Latest happenings..

We had a great and busy weekend! Started off with our own rendition of 'the Fast and Furious' in our front yard. Rich brought over some fun toys and they kids had a blast!! Check it

 Rich was trying to drive his little 4-wheel-drive monster truck over my newly planted flowers.  NOT impressed.  I tossed that thing into the grass, but I wanted to drop kick it.  I was gettin worked up about the kids running into my plants, the house, each other, my car, Rich's car, the trailer  UGH!!! and Rich only had a few moments of panic like this picture below when the little truck almost got smashed to bits by the Hummer.  HA

 MIGHT help you drive better if you could see?  just a thought.

AAAAND another reason Rich came by was to deliver some dirt and mulch for a little somethin I've been workin on in the back yard. Love yard work- especially when there's no kids 'helping'!!! haha Thanks to his deliveries and a lot of sweet plants from Kim at the office and some rearranging of the ones I had already- here's what it looks like now! dang, don't have a before picture.....

first....my little South Dakota tree in the corner (corkscrew willow)....two years ago started as a stick in the ground that was about 18 in tall.  and now BEHOLD 8 feet of wonder!  It was getting too crammed back in there so Joe and Ryan dug it up and moved it out 4 more feet into the yard...aaaaand then the leaves all fell off.  SO.  we'll see if it can survive!  dang...

hanging flower baskets from the fence...and the Syd in pink shirt

made this shape a little bigger cause the plants were bustin out into my grass...then planted some of Kim's fun spreading thingys.  wow these pictures make it look tiny

new flower bed!  Check back in 5 years and we'll have a normal sized Jap maple right in the middle!  hahaa.  it's just a dinky stick with red leaves right now....supported by 4 pvc pipes so it doesnt' blow away in the breeze

and a chair waiting for YOU to come and sit with me....aaaahhhhh summer =)