Showing posts with label Yardwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yardwork. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2009
And then there was more yardwork...
It's actually been fun getting the yard done. We finished up filling the garden boxes and even planted some herbs and vegetables. Memorial Day was mostly spent moving rock. We put decorative rock inside all of the curbing to cover the ground and weed fabric. I really need to take some pictures, but I've been busy trying to get it all done.
Yesterday a bunch of us got together to lay sod for my backyard neighbor. It's amazing the difference an hour of work can make on a yard (especially when that hour is spent covering bare earth with grass). Seth has been working just about everyday for a month to get the ground ready. He couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
Well, I'll try to take some photos tonight and post them soon. We just have a few more projects to get done this year and we'll be set.
Yesterday a bunch of us got together to lay sod for my backyard neighbor. It's amazing the difference an hour of work can make on a yard (especially when that hour is spent covering bare earth with grass). Seth has been working just about everyday for a month to get the ground ready. He couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
Well, I'll try to take some photos tonight and post them soon. We just have a few more projects to get done this year and we'll be set.
Monday, May 11, 2009
SF Volleyball and Yard
This week we had another volleyball tournament. Our Spanish Fork team competed in the middle bracket and took 3rd place. This might be the last year that we do both Spanish Fork and Payson at the same time. It takes quite a bit of time and hopefully we'll have adopted by then. ;-)
Friday was Liberty's 1st birthday party (our niece). She didn't quite know what to do with the presents, but with a little help she started to get the hang of it. She also had a ball with the cake and ice cream. Check out this great shot I took with my phone.
Saturday was spent in the yard. We weeded the area that we are going to put a planter. Weeded all the garden beds around the house. Moved all the excess dirt from the planter area (about 10 wheel barrow loads worth). Planted our peach tree. Transplanted the maple from the front yard to the side yard. Planted 3 bushes and 2 Hosta plants. We even put down weed barrier fabric everywhere that we cleared.
I still haven't painted the shelves in our closet, but I'll try to get that done tonight. Then, tomorrow, we are having our curbing put in our yard. I'll try to get some before and after photos to share with everyone. I wish I would have taken the time Saturday so that everyone could see just how much was done.
Friday was Liberty's 1st birthday party (our niece). She didn't quite know what to do with the presents, but with a little help she started to get the hang of it. She also had a ball with the cake and ice cream. Check out this great shot I took with my phone.
Saturday was spent in the yard. We weeded the area that we are going to put a planter. Weeded all the garden beds around the house. Moved all the excess dirt from the planter area (about 10 wheel barrow loads worth). Planted our peach tree. Transplanted the maple from the front yard to the side yard. Planted 3 bushes and 2 Hosta plants. We even put down weed barrier fabric everywhere that we cleared.I still haven't painted the shelves in our closet, but I'll try to get that done tonight. Then, tomorrow, we are having our curbing put in our yard. I'll try to get some before and after photos to share with everyone. I wish I would have taken the time Saturday so that everyone could see just how much was done.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Progress on the Profile
We are almost done with the online profile for LDS Family Services. It's about time that we finish. In fact, we should be able to finish tonight with all the writing. Then it just comes down to editing the photos to go on the site.
BYU didn't play last week, but they were able to jump in the polls to 7th and 8th (depending on the poll). It's exciting because it makes each game mean that much more.
Last weekend was interesting. On Friday, we ended up going over to our new backyard neighbors' house to play some games. It was a blast and we found out we are very much alike in personality. We had some plans to go shopping Saturday, but that didn't work out. Instead I helped some neighbors put down sod for a few hours and needed a nap to recuperate.
BYU didn't play last week, but they were able to jump in the polls to 7th and 8th (depending on the poll). It's exciting because it makes each game mean that much more.
Last weekend was interesting. On Friday, we ended up going over to our new backyard neighbors' house to play some games. It was a blast and we found out we are very much alike in personality. We had some plans to go shopping Saturday, but that didn't work out. Instead I helped some neighbors put down sod for a few hours and needed a nap to recuperate.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Home Inspection/Yardwork
Our caseworker came by to inspect our house for the adoption approval. It was good to see her again and get some more ideas of what to do for our house. I get a kick out of learning about baby safety. It's a whole new world for us in some sense, but most of it is just common sense. We have the carbon monoxide detector to install, baby gate, outlet covers, door handle covers, fire extinguisher, and even some cabinet locks to install. We still need to get the window well covers, but we know where we'll buy them. It will just take about a month to save up.
Saturday we ended up working on the yard and other outside projects. I moved about 6 wheel barrow loads of dirt to different areas of the lawn and garden, sprayed some weeds, and even fixed the drain from our roof. Adrienne sprayed even more weeds and did a bunch of laundry. It's always fun to work outside, but it was sure a hot day. Oh, we also installed some brackets in the garage to hang our bikes on (it was like an oven in there).
I forgot to mention a fun night a couple weeks ago. We went with our friends Nate and Liz to "Steel Days" in American Fork. There was an outdoor concert that went on for 3-4 hours and finished with 45 minutes of fireworks. The concert was neat. We got there part way through and A Capella group. There were six guys and it was amazing the full sound that they created. It sounded like they had bass guitars and a drum set with them, but it was all done by voice. The last band was the best though. It was a Beatles tribute band called "The Return". Each member of the band sang EXACTLY like their Beatles counterpart. Paul sounded like Paul, John like John, etc. It sounded just like it was the Beatles 40 years ago. If anyone is interested, you can find them on YouTube. We couldn't stay for the whole fireworks because Nate and Liz had to pick up their kids...but it's probably the best show in the state. You are so close to the fireworks that they take up the whole sky. They've got great patriotic music in the background and the show seemingly goes on forever getting bigger and grander throughout.
Saturday we ended up working on the yard and other outside projects. I moved about 6 wheel barrow loads of dirt to different areas of the lawn and garden, sprayed some weeds, and even fixed the drain from our roof. Adrienne sprayed even more weeds and did a bunch of laundry. It's always fun to work outside, but it was sure a hot day. Oh, we also installed some brackets in the garage to hang our bikes on (it was like an oven in there).
I forgot to mention a fun night a couple weeks ago. We went with our friends Nate and Liz to "Steel Days" in American Fork. There was an outdoor concert that went on for 3-4 hours and finished with 45 minutes of fireworks. The concert was neat. We got there part way through and A Capella group. There were six guys and it was amazing the full sound that they created. It sounded like they had bass guitars and a drum set with them, but it was all done by voice. The last band was the best though. It was a Beatles tribute band called "The Return". Each member of the band sang EXACTLY like their Beatles counterpart. Paul sounded like Paul, John like John, etc. It sounded just like it was the Beatles 40 years ago. If anyone is interested, you can find them on YouTube. We couldn't stay for the whole fireworks because Nate and Liz had to pick up their kids...but it's probably the best show in the state. You are so close to the fireworks that they take up the whole sky. They've got great patriotic music in the background and the show seemingly goes on forever getting bigger and grander throughout.
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