Prune

Not like the fruit, but like the verb. Mark did lots of that today and we had a fun morning at the house. The girls played (with Sam-thanks for coming over Liz) while we did as much as we could in the yard. We've met so many friendly people. It's only been a week and we feel so welcome to the street. A neighbor took out our garbage and mowed part of the lawn for us,  and helped us get the sprinklers working!

Mother's day was happy.  In the morning I was greeted by flowers and a slideshow playing. It was all pics of me and the girls that Mark put together. I probably watched it 10 times. Waffles, with fruit, whipped cream, syrup, nutella...I was a happy girl :) and am so glad to be a mom.

Let it be known

Today, May 11, 2012 marks our first time having a garage (or any parking structure for that matter) to park in. Three cheers for this new adventure!  We finally got the keys to our house (which is in Sandy) and went over this afternoon. After loving being able to pull into OUR garage, we wandered the yard and quickly got the expected "I don't even know where to start" feeling. But, we did our best to start and at least got a garbage can full of weeds.  The grass is dying so next is figuring out the crazy sprinkler system.

don't be too jealous of our light fixtures

If anyone has old yard tools they want to retire, we'll give them a good home. And if anyone has great tools, free time, and muscle-we are your new best friends :)

Yes, its tons of work, and debt (right now) but we are so excited to fix it up and move in later this year to our first house!

reminisce

Remember that really hard thing you did?

In this case I'm remembering a year ago when Mark did the Ironman. I've been watching online all day and continue to be so proud of him, and anyone who finishes that race.

Sometimes is good to reminisce about that really hard thing you did...a race, childbirth, forgiving someone, making a life change, anything. It's great to remember those hard things as it continues to add strength to your character long after it has passed.

Mark is gone this weekend working, I'm thankful and proud of him for providing for our family.

 WE LOVE YOU MARK AND ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!