Thursday, March 19, 2009
Kansas!
This week we've been in Kansas landscaping Rob's parents yard. His brother-in-law Ryan is going to school in Albuquerque for it so hes heading the whole thing. Rob and I drove to Vegas late Thursday night and stayed at a friends house so we could leave my car there. Friday morning we flew into Kansas and Rob's dad picked us up at the airport. Monday we started working hard on the yard. We planted 3 trees and then rented a sod cutter from Home Depot and started cutting out the areas in the yard where we needed to replant the trees and flowers. We rolled up the sod and threw it in a truck we borrowed from one of the neighbors. It all sounds so nice and easy but by the end of the day we were all exhausted and worn out.At the end of the working day this is what I looked like.
Even though we were tired, we went to the YMCA so the boys could play racquetball and we could all go swimming. It was a fun way to end a hard day. Tuesday night I started to catch a cold so Wednesday I missed out on some of the flower planting to take a nap... I kinda felt like a slacker but its not fun to be out in the cold wind when youre sick..Tuesday & Wednesday we went to pick up some "Zoo Poop" Really, it was just compost, but apparently they get alot of their "fertilizer and mix-ins from the zoo. :) we rented a tiller and had to till everything all together. It wasnt as easy as we had hoped since the ground was mostly clay. Robs mom, Susan, kept saying that if she knew how to make pots she'd be in business!!! (Which was the truth.. ) We finished tilling and started planting all the flowers and plants. Thursday we finished planting the flowers, threw 2 more truckloads of "Zoo Poop" over everything and watered it all. Afterwards, we all cleaned up, ate and then Rob and I went to a pet shop and played with a little puppy. He was so cute!!!
Thats all I've got for now!!
