We did some traveling as well as some camping. One of the neatest things is we purchased was a camper. It came in handy on our trip to Utah and not having to pay for a hotel. Here are a few shots from some of our trips.
Now we have put the garden to bed and are finishing up the Soccer season! We're very excited that Fall is here!
So Ashton has mastered his bike. Yes Sir! No more training wheels for him! He is so excited! Here is a short video I took the day he got it. It only took him a few hours to figure it out once Dad took off the training wheels. You can see how excited he is. Way to go Ashton!
Yep literally a ton of flag stone has been placed in my back yard, by my trusty contractor, ME! Talk about a ton o' something! As you can see from my face I am quite happy about being finished. It has been three straight weekends of back breaking labor, but I think the result was worth all the effort. I have to give a BIG thank you to my husband Steven for moving all the rock to the back yard, hauling sand and gravel here and there and for basically putting up with all my bossing! Believe me he tried to take a shot at laying flag, but gladly gave the reins back to me. So with my creative juices on high this is how it unfolded. Enjoy!
Here is the full gravel layer. Now for weed barrier and sand.
Let the creativity begin! Here I am laying the flag and trying not to mess anything up. Basically I can put together a 400 SF puzzle with out a picture! Ha Ha Ha!
If you saw my back yard before you know what a waste land it was, if not I will throw in a few pictures to show you!
Here is the waste land that it was before we started the patio. You can even see a pile of flag stone that we started collecting last year. I am taking a load of hand split wood to the front of the house.
Drum roll please....here is the after! We still have to fill in the cracks with soil and plant our Scottish moss, but the hard part of this project is behind us!
Can you believe it is the same yard? I can't! Now on to planting, staining the fence, and so on.
With lots of help! My boys and I have been living and breathing the garden! For the last three weekends in a row and some week nights when we aren't at baseball games/practices we are in the garden. We have amazed our selves with how much we have been able to get done and I think we are in the home stretch. Sorry to everyone for not getting more blogging done, but when gardening you only have so much time to get everything prepared for all the wonderful little plants that will soon fill its boarders.
Cleaning up the path way until we start the next section.
Our garden beds are about 50 feet long each and both are over 4 feet wide, so we'll be growing a lot of food! Wish us luck!
Last night Ashton had his first t-ball practice with his team the Angels. He had lots of fun even though he was starting to get a cold. Coach Greg did a really great job of keeping the kids attention for the 45 minute practice while we all battled the very cold chill in the air. The parents got to practice the drills with their children which is one of the reasons Steven was looking forward to t-ball. Here are the hightlights...
Drills
Here is a short clip of Ashton and Daddy doing some the drill work.
We are all looking forward to Thad and Ashton's first games which should be in the coming weeks! Let's play ball!
I've been dreaming of a garden since we bought our house last year and now I'm planting seeds! Here is my garden space on the side of our house. I hope to have it full of wonderful things to eat through out this season!
These are the type of seeds I'm starting with. I ordered a few online as well that my best friend suggested!
You'll see the boys planted snake gourds. Man were the boys excited to plant these. In the photo they are making a hissing sound!
Happy gardening everyone!
Lining up for the field assessment.
Ground ball drills.
Pop fly drills. Thad caught the third one!
Getting ready to take bat. The last ball he hit. This was his first time batting with a pitching machine. He went to the plate with authority! Way to go buddy!
Mom and Dad Lawrence this video is for you. As some of you may be aware Steven has the slow motion running gene. This is a standing joke for Steven and his family. We were hoping that Thad didn't inherit this, but alas it looks like he may have. Luckily he has a good attitude and doesn't give up. Here's the video of his run. The other boys ran to second between 7 to 8 seconds. Thad was at 9.22. Awe well, he's got a good arm like his Dad, so there's hope. :)
