A Good Weekend

Wow the whole family spent the whole weekend together.....super good stuff....yesterday we spent most of the day at home planting a ton of perennials....I counted 91....it is alot but it doesn't look like that much since most of them are small plants....by the way this was just in the front yard and side yard...we still have probably 30 or so more plants for the backyard....and then I have my annuals to plant in my pots....the yard is finally coming together....it has been alot of work...it started out with
cutting down 3 pick up loads of junipers
trimming and removing trees 2 pick up loads
renting a stump grinder to get the roots and stumps out
2 pick up loads of dirt from the 5 flower beds dug out by hand
rototill all 5 beds
3 pick up loads of bark for the beds
1 pick up load of hand picked moss stones for the flower bed boarders
countless trips to the local home improvements stores for plants-over 130 to date
countless trips moving the plants from inside the house to the outside due to the weather and it has been to cold to plant them
as of yesterday 91 holes that I am on my knees in the mulch finding the perfect place to plant ...Collin shoveling and me planting only 40 or so more to go
oh and of course a new fence for the dogs
a new outdoor coffee table Collin made
numerous lanterns, planters, flower boxes , shutters, post, and canopy put up
the above all our own hard work
below the hard work that we had to pay others to do
a new shed
new patio
painted windows and trim for the exterior
still to come....
a new iron fence that Collin and I will install later this month
another canopy off the bedroom again Collin and I will install
and ripping out the indoor out door carpet in the sun room and repairing the concrete floor again Collin and I
the front door being refinished...we are leaving this to the pros
new storm windows....again leaving this to the pros
and a roof repair.....you guessed it the pros
and with that we are out of money :) ....thank goodness we are tired

Today Collin headed out with Jackson and Maggie to go and clean up our local green way...Dylan slept in and Winston kept me company as I read the paper and got everything ready to go for our big outing to the Rockies game today....my office had another listing contest....the team I was on did not win...but we were offered one ticket at no cost and just had to pay for one ticket.....so off we went....the company I work for reserved a suite again...which is just a awesome way to watch the game....first class all the way...no waiting in lines, no crowds, nice restrooms, wonderful food, waiters, awesome leather seats....fully protected....super nice with a child...Dylan had a blast and was such a well behaved little boy....it was super cool he also got his picture taken with Dinger the mascot and Dinger also signed a baseball for him....it was very nice because Dinger comes up to the Suite levels to do a meet a great...so no long lines to wait in.....and so much fun taking in the game with friends and co-workers....we are heading to another Rockies game on July 3rd....we are hoping to get there early enough that we can take Dylan's ball and have it signed by a player....we have super nice tickets for that game also...we are sitting at club level seats which is just one floor down from the Suites....not quite as exclusive but still less traffic and nicer facilities.....it makes it so nice with little ones....well with that I am going to call it a night.........