Yard Work

Guess what?  We finished our garden boxes!  And by "we" I mean Dan finished our garden boxes (thanks, Dan!).  I helped him carry them into the yard though.  Unfortunately I didn't take a picture.  I can't wait to get some vegetables growing in them!

I also planted some flowers!  Surprisingly they are still alive.  I put them in pots because our soil is kind of horrible.  I thought they'd have a better chance at surviving in a pot.  So far so good.

My pansies

They add some color to our front porch.

Last week I potted pansies and this week I did some tulips (which are not picture).  I'm now thinking I want to put up a garden box in the window.  As you can tell, I love house projects!

fish & veggies

So we kind of had an eventful weekend. On Friday Dan and I went to the Home & Garden Expo. We were hoping to get some ideas for our future home. It wasn't quite as exciting as I had hoped. However, we did get a free goldfish! A swimming pool company was handing them out, so i got one. Which was slightly shocking b/c Dan has told me we would NEVER have pets. Not that he doesn't like animals, he just doesn't like having to take care of them. It's amazing the things I can talk that guy into ;). So we got the fish, then after the show we went and bought some food for it. We even named it Sharkie on the way home. The next morning we found Sharkie dead! Can you believe it? Only lasted 1 day. R.I.P. Sharkie. I went to Walmart to buy another fish b/c I figured we already had a can full of food for it but when I got there I decided I didn't even want one. I am crazy, I know. So if anyone out there needs some goldfish food, I have some you can have for free!

Also during this weekend Dan's brother Ethan came down to visit. His wife & baby are out of town so Dan wanted to invite him down to play some golf. On Saturday the boys went golfing and to some movie I would have never wanted to see (thank you Ethan for going with Dan so I didn't have to). While they were out I did some shopping and the most exciting part of the weekend (for me at least).... I planted vegetables! I am SO excited!!! I really, really hope they grow and I don't kill them. I have never had a green thumb, but I'm hoping this time is different. Here they are... my tomato & cucumber plants:

And can I just say the old men at Walmart were super helpful? Because they were. They were so nice and told me all I needed to know about planting my plants. My brother, Joel, was also helpful. I called him and he told me everything I needed to buy. Thanks, Joel!

We also took Ethan to our favorite St. George Mexican restaurant and some ice cream place that has been in St. George for like 50 years. We watched Megamind (if you haven't seen it, you should!), and we watched some March Madness. Ok I'm not really into it, but my bracket is beating Dan's :). Hey, he's the one who made me fill it out in the first place.