Nice weather=Nice Yard

Holy Moly were you in Utah this past weekend?!? If so, you got to witness some of the MOST GORGEOUS weather!!! It was perfectly warm with a crisp windy breeze coming through every now and then to cool you off. Of course we HAD to take advantage of this weather and be outside the entire time.

Our original plan was JUST to cut down the one tree closest to the house. It would scrape on the window on windy nights and creep me out. Plus, I was TERRIFIED it would blow over when the kids were in the front room and squish them (weird pregnancy dreams I tell ya).

Well, Friday evening we were sitting outside and these 2 dinky trees that were next to the street really started to bug us. So Shaun got up, and being the ever so strong guy he is, pulled those two trees out, WITH HIS HANDS! HA...tells you how dinky they were! They were ugly, and pointless. They weren't going to bloom into pretty flowers or anything and I HATE trees so away they went. INSTANTLY, the front yard was looking better.

Then Saturday came, and we put on shorts and tank tops (I have to get a tan if I am going to be out in the weather...) and away we went to work. We stopped by Home Depot to rent a chain saw and Shaun tackled the tree by the house. I guess you are supposed to yell TIMBER when it comes down...well I yelled "EEK its REALLY coming down now" I guess that works too! ;) It took a LONG time to get that tree down...it was STUBBORN!!! Then it was a matter of cutting it into smaller chunks to take away to the dump. STUBBORN STUBBORN TREE!!! Of course, I tried to help here and there but I am supposed to be taking it easy so really, I sat in the chair, got a tan, and watched Shaun work...it was lovely! :) We spent the rest of the day digging up roots and clearing out what USED to be (I think) a garden/flower patch. It was so overgrown it was hard to tell...but regardless, we cleared it all out.

We were just going to leave it like that for the weekend and rest on Sunday but now that we could both SEE what it was going to look like, we were anxious to get back outside and work on it. Off to Home Depot again (they REALLY should have a rewards program) and we found some of this great stone edging stuff and grabbed 'the black sheet' as I call it, AKA weed block. Of course, you NEVER get the right amount of stuff you need, we were FIVE stones short of being able to complete the project so again, to Home Depot I went. It is all laid down now and ready for our Mulch (we are getting it at the dump because it is WAAAYYYY cheap there but they were closed on Sunday) and for some shrubs to go in. We will either tackle the rest next weekend or wait till the following. Next weekend is our first SLC baseball game, BOTH boys keep talking about it so I am not sure how much work around the house will get done lol

So another project started and ALMOST finished but seriously, look at the before and after...it is soooo much better and more open and just looks awesome! :) We both said MAY is the month for the firepit...and we have a great idea for Lincoln's birthday this summer with an outside Movie Party so we are now VERY anxious to get that started and finished! Of course, more pictures to come!

PS BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO MY NUMBER 1 SISTER: BETHIE!!!