Planting Flowers

On Monday night we planted flowers in our front yard, and at Nana and Papa's house too. This yard will require a lot of work, I fear. Since the house was empty most of the spring and summer last year, all the plants/lawn/trees/etc. are still pretty neglected looking. Here is the before shot.

The kids and I spent over an hour at the store picking out....petunias. Lots of petunias, and ONE rose bush. They were so patient and so excited to pick their favorite colors, etc. We got to pick out veggies for the back yard too, but we will have to BUILD a garden before we can plant those. They were so anxious to get everything planted that the minute Daddy got home, they were begging.

After a LOT of digging,


weeding,

and sweating into the soil,

here we are.

At Nana and Papa's house the biggest attraction was not the flowers, but the ice cream sandwiches. Thanks Nana! Owen REALLY enjoyed his.