Tuesday, October 20, 2009

No More Muddy Mess


Mr. Price built up the front yard enough to make a circle drive around the oak tree (the tree with the bench beside it to the left of the picture) and not have to worry about driving off the edge or hitting the house. I added the bolders and cedar logs to help prevent someone from driving over the edge. It is a good 6 foot drop on this side of the bolder in the picture.










Mr. Price did a lot of bulldozing to get our yard level and then he brought some topsoil in. I planted bermuda grass and Amy and I kept it watered till it was growing good on its own. Even with all the rain we have had lately our yard still isn't a muddy mess. I put the bolders back here to keep people from driving on the grass. So far, only one person has hit them with a vehicle. The kids miss all the mud but Amy and I sure don't. Next spring we will start putting in flower beds and plant some bushes but for now we will just have to be happy with our grass, bolders, and cedar logs.

Thanksgiving Tree






This is our Thanksgiving or Turkey tree. We saw one and thought it was a great idea. We have a tree that sits in the attic 11 out of 12 months. Why can't we use it a few more months out of the year? We are trying to get the house ready for family coming over for the holidays. It was a fun idea and projects that the kids do at school go on the tree too. If you look close there is a turkey as a tree topper.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Daddy's little helpers



This is the kids and Amy helping me set some corner posts on the new fence line. We got the corner posts up and all the t-posts drivin that weekend. Amy got blisters from all the digging and driving t-posts. Michael picked up the t-posts from the ground so I didn't have to bend over and Hailey and Nick held the tools for us. Michael thought we did a great job other than the cows being able to walk inbetween the t-posts. I had to explain to him that we still had wire to put up. This is one one of my all time favorite weekends. I don't know how much fun Amy and the kids had but I had a blast and it really meant a lot to me them being out there helping.

Our Little Cowboy


Our baby (Nick) is growing up fast. He is turning into a little boy..........
cowboy that is!
(This is one of his school pictures.)