Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Spring Break Tuesday

We spent all day Tuesday out in the yard. The beautiful weather encouraged us to keep on even when we were exhausted. In fact, it started raining not soon after we finally finished! We unloaded, shoveled, and spread two trailer-fulls of mulch (we had already put out one trailer-full Monday). The children planted about 100 petunias and marigolds.....my job was laying them where I wanted them planted, and they did the work. Jimmy transplanted two shrubs and then planted two pretty azaleas. He also finished trimming the shrubs, and then we all cleaned up the debris. We finished our day with a family run at the track. It rained for the first few minutes while we ran, then it cleared off. Here are some pictures from the busy day!

Sam spent most of the day digging and rolling around in the mulch.
The dogs doing what they do best!
Leah planting a flower
Sam and Leah taking a break
Olivia and Sam in the mulch trailer
Clay working hard
Julie mulching the transplanted shrub

Here are some pictures of the finished flower beds.

3 comments:

  1. Looks great! Now...do you want to come work in my yard? Ha!

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  2. I LOVE PETUNIAS. I USUALLY MANAGE TO KILL ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT PETUNIAS SEEM TO ALWAYS THRIVE FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A SWEET FRIEND!

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  3. Looks great! I know you will enjoy the fruit of your hands for many months to come. We hope to get started on our outdoor work this weekend. The key word here is "hope".

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