Yard Work

Here is Dexter supervising the work from his cage...I mean playpen. He was so good Sunday afternoon as we transplanted and dug holes in our reconfigured front bed. It seemed like an easy enough task to re-shape the bed and stick a few azaleas in the ground. Oh no. Well, maybe it would have been easy if we didn't try and do everything else that weekend.

In the last 3 days we have:
-put out 1 pallet of grass in the backyard
-planted 19 new plants
-transplanted 8 large shrubs
-reshaped the front bed
-tilled up bed
-transplanted 30ft of monkey grass

We have one azalea left. YES! Here are a few more pics of the front yard - I have an album of all the yard work done started under "our pics".

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Dexter's funny moods

We got him a ballon for the first time at HEB...I can't believe we haven't done this before. It was a BIG hit!

Wearing Daddy's socks. "I look AWESOME!"

Hello old friend Marcus - so good of you to visit!

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Maggie's Wedding

Sander and I out, without Dexter. It deserved a pic. We had a great time at my dear friend's wedding. They had a similar story to ours - good friends for a long time, dated for 7 months, engaged for 5. I really can't believe Sander and I have been married almost 5 years now. As we looked back at our friendship, time dating, and now marriage, I am astounded at how quickly the time passed. It has been a great 5+ years!

Everything was yellow! I loved how they decorated. They used the pear trees and other wildflowers that were in bloom and it looked terrific!

Old Irish dance friends. We tried to get a pic of all the old group, but this was the most we could get at one time.

The beautiful bride!

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Baby Gifts

For my many mom friends, check out Cookie Magazine's latest gift guide for the 0-2 year age range.

http://www.cookiemag.com/gear/products/2008/08/birthday_presents

Squiddo Train set, $30 from Brio

This is one of my FAVS.  I love the bright colors and unexpected shapes.  Enjoy the link!

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I'm crafting and sewing again

My dear friend Marisa has inspired me to sew again. She is making the most amazing bib necklaces and selling them here, on etsy. Such a great price and they are fabulously made by hand.

So, here is the story on the outfit, as I know you are dying to know:

I thought that I would go and buy a new spring outfit for my friend's wedding (which is tomorrow) and have been shopping/looking online for several weeks. Nothing has been just what I had in mind. Well, really I think I have the bug to design and sew again. When that happens I don't want to buy anything because I know if I make it myself it will be just what I want. So, I decided since I don't have time to make something for the wedding, I can liven up what I already have. See below for the brooch I made out of scraps of raw silk I just had on hand (anyone else have piles of unused fabric lying around, or is that just me?). The beads come from old earrings. I may add more, but I didn't want to overdo it with the crazy pattern on the dress.

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Throwing the Ball

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Tree down

As you can see, we had a problem with a tree in our yard. Every couple of days it seems we get a truck stopping offering to cut it down for us. We thought if it made it through Ike, then it really wasn't that big of an issue, plus we liked the shade. But, it was getting closer to the house and we finally made the decision to cut it down. We are having gutters installed (I know, what everyone wants to spend their spare $ on...be jealous...) and they couldn't fit gutters between the tree and the house. That's when you know you really have a problem.

Here it is almost down. This guy was awesome and just climbed the tree with his foots spikes like it wasn't hard at all.

I thought I would really miss the tree, but nope. I love the house even more! It looks so clean and ready for anything. Gutters perhaps?

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