The Power House landscaping projects.....

When we bought our house a few years ago the yard had knee high weeds, random buried things and a dilapitated swing set. Sadly we don't have any before pictures so you will just have to take my word for it.  After spending a couple of years working on and landscaping "Greenie" it seemed overwhelming to start from scratch again.  With the help of my handy husband and a ton of manual labor we are finally making progress!  We did splurge last year and have some curbing and trees put in because landscaping with a newborn.....well it just speaks for itself.
I'm going to post some pictures of our backyard and will write more later about our garden. My goal this year is to turn our yard into a "urban farm."  With our dogs, cat and kid it often feels much like a farm anyway! Oh and that super cool deck you see is courtesy of Todd.  I will forever love that deck....mostly because he put up with my nagging and demands to get one done NOW! (I know it's hard to believe that I could ever be demanding but....occasionally it does happen :))

 The view from the deck

Any picture is cuter with Hank in it :)

Has anyone been watching the new show Doomsday preppers? If you know Todd you can probably already guess that it is viewed on a regular basis.  More on that later but gear up for a special blog post from Mr. Power coming soon.......

Happy Happy Easter!!!

We hope everyone had a great Easter! This year was especially fun for us because Hank is walking and loves to be in the backyard....it was the perfect combination for a Easter egg hunt.  Unfortunately it lasted less than 30 seconds before we were on to the next thing but it was cute while it lasted. 

We spent the morning at home snuggling in bed and making breakfast.  We got to skype with Grandma and Grandpa and Hank was in a great mood.  Once we were all up and ready we headed over to spend the day with family and friends.  It was a successful day! 

Since pictures speak louder than words I will let you see for yourself....

It is supposed to rain again this week and have a ton of things we need to catch up on.  We are looking forward to a special visit from Grandma and Grandpa this weekend.  Can't wait! We hope it is nice while they are here and they don't have to endure more rain since they get plenty of that in Washington. 

I have added one more item to my Etsy shop and still have many more to list. I have found that many sellers have professional quality photographs and that makes a huge difference. Since I can't justify splurging on a sweet camera right now I need to get creative and attempt to take the best photos I can. In the meantime, if anyone has any camera suggestions I would like to start looking into them. 

I didn't get as much done on my shop as I planned this past week because we were busy living it up during Spring Break with Grann....We went to the zoo, went for walks, played at the park and just spent time together. It was fun and I am so glad that Hank has 4 super awesome grandparents. Some of my best memories were spending time with my Grandma Kay and I am so happy that Hank will get those special memories too. 

We're off to enjoy the sunshine today before we get rained out......