Another Update on the Yard

Yet again... Another update on the yard. It's all we have really done lately. 

It looks better and better every time Ian mows! Less weeds and more real grass! Although there are still plenty of weeds...

 

This was a nice patch of almost all grass! We were so excited!

I even got me a hanging basket! Because who I am kidding thinking I can attempt having flowers in my flower beds...

 I love my Irises! Best yard surprise ever!

Let the Yard Work Commence

(Another current post... I'm on a roll.)

Finally! A nice day! Ian worked out in the yard all afternoon/evening. The weeds were in desperate need of a mowing.  Hopefully someday there will be more grass than weeds...

He got the sprinkler system up and running for the year. It sucks we had to wait this long. It's been super windy so the yard, aka weeds, were drying out bad. Dragging that hose around is for the birds!

I didn't hear the mower going anymore, so I went outside to find Ian. I almost walked around the house twice before I found him in the forest. He was able to get some of the leaves cleaned out of the ditch a couple weeks ago. He went to finish the job... and there was water in it! So he had an extra fun time of doing it. MMM... soggy leaves!

We still need to get the leaves he pulled out cleaned up, but it was getting dark and we were hungry. It would have been nice if we could have cleaned them up last fall, but we had just planted, the ground was super soggy, and I didn't want giant foot prints throughout my yard.

Ian worked hard getting wet leaves out of the ditch... I worked hard on taking pictures of my flowers...

And the neighbors... 

Tulips are my favorite! Maybe someday I'll have more!

It was nice to finally be outside. I hope it gets warm and stays warm soon.

First BBQ of 2013!

(Wow... this is actually a current post. This happened just the other day!)

We love when friends come over! Especially these ones :)

The weather is almost starting to get nice... so we grilled hamburgers & made s'mores!!

Our fire pit's first use... Somehow we managed not to use it at all last summer. That will not be the case this year!

I just love our cute patio!

Franchesca was quite concerned for Ian's feet. :)

Good friends, good food, and lots of fun! Can't wait to do it again!

Pinewood Derby

The Elders Quorum had a Pinewood Derby. It was so much fun! Ian figured out his design and cut out the wood. Glad Dad had a saw for us to borrow...

As we got out at the church we realized Ian's car matched Ian's car... Funny.

 

And here you have DEAD MEAT!  (Inspired by a video game Ian loves: Super Meat Boy.)

My involvement was: painting multiple coats, drawing the saw blades on the washers, gluing the washers together and to the car, then prying them off with a screw driver after we realized it was too heavy, and attaching fishing weights as a last resort. :)

Who knew super glue weighed so much... All the separate pieces weighed just under 5 oz.

It was definitely a man's party. Dinner was hot dogs and nachos :) It was pretty fun. 

All the names and stats were listed up on the big screen. That was awesome!

I told Ian I would laugh if he won... Mostly because we were doing a lot of the work on the car an hour before it started... First race he was in, he won!

Overall, he got 3rd place out of 18. Then raced against the top 4, four more times. They were able to re-graphite their wheels and I think that's what killed us. Ian's times were way slower after he did that, so he got 4th place. I was still super proud of him! Considering the car was made by two morons an hour before, I was pretty impressed with the results :)

Christmas 2012

Christmas in July? Nah... how about Christmas in April! Apparently I'm behind in my blogging yet again.

 Hmm... let's see what I can remember about Christmas 2012... other than it was good :)

 

 Ian asked for a new vacuum... and got a new vacuum! We love our shark! It's the best thing to happen to our nasty green carpet that shows every little speck of anything.

I love the juicer I got!

Mom's tree.

Our tree.

And that's about all I can remember at this point :) Oh well.