Yard Work Weekend

This weekend was so beautiful! It was 70 degrees on Friday and 65 degrees on Saturday (until the thunderstorms moved in late afternoon). It was so nice to be outside though and get a ton of yard work done. We spent all day Friday in the sun, and even got a sunburn. I am going to be planing a vegetable garden this year so I was prepping an area for it. I also went to a veggie garden 101 class on Saturday at a local store. We got some topsoil to fill in a bunch of holes in the backyard where Hazen dug up some tree roots and took the apple tree out. I also turned over the soil in the front planter box to get ready to plant flowers. Put down coffee grounds to try and keep the neighbors cat from pooping in it. We are going to be re-doing the back water feature area since Lucy can't seem to stay off it. We got a large pot that will have water coming up from the bottom and spilling over the top onto a circle of bricks. We had to go get the bricks this weekend. They are from a demolition company that has a bunch of bricks from taking down buildings. There was a huge pile of about 3 different kinds. We only needed one of the types and they definitely weren't the most abundant. It was a scavenger hunt for 250 bricks. Very exhausting. We woke up Saturday pretty sore but decided to go at it again. We got some plastic fencing to put up around my garden to see if that will keep Lucy out of it. Yet to be determined. Hazen decided that he needs to beat "Corner Guy" with his lawn this year so we laid a bunch of topsoil in the front yard to even out all the hills and valleys. This process is much more tedious than I expected. You cant just lay down a bunch of dirt and call it good. The thunderstorms came in last night and I'm not sure how much grass seed is left and how much got washed away. In the end though, I'm sure it will look better than before.

Garden area, doesn't have fence up yet

Hazen puting a rock wall around the tree so I can plant flowers around it.

Finished rock wall, but it hasn't been filled in with dirt yetRolling out the dirt in the front yard

Katie's Visit

Our Friend, Katie, that went to college with Hazen called us up earlier this week and asked what we were up to this weekend. We didn't have any plans so she decided to come visit. Last time she came over, her flight was overbooked so she elected to take the next flight to get a free ticket. So she somehow thought it would be a good idea to use it to come to Boise instead of, lets say, Hawaii. We were glad that she came over though. We had a good time. She arrived late Friday night and we had our friends Doug, Ryan and Erin over as well to welcome her to town. Had quite the bash and did not get enough sleep, as it always goes.

Putt Putt Golf at Wahooz Family Fun Zone (Katie was the big winner!)

Hazen hitting the batting cages (getting ready for the softball team we joined)

He got beat by a 9 year old

Berkley's Blanket

Our friends, Doug and Tera, were having a 1st Birthday party for their daughter Berkley. I decided to make her a blanket. The party was nice and I think she enjoyed her gift. She pulled it out of the bag and snuggled right up in it.

The finished product

Close Up

Front of blanket showing part of the back panel

Close Up of the Back