and the kids love to run and play in the grass in the front. A year later and still looking good…

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Home improvement!

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Week in review

April 28, 2017

Some events from this past week…

Everyone loves it when Dad gets breakfast!

doughnuts

Bubbles in the backyard…

bubbles

bubbles

Early mornings at the gym for me…handstand pushups! (yes, totally showing off by sharing this but when I’m old and gray someday I want to remember I could do this!)…

gym

A new light fixture in the foyer!

light fixture

Love notes from Maxwell…

love notes

Spoiling our dinner with 4:00 ice cream and running into our neighborhood besties…

ice cream

A rare moment of all three playing happily together…

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Finally, projects!

prokjects

A good, normal, routine week. We’ll take it! Make it a great weekend!

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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!

October 17, 2016

It’s looking a little spooky around here!

spooky

As Spencer said, “Don’t worry, they’re just pretend. They’re happy ghosts!”

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ghosts

Phew. We like happy ghosts!

Also, seeing this picture makes me realize I’ve never told the full story on our front lawn redo. I will get to it someday but, this right here is why we did it…

lawn

My three pumpkins playing in the front in the grass on a beautiful fall day. Nothing better!

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Weekend fun

April 18, 2016

Lots of weekend fun!

Jumping for joy on Friday!

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joy

Saturday Yardwork. One of my helpers was a little more productive than the other!

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Bye bye sticks and weeds!

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Birthday party fun!

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Cousin love!

cousins

Sunshine and sports on Sunday!

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sunday sports

Tball and soccer game pics to come. A happy and busy weekend! See you tomorrow!

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It’s beginning to look….

December 11, 2015

a lot like Christmas! We’ve been making it merry around here the past two weeks! I actually had all the inside decorations up right before we left for the mountains for Thanksgiving. I knew time was going to get short when we got back so I was happy to come home to a decorated house! We moved into this house December 15 of last year and didn’t really decorate so it’s been fun this year finding new places for everything. I did decorate our banister this year and love it!

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and you know I LOVE having FIVE stockings to hang this year!

sotckings

We got our tree the week after Thanksgiving. We were hoping to have a family outing to get it, but with rain coming and everyone busy, Maxwell and I just decided to stop off after school one day and pick one out. My helper chose the best one! Robert and I almost killed ourselves trying to get it in the stand and up in the house that night but, we got it in. (note to self – throw away that terrible 4 screw stand and stick with the cheapy one!)

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We finally got it decorated and I think it’s the best one yet!  🙂

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We also got some more wreaths for outside so there’s a wreath for every window!

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We also have bows galore and a fancy mailbox all thanks to Susan!

mailbox

I got the lighted garland up – and had a good helper for that too!  🙂

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I just love Christmas and how full the house feels with joy and anticipation!

santa

Ho Ho Ho!

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