Friday - Blood, Sweat and More Sweat

Jer and I decided to kick off the Memorial Holiday by doing a few chores around the yard. Last summer we spent ALL summer (literally ask our friends and family) on our big house painting project. I was so excited when spring came this year because it meant we would finally get to do some fun stuff around the house to spruce it up even more! It's amazing what a little grass mowing, mulch, flowers and fresh rock can do for your yard! Today was a fantastic day of hard work with wonderful results!

4 tons of gravel for the driveway later...and we're about 6 tons away from being finished!





A newly beautified space in our yard - before



In progress



And after




My newly planted lilac bush! They are beautiful in the spring and smell amazing! Mom and Dad gave it to me for my first Mother's Day!



We transplanted some pansies from our whiskey barrel to various pots in the yard.



In the pansies place, we planted some hardier sun-lovers!



We also filled in some bare spots in a border with new plants! What a day!

(Where was Mr. O while all this was taking place you might ask? He spent the afternoon with family and had so much fun playing! Thanks Uncle Jonnie and Aunt April! You can read about their night together here.)