Rock

Brennan ordered 1 and 1/2 tons from Ainsworth Rock Sales, Inc. in Denver, for our front and back yard. We are putting light colored river rock in the front where grass won't grow. Less grass means, using less water. :) In the back yard we are putting in Pea Gravel. Again less grass means, using less water. Also, no need to put in a sprinkler system if the area of grass is small enough to water with the hose. Here are some pictures so far.

We got Married!!

I know I have not updated my blog in a few months. But we had a lot going on. We got engaged in August and married in January! It has been so fun and a whirlwind, but now we are official. :)

We got engaged in front of our entire family in the Sierra mountains of California. It was so special!

We were married in January in the back yard of his parents house, in front of family and friends. It was a magical wedding. It rained up to a few hours before the wedding and the sky opened up and the tables were set up and we the ceremony proceeded.

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Check Off List

Brennan's dads time with us is coming to an end. He has been staying at our house for over a month now. We both are so grateful for his hard work he has done. It has made our house much better looking and livable. He left us a little list before he departs on all the things we still have to do. Thanks Vic.

New Paint

The shutters are on and the paint has been touched up. It took a while to get the shutters back up because it has been so darn hot here. In the 90's and 100's for the past two weeks. Yikes. No one wanted to get up in the ladder in the sweltering heat and touch up paint and attach the shutters. But here are pictures of output wonderful new house color. I call the body of the house a dark sage green. The trim is just black. Looks so much better than cream with blue trim. Yuck!

New Cannister Vacuum

We finally got a new, quiet, wonderful Cannister vacuum. It's a Kenmore Progressive and it works like a dream. No more really loud vacuum and less Kida hair. Yay!

Stairs

The stairs in our house are now covered with wood and no longer squeak! Those of you who have been to house might remember how squeaky our stairs were. Well thanks to Brennan's dad, Vic, we can now climb they stairs without everyone in the house knowing. Vic covered them with the same wood as our floor, hickory. Eventually, we will stain and finish them. All in good time.

Starting to Paint the Outside of the House

We started preparing the outside of our house with sanding, priming, and patching up. The side of the house we started with faces the South, so its very weather beaten. We have decided on a darker sage green color with black trim.