Other stuff not just a yard update =)

Last week we went to Hayden Lake to visit Wade's aunt Kathy and have a little family reunion. Wade's brother Mike and his family were out from China. We had a blast despite the rain. I could not have asked for a more beautiful location to visit. It was incredible.

On Thursday we drove from Hayden Lake ID to Logan to prepare for the Ragnar (Wasatch back) 192 mile relay. We spent 11 hours driving from Hayden to Logan and then spent the next 36 hours in and out of a car. I was so excited on Sunday to stay at home and veg for a bit.

Here is the starting line at 6:50 am. Amy started us off bright and early while the rest of us 6 in Van 1 tried to get some shut eye. I was runner #5 and my first leg was 7.4 miles up hill on a dirt road up Avon pass. It was hot and dusty. I am so glad my team did not mind me walking.. bah that was hard. My second run was leg 17 4 easy miles at 11 pm. It was amazing! I loved that run. My last leg was supposed to be the easiest however I was so tired that I just walked. I had a lot of fun but it was very challenging. I would totally do it again just maybe not next year =)

Here is our van! Our team name was "where's the shortcut?"

Here are our Van 1 girls!

One more thing.... I love that when I got back from our trip our yard was so green! Yay!

Have a great day!

I am seeing Green!

Life has been really busy lately. Wade and I have been preparing for the Ragnar relay race (I can't believe it is already coming up next week...ahhhh) We sprayed in our grass a few weeks ago and it is growing so well, am so proud of it! Last week I finished up my garden and I just got through a REALLY big deadline for work. Before you know it summer will be over... I am pretty sad about it.


Anyways we are excited because Mike, Hayley and their kids are out from China! We have not seen Wade's brothers family since they left about a year ago to go to China. We have been enjoying some much needed family time. This coming week we are going up to Hayden Lake Id to Wade's aunt's home. It will be so nice to have a mini vacation with family.

Our garden




Grass I put them in order. I think these pictures were taken every other day over the past week or so

The yard

So I ran over a patch of grass with my car the day after we got it sprayed. Wade was not really happy about it. But look below.. you can see that very strip that I ran over is growing better than the other stuff. I am pretty proud of my little mistake.

Oh yeah and if any one wants to grill just come on over. Happy early birthday Wade!

Yard Update

Operation: "Yard becomes a yard and no longer a mud pit" commenced a few weeks ago. I was really excited. We started out by getting 36 yards of top soil..... I wish I had pictures of that it was gigantic. Then Wade rented a bobcat "skidster" And started making piles and Tom, Sharon, Jim and I raked and raked and raked.



After the piles were mostly leveled we then started phase 2 "sprinklers"... lets be honest it is still debatable if this step should have been phase 1 and then have top soil be phase 2. We rented the trencher and bought all the parts and started going to town. Notice in these pictures that Wade and Tom could be twinners with their matching shirts and shorts. Actually Tom was driving Wade's truck and one of our neighbors flagged him down and started talking to Tom.. it took him a a minute to figure out that it was not Wade.


After the trenching was done we began laying the sprinkler pipe and digging the area's for the sprinkler heads. Later that day it began to rain. Oh joy of joys.. over the next few days it dumped on us and washed out a lot of our hard work.

We finished the sprinkler system put together all the heads and filled in our trenches...in the rain. Thank you Jim, Sharon, Mike, Rach and Tom for helping us and playing in the mud with us. After all the rain stopped the ground was really hard so we rented a tiller and tilled the entire yard. Then we raked again, YAY! After everything was level again we got smart and paid some one to come and put in curbing this past Monday. It looked great and they did a wonderful job. Then it has rained continually since then. Here is how everything is looking so far! Tomorrow we are supposed to have hydroseed sprayed but the conditions don't seem like they will work since the ground is supposed to be dry on top. Also it has been so wet that we have not been able to seal the concrete so we hope it's okay out there =) Here is what our yard looks like now.

Home sweet home!

Now on to the garden and picking our trees. Does anyone have any favorites we should consider? I want a flaming maple and the orange maple and a crab apple tree and some other ornamental trees. Thoughts?

THANK YOU again to everyone who has helped us and nice neighbors who let us borrow stuff!
More updates to come soon

Weekend with the fam

This is Sadie my sweet little niece. She is 6 weeks old and a charmer.

We were so happy to join my parents, my sister Rachel and her husband and Dave's family for Sadie's blessing this weekend. It was a very special day with beautiful weather. I love spending time with family!

In house news we updated the laundry room. I used this as my inspiration... (And when I say that...I mean I copied it to the "T")

That is all I have for you now.. This weekend we are spreading top soil and possibly putting in some sprinklers! Oh the joy of home ownership.