Sunday, October 4, 2009

Green Grass At Last!


We have been super busy this past week and a half. Rob, his bother, and his Dad installed the sprinkling system last Thursday-Saturday. We were planning on taking a week to get dirt, level it out, install the sprinkler heads, and have the yard hydroseeded. INSTEAD... we found out that our homeowners association doesn't allow hydroseed in the front yard and we would have to buy sod instead. Can you say $$$$$$. We found a place that had sod on super good sale until Wednesday. So instead of taking our time and getting the yard ready, we pulled a yard marathon. On Monday we had our dirt delivered while we were at work. Tuesday morning we had a guy come with a bobcat and spread it out. Tuesday afternoon we started to install the sprinkler heads and it took us until 11:00 at night! (yea, we are sprinkler rookies!). All day Wednesday we spent raking our dirt out as flat as we could and digging trenches to fix our rain gutter pipes that weren't buried very good. Good thing it rained all day Wednesday because that made our job a lot easier. Mud is great to rake and dig...yea right! We had Rob's great family come and help us lay sod on Wednesday night. Rob and I then worked well into the night adjusting the sprinkler heads so they sprayed the grass instead of the street. Well, again we are sprinkler rookies so we finally gave up and watered the rest with the hose because it was too dark to see. We then went to work all day Thursday and spent Thursday night finishing adjusting the sprinkler heads. I am way sad because I missed dinner and a movie with all my girl friends on Thursday night. Friday and Saturday were spent installing more sprinkler heads and making more adjustments to where they spray. I am pretty sure if we didn't have a 14 month old to take care of while trying to do the yard at the same time things would go a lot faster, but that's OK, we sure love him! All I can say is we are exhausted. The bad part is that was only the front yard!
Also, Kaden has finally learned how to walk. He has been taking a few steps here and there for the past 1-2 months, but today everything finally clicked. He can walk about 10 - 15 steps before falling. He is 14 months and we were begining to wonder if he would ever walk. By the looks of the pictures you can see he is really steady :)

So I had to include this picture because I thought it was so cute. Kaden keeps getting the swiffer duster out of the cupboard. I finally put a clean refill cloth on it had just let him play with it. The poor boy obviously doesn't have any toys and has to play with cleaning supplies. Poor Kaden!
Also...Happy Birthday Rob! We celebrated with some cake with our neighbors, but that was pretty much it. I feel bad we didn't do anything, but we were sooooo busy. Anyways...Happy B-day Rob!

8 comments:

Seth and Kara Farnsworth said...

Looks great! I am so jealous, your house is beautiful.

Robyn Reynolds said...

Happy Birhtday Rob! That is so nice you have grass and a yard.

Sariah said...

Your just lucky you have a good excuse to get off the hook for missing girls night!
What a lot of work! It looks fab though!
Caden's pic's are way too cute. I like to wish the man of the house a good one-
Happy Birthday Rob!

Chelsea said...

your house looks great and your little guy is just precious- aren't little boys the greatest!! miss seeing you girl, hope all is well

Annette said...

The hard work totally paid off. The yard looks so great. You guys did a great job. And congrats to Mr. Kaden for taking his first steps. Make sure you guys put on your running shoes so you can chase him!

Avree said...

Woohoo for getting grass! I'm sure it was crazy at the time but I bet you're glad to have it over with and in! Congrats to Kaden on his big achievement! I'm sure he'll be running in no time.

Heidi said...

Kaden is such a big boy! The yard looks awesome. Way to get it done!

Brian and Emily said...

It looks great! I need to come see. It will have to be on a weekend because I don't seem to have time during the week. Mindy gets home from school and I feel like I am running a marathon with Homework, tap, dinner, bathtime and getting them in bed at 8:30. After that well I am lucky to make it to 10! I am glad o see Kaden is walking Mindy walked at almost 14 mos Josh started walking at 11 mos I think he wanted to keep up with his sister. Happy Birthday Rob!! We will see you all soon!