From Worst to First!

We have been spending the past few days taking our yard from the worst place yard to the first place yard. Well, probably not the first but we are well on the way. As of yesterday, we only had a small patch of sod that was brown, and mud and rocks for the rest of the yard. It was a pitiful excuse of a yard. Chris decided that we needed to sod the yard to make it look better before the baby comes and we have another mouth to feed. (That is a direct quote from his mouth.) Well, I know a landscaper that does some pretty good work so I called him up and asked him to help us out. :) We are so excited by the way it looks now. Thank you Dad, Felipe, Jorge, Chris, and Meredith for laying sod and making our house look so beautiful.

This is a before short. (well not really, but its the closest thing i have to one)Yes, this is Meredith running the tractor.

Chris and Felipe laying the sod. They worked their butts off today. I tried to help but was quickly reprimanded.

The finished product. Amazing! To get a clue of what it looked like before, just picture red dirt and big rocks throughout the whole yard. And make sure to not picture any green in the picture.

Sweet Home Alabama!

During July we went to Alabama for a week. Our first stop was in Troy to visit Chris' college roommate and best friend Justin and his family. They just had their second little girl, Reese. She is the little one Chris is holding in the picture. It gave us a little bit of practice holding a newborn. I think it was also a reality check for me that I have a baby inside of my body! Crazy! We had a great time hanging out with the Hawarah family. It was a lot of fun. I want to thank them for letting us crash with them while they were adjusting to having their new baby girl home.

Our next stop was Mobile. The other two pics are from our time spent with Chris's family. It is always a delight to see them and spend time with them since we don't get to see them as often. The first picture is of us with Chris' grandparents. They are so adorable! I love listening to his grandfather's stories. I reminds me a lot of my own grandfather. And his grandmother is so full of energy and spunk. I love her too death. The other picture is of Chris with his cousin Zack and two little friends Jackson and Carter. I think they wrestled for three hours straight! Needless to say, Chris was worn out and sore after all that wrestling. I think he's getting old. We enjoyed our time hanging out with everyone in Mobile. It was lots of fun.