Daddy we love you because...

Thank you Daddy for all the sacrfices you make to provide for our family. Thank you for always making it a priority to spend time with us even when you are really busy. We love you!!

Changes

Lots of changes have going on in our life and around the house. The biggest one is Jason graduating with his Masters. We received his diploma in the mail yesterday so it is official. It is nice to not have school work hanging over our heads when he gets home. When he is home, he can focus on hanging out with the family.

I would like to say that since Jason has finished school that life got less busy. That has not been the case. We are redoing the front yard. We are making progress, but it is not going as fast has we would like because of the other stuff going on in life. The grass is coming in nicely. The pathway is a slow process, but we are almost ready to start laying the rock. You can see the outline of the path on the left side of the picture.

Today we found a table with 2 leaves and 6 chairs for only $200. The chairs are solid wood, but the table top isn't. We wanted solid wood, but after a year of looking, there was no way to get table this size with a solid wood top for less that $600 and we just are ready to put that kind of money into a table. I am okay with that because this table will provide the extra space we need to have people over for dinner without everyone feeling squished.

I was mowing the yard a few weeks ago and almost ran over these little guys. It had been awhile since had mowed because of the rain.  I saw something black in the grass and thought it was a rock so I stopped the mower to move it. I realized what I thought was a rock was a nest full of birds. Mama bird made the nest up against the house on the south side. We had the birds around for about a week before they were big enough to leave. It was fun to have them around.

That's fun we are having at our house. Now I better get outside and help Jason work on the pathway some more. :)