Wahoo SPRING!!!

I love those Saturdays when you wake up to the birds singing outside your window, the sun is shining, and your little girl wakes up with a smile! Today was one of those days!! We woke up and had a lazy morning, went and picked up a breakfast burrito and then we got to work.

My first project was to weed the front flower beds. I figured this would only take me, oh...45 minutes tops. HA! 3 hours later the front flower beds were weeded, the bush trimmed, the grass dug out from around the tree and all the dirt was blown off the front porch and sidewalk. I didn't plant any flowers yet though. Partially because my mom warned that it might get cold again (BOO!!) and partially because I am fresh out of blow money!! Here is a picture of the finished product:



Then Ava and I went inside and ate some lunch and played a little bit. I love that girl. She melts me. When my dad showed up to help me with my next project, Ava sidetracked him and asked to "bock-a-bye" (rock-a-bye). When it comes to my Ava, my dad (and most everyone else) is a sucker. So dad spent some time bock-a-bying Miss Ava Claire and I worked on breaking up the dirt on this mess:



When we moved into this house, there was a huge pond. But with me being pregnant, which ends in a child :) we didn't want a pond for that child to fall into. So we got rid of it and filled it with some dirt. Two years later, it is still just dirt and weeds. So this year we are planting some grass and we are going to get that ugly spot looking gorgeous by this summer.

When Ava laid down for her afternoon nap my dad and I got to work. We were going to modify the deck that was here before we moved in. The owners before us enclosed the back patio to make it this nice little nook. The problem was that I couldn't see Ava while she played "shide" (outside). So we took it from nook to this:





The patio set was mine and Jayson's gift to each other for our birthdays (June 1&3) and mother's/father's day. We decided to get it now so that we could enjoy it longer. We are kind of known for doing gifts way before the the actual day they are supposed to be given. It drives my mom nuts :). But it's how we roll, it works for us.

My next project is this:



And finishing the dirt pile and staining the fence to match the patio. You probably noticed that the fence is ugly, you are right! Surprisingly, I am actually looking forward to it!! Maybe I am turning into my mom after all! I could think of worse things to happen ;).