We got so much accomplished around the house and yet we also had plenty of time to relax and enjoy time with family and friends.
Saturday...my parents and my sister and her family came over for an impromptu backyard barbeque. I set up our little bounce house and the girls had a blast.
After getting over heated in the moonbounce,
the sprinkler was the perfect way to cool down...
...and then Maura taught cousin Tatum some new tricks...
Crazy cousins!!
I did actually offer them cold beverages. I promise I didn't make them drink from the sprinkler!
Sunday...Sean installed a pond in one of our front mulch beds
Before...
(and this is after all of the overgrown, haphazardly planted, excess shrub and plants were removed...
so the real before was actually much worse!)
so the real before was actually much worse!)
During...
After...
We put new edging stone along the walkway. All the rock layered around the pond is stone we found while digging up another mulch bed area (more on that project later!)
Then fresh mulch and a some new greens behind the pond and...
Voila!
I sure made that sound easy didn't I ?!
Sunday...we also built a small retaining wall!
Before...
The edge of that same mulch bed was {unsuccessfully} held in from the driveway with randomly sized {tipping over} cinder blocks. It was certainly unsightly!
After...
Oh, so much better !!
Monday...Memorial Day was opening day for the community pool...and this year we got a family membership! I see lots of pool days in our future this summer.
You'll find me in the lazy river with Audra,
Riley will be in the whirlpool until he gets dizzy,
Maura will be in the water works zone with all the fountains and water sprayers,
and Aidan will scaling the rock wall and hitting the water slides.
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