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I have been crazy busy with house/yard projects this spring. So here are some of the pics of what I have accomplished so far that I promised you all. There is still more to do but for now I am taking a break for the summer and you will find me on the boat........Our yard was completely dead when we moved in so we have been needing to landscape it forever and I FINALLY got it together and started this year. Thanks to tips from Anne and some help from the Nursery down the street this is what I did. I don't know how I feel about this yard business. For me it is way overwhelming and expensive but when it is done it is so nice to have the beautiful flowers, trees and plants. The problem is that is never done cuz you have to constantly maintain. I seriously don't know how people do this!

I have NO idea what am doing but hopefully each year it will get better............

P.S.- Ignore the weeds. I took this before we weeded!

My favorite project was the patio. I had a blast combining all my favorite things I found and now its totally me. Obviously there is still more I want to do but we are loving lounging outside on the warm quiet nights or enjoying Sunday morning breakfast in the sun. Its the best.......

Blake got this play set for Jax and He loves it! And I love it cuz he plays out there for hours!

Here are our dinky trees we are so proud of that we planted. Yes Seattle, we have to PLANT trees. I thought they were so cool until I went back to Seattle and realized they are sticks. But someday they will be big. Hopefully........

Blake planted these little trees around the rock wall and I planted these rock plants which are growing quite nicely. I am hoping they will get big enough to catch all the mud and dirt and keep it from falling.

Here is my little garden I am SO proud of. Thanks to Wade I learned what to plant and how to do it. I hope I did it right..... I guess we will see. In this little one I planted 5 different kinds of tomatoes, peppers, basil, sage and oregano. And in other corners of the yard I planted lettuce, spinach, zucchini, squash, cantaloupe, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries and cucumbers.

I'll let you know how it goes.........

I painted the little bathroom by the kitchen

Put this little bench and table in my entry way

And I never showed you the picture that I found for Tae's room at the street fair in Palm Springs! I am OBSESSED with it and it goes perfectly in her little room.

I painted my bar stools that I was sick of and got chair pads. (they used to just be black.)

And I finally got these glasses and pitchers with the blue rims. I have been in love with them since the 7th grade. Lame I know...... but they make me feel like I am on vacation...........

Sooooo after posting all these pics of what I have been doing I think I just realized I am kind of into blue right now. It took looking at these pics for me to realize that!!!!