Backyard: 2010 Edition

These are older pictures, so it does not show the latest on the completed wall. This is brother/uncle Brandon's design.

This side is garden side...other side will be flowers?

Again, a special thank you to all who have helped!

Backyard: 1st Try Edition

Very simple terrace.

Oh and you can also see the newer fence that J did, so now we have a bigger back yard!



But because it looks unfinished and some other details...we redo it...yep.


A special thank you to all those who helped!

backyard: 2008 edition

So to divert our usual subject, we would now like to present to you our outside work in progress...this is the beginning phase of the back yard From April 2008.

these stepping stones, and iris' are now gone...the fence too (we took out this side to make a bigger fenced in back yard...stay tuned for pictures!)

The Mr. diligently working away....


Mr. still working....and oh look the star of the show does make her appearance. Oh well, and besides I am sure all of you readers out there did not think I was capable of doing such a thing.





At least we are putting her to work...see! The spot she is digging is where the deluxe swimming pool was kept pre-dilu fam residency. (if you squint real hard, you can see this was also when we still had the poo pot! Another wonderful surprise left for us...lucky for us, we had a friend in need of just the thing! -White little handle in the right corner of the hill -right next to the corner post-)



And because these people knew how to live the good life, here is where the hot tub resided.

So there you have it-this is pre sprinkler, pre level grass area, pre terrace, pre fence expansion and yes, J digs out the yard manually with some of my help of course...and a little of p's too!

Stay tuned for the next edition!

lovely locks-baby girl's first haircut

Exhibit A:
November 10th 2006 - A super duper cute baby is born, dawning a beautiful head of dark hair. Just like her daddy.

Exhibit B:
June 5th 2010-A super duper cute kid has grown that dark hair into lovely golden brown locks.

With a little bit of curls. (When she was one- we were asked if we curled it.)

Exhibit C:
June 5th 2010- We bundle that beautiful hair down at the crimp and curl....

marking this day as her first haircut
(although moma did take a snippet way back when she was just a wee one. )

usually this little girl has quite a lot to say, but today she was quiet.

Earlier we discussed her options, and where her hair would go...she just requested that it be a princess haircut. So we decided lunch on the town and picking out new hair clippies (princess ones of course) would suffice.

We warned her stylist that although her hair did not look thick, it in fact was...like duck...you can try to get it all wet...but it is hard to get all the fluff underneath.

Exhibit D:
Bangs! Notice how her hair still naturally parts.
Still quiet. She was a little nervous when the scissors where close to her face...and she often was turning her head in the wrong direction, but overall she was the perfect subject.

Exhibit E:
Finished!

Exhibit F:
Standing with her lovely locks.

One happy girl, ready to send off her lovely locks to help make a wig for a deserving kid.

She loves her new do...she has been letting EVERYONE know that she received a haircut. Daddy is happy he will spend less time styling and washing hair. Moma will miss all the styling and up-dos.