Our weekend

It was such a gorgeous weekend, we literally spent all of it outside. Saturday morning I ran 6 miles for the first time in my life. Running is actually going ok, but more on that another day.

When I got home from my morning run with my girlfriends, Brandon had already mowed and weed-eated (haha, how do you write that?) the yard. So we decided to go and get some plants for the yard since we heard this is the best time of year to plant. We planted a Red Oak tree in the back yard and several shrubs in the front. But the biggest project was removing the shrub/tree monster from in front of the bay window in the front. We had NO idea what an ordeal it would turn out to be. Brandon ended up recruiting our friend Chad to come and stare/ponder what to do with the huge stump that was left after Brandon cut off the top of the tree. Long story short, they ended up strapping a tow rope and using a truck to pull the massive piece from the earth. But after hedging and weeding and lots of digging and planting, the yard is looking good. We still have lots of landscaping hopes and dreams for the future, but we're happy with it for now.

Here's a picture to show what it looked like before, even before we painted the shutters:



And here's what it looks like now:



Can you tell I love this time of year? Happy Fall!!!