A rainy Monday

Starting the week off with rain...which is a good thing, since we spent the entire weekend landscaping and all of our new plants should really love the wet weather! The kids probably won't be thrilled though, since it means they'll spend the day inside.

I've been so busy this weekend I haven't had a chance to get online for more than a couple of minutes. We quit work right at 5 on Friday and took the kids to the playground at what will one day be their elementary school, which was a nice way to start the weekend off. They were the only kids there since school is out for the summer, so they had their run of the place!

I owe a huge thanks to my parents for their help the rest of the weekend -- they helped us transform our yard into a fairly sad looking thing with some dead shrubs to a much prettier version (thanks again, Mom and Dad!). We had bought a vinyl lantern post at a fence company last week, but it was a LOT of work to lay electrical wire all the way from our garage to the end of the driveway. Brad and my dad rented a trencher from Home Depot and had to dig 12 inches down or so, and even had to trench under our concrete walkway to reach the power source in the garage. We cut out a nice flower bed around it and put in some daylillies (and will soon add hosta), then replanted the beds in front of the house with tall grasses, hydrangeas, spyrea, etc. I'm going for that beachy/cottage feel since we live near the ocean. We're not done yet, but it's a huge improvement! Now we all need another weekend to recover, though!

We spent some time with my brother on Saturday after finishing up for the day. It was good to see him out and about and I think he is just so happy to be back home.