Yard of Dreams

We bought this house because it had "projects to keep us busy" as Chase said. The yard was included in these "projects."

This will be our third summer here and this last weekend the backyard actually felt like a yard instead of a barren wasteland of rocks and weeds! Granted there are still a ton of rocks out there, the dirt here seems to be more rock than dirt, but still!

Sorry for the fuzzy pictures. I think the hazy glow was from the bright sunshine looking down on all our hard work. :)

Still have a long way to go... we have plans for to expand the back patio to include a pergola and bench swing, finish the garden with more boxes and pathways, lay a brick path and fire-pit along the back of the garden and mulch the back easement. But hey, this is a far cry from where we started from! :)

And this was AFTER we hacked down the 3 foot tall weeds!

Epic

Today defied all odds... I thought I had seen the worst of Lauren's tantrums... I was wrong. Oh boy. Needless to say, today was not a good mom day.

"There once was a girl
who had a little curl
right in the middle of her forehead.

When she was good,
She was very, very good.
But when she was bad,
she was horrid!"

That's my daughter. I was thinking about her fits a lot this afternoon and I came to the conclusion that she has these meltdowns when she's tired, which makes sense. I just can't figure out why she's so tired so often. She still takes a good 2 hour nap most days... goes to bed about 7 and wakes up about 6:30. Is that not enough sleep?!

7 Years

Seven years ago today it was cloudy and raining, it was snowing in the canyon, but the pink tulips at the temple were in full bloom, and we were getting married!

Chase pulled out our wedding video this morning, it was fun to see how things have changed. It was a reminder of how far we've come, and how far we get to go. The number of years we've been married have more significance to me rather than the actual changing of the year in January. Some years have been great, some years have been hard, some have been eventful, some have been more quiet.

This past year has been hard, but there's no one I'd rather have with me to go through it. Bad luck seems to plaque us lately, but maybe...just maybe, today will mark the beginning of a great year!