New flower pots and flowers...

Every year I order flowers from Emmi's pre-school fundraiser. They are great flowers. I love when they arrive. This year,I bought some new pots to sit on the front porch. The flowers are growing well...hope they last all summer long!

Front Yard...It's done!

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been trying to clean up our front yard. This included the patio...I originally wanted to take out the existing patio and replace it with slate, however a quick check of the checking account and that idea was out the window! So we decided on leaving the material and add to it. I think it turned out really well. You can definitely tell the "new" pavers from the "old" pavers, but in time I think they will start to age. Here are some pictures of the process:

What it looked like before...YUCK!



After the first round of "round-up" and some flowers added in pots:



Adding to the Patio:















We also trimmed up all the hedges and shrubs and put down barkdust. Here are some pictures of the yard after all our hard work!