Progress

All the outside projects are moving along and the home is looking better and functioning better...we still have quite a bit of work ahead of us the next 30 days or so but it is really starting to look nice....our new storage shed is awesome and was put up in one day....so worth the extra money....Garth, Justin, and Ryan did a great job it is built just like a mini house....very well built and is quite attractive....a good decision...Collin put the finishing touches on the 6ft cedar privacy fence on the side yard for the dogs...it also is built to last and looks great....all of the beds are mulched and begging for flowers....soon my little beds soon...the back patio is looking quite nice and I mulched all the beds in the back earlier today and moved rocks...hopefully this week we will get the lanterns hung and the canopy for the grill up....I am also ordering my iron flower boxes in the morning and Collin is going to make some shutters for the front window and a flower box for a back window....I am also going to try a wood platform under one of our front windows....you drill large holes in the platform and clay pots fit into them.....it looks pretty cool and will be perfect in front of one of our windows.....we are definitely doing a iron fence...I am just trying to decide on what material and how big the post will be....I am thinking we are going to wait until our trip to DC...it is filled with wonderful old homes that might spark some ideas for us....we have to wait to order the fencing until we decide on the post.....I must say that I am feeling a little cash strapped...like I have been working for nothing....it is easy to forget that things cost money especially once they are finished...it just kind of becomes apart of the home and you forget that you had to pay for all of those projects.....the only two large ticket items that are a must for this summer are the fencing which is already budgeted for and to rip up the carpet in the back sun room.....we are hoping that we will be able to salvage the concrete underneath if we can't we are looking at another $2000.00 or so.....otherwise we are going to call it good for the exterior....the good news is really besides general upkeep and adding small extras the exterior should be good for many years to come (well that is kind of a fib....in a couple of years I want to add a wood burning outdoor fireplace and pizza oven but that is only a dream for now)....I am so excited about the storage shed...it is going to allow us so much more storage....it will be nice to get the sun room back to a sun room instead of a storage area....the back patio is so nice it is a shame that you have to walk through the sun room to get to it in its current state....well that is enough about the yard
Dylan is saying so many new words everyday and fully understands everything we say....he enjoys working and playing in the yard.....he has a new show that he likes very much it is Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.....he loves it.....we are also getting Dylan his very own DVD player with his very own CD's......though we haven't had any trouble on plane trips with Dylan as of yet...we think he would enjoy it when we travel...especially when we travel to South Dakota......Dylan also loves his puppy and his cat......the cat really likes Dylan since Dylan and Winston provide him with most of his attention he gets....it was funny yesterday Dylan was throwing a fit and Collin asked him if he wanted to be a big boy or a baby as he was crying.....Dylan responded that he wanted to be a baby.....well with that until next time