Front Yard!

Our front yard has a beautiful lawn and nice trees. But the area next to the walkway has always looked kinda crappy. The bark was yucky and old and the plants were weird and dying. And, unfortunately I took the picture after Bobby had already pulled out all this ugly weedish type stuff, I seriously can't even describe what it was, thats how ridiculous it was! HA! I think it was meant to be a type of ground cover but it was just dumb, you can see it in the trash can hanging out... So here is the some what before picture! (I'm getting better about the pictures)



Bob got all most of the before work done, so we called our wonderful friends Justin and Kim over to help us pick up some fresh new bark in their giant truck! After getting the bark we jammed over to Home Depot and got some shrubs, then headed back home to get to work. We got all the old bark out and tore even more of the old plants out then planted our new shrubs, found a new spot for the bench and then spread the new bark! I am going to paint the bench sometime soon, I just didn't get to it yesterday. So now our whole front yard is beautiful and not just our lawn! YAY!!! Thanks Kim and Justin for your help!!

TADA!!!!!!

Swimming, Swimming, Just keep swimming...

On Sunday my sister-in-law Kelly E. (I guess I have to put E. because I have 2 sisters-in-law named Kelly :D) asked if Bobby, Bill and I would be interested in all doing part of a triathlon to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and our lil nephew Joshy and asked me specifically to do the swimming portion! I was supppppppper excited because I've been wanting to get back into swimming for a while now. (I even had Bobby buy me a cap and goggles a while back) So this seemed like the perfect opportunity! There is a neat indoor pool in Roseville and I knew I should try and get in there to start my working out for my .6 mile swim. Just a reminder for those who can't remember... I haven't swam competitively in about 6 years. But anyways. I went and found out all the info I needed and got signed up. This morning at the crack of dawn (5am) I got up with all my goods to get ready for the day and went and swam laps for about 45 minutes! I was so excited and I loved every minute of it. I thought to myself that I wanted to not go to work and swim all day! It was awesome! But, I can totally tell I am WAY out of swimming shape. My arms were burning and I was lil short of breath. But I am determined to be able to swim the .6 miles! I smelled like Chlorine all day even though I showered, which was gross, but I'm sure I'll get used to it in no time! I'm so excited!!!
as Dory said in Finding Nemo
~ Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim. ...are you my conscience?~