Bushes, Baseball, Ballet & Baby Shower

We've lived in our house almost a year now and decided it was finally time for a landscaping makeover.  

This was a picture of the house when we bought it.

This is mid-makeover.  Dave and my dad pulled out all the bushes a few Saturdays ago.  I think there were like 30 bushes buried in there.  I told Dave that if he got all the old bushes out, that I'd finish the rest.  That was kind of funny.  Luckily he didn't bail on me and was rather helpful!

 The finished product!  We're very happy with the results, which is good, because once the bushes were out there was no turning back!! I think the new look makes the yard look more open and makes the house seem a little farther off the road.

 I want a dwarf weeping cherry tree for the far left but they have been hard to find.  I considered going back to dig the one out of our old house, ok not really, but I wish we had taken it with us!  For now, there is a dogwood there but that might change one day.

 Now we're working on the yard.  We have more weeds than grass, but at least they're pretty green for now.  One step at a time.

We went to Bryce's t-ball game this week.  It was quite entertaining.  That is Bryce making his way to first base.  

 Chase and Taylor giving Bryce the pre-batting pep talk.

 What could be better than playing in the dirt?

 Taylor had her ballet pictures this past Friday.  She got to wear her recital costume.  Little did I know that the straps were just for keeping it on the hanger....oops.  We got them off before the real pictures!

 All the girls in her class were supposed to wear their hair half-back and curled.  I was pretty proud of our work here.  I"m not one for doing hair and she's not one for sitting still!

 She was loving the curls though, and was happy to show them off!

 The complete look  - official pictures should be back in a few weeks.

We helped host a baby shower for our friend Ingrid (on left) this weekend.

 My favorite part!  I made 2 trays and 1 made it to the shower.  Maybe it wasn't that bad, but I totally couldn't tell you how many of these things I ate yesterday!

 Taylor was happy to help with the wrapped gifts.  She also volunteered to babysit!