We spent the entire weekend outside. The tree limbs and debris from the ice storm are gone! The H's helped a little but were mostly curious spectators. They had more fun playing with the water hose, eating popsicles and enjoying being outside. Hunter holds out his hand to tell us that the fire is hot!

Then we were off to buy a new lawn mower. The one we had sucked up a lot of gas and despite pitching in about $400 to repair parts, had to be pushed to Brady's pickup truck to get it started. We purchased a new one at Lowe's along with a pallet (plus some) of new brick borders for landscaping the front yard trees and bedding. While I worked on putting in the bricks under the tree out front, Brady tried out the new tractor. So exciting when you get a new object that works so well! Hunter thinks he is the King of the tractor now though and can't stand it if Brady leaves on it without him or that big sister of his gets a turn.

Brady also purchased a tree saw to cut down the remaining dead fall that needs to be trimmed out. We added some more limbs to the fire, cleaned up and called it a weekend. My feet are sore but not as sore as Brady's entire body I am sure. Those rock borders get heavy after lifting about a zillion in and out of the pickup truck to the little trailer and into place - not to mention the new bags of soil and mulch that I hope to get into place today! Thanks Brady the yard is starting to look really good.

BYE- BYE CHRISTMAS TREE!