May Flowers

Doug and I spent the majority of today working in our yard.  It felt wonderful to be out in the sun, planting flowers and setting up the new fountain.  Doug had gone to Claytons this morning and bought two flats of impatients, a flat of zinnias, a flat of wavy petunias and a hibiscus plant for us to put in our yard this year.  He focused on the mulch and inground plants while I worked on the flowers for the planters.  Once we took care of the flowers, Doug mowed while I cleaned the back porch and set up the Zen Frog fountain.  It tooks us quite awhile, but we were able to finish everything by 5 p.m.  We were both exhausted, but as Meg told us afterward, "everything looked beautiful."  She went on to talk about how much she loved our yard, and we completely agreed with her.  

Both Doug and I were feeling pretty tired once we finished, but we really wanted to take a walk.  I talked him into go to the new nature trail that we discovered yesterday.  It wasn't our fastest pace, but we did enjoy walking along the path looking over the lake.  While we were busy with yard work and taking a walk, Cameron played golf with Grandma and Grandpa.  He also was tired by the end of the day as he walked eighteen holes today and last night.  He was willing to overlook that, however, as he had played well shooting an 84 this afternoon.  

Meg spent her day outside as well.  Jackie had brought Culver's for lunch and they spent the afternoon in the hammocks in our yard.  They also saw Grandma and Grandpa as they walked by their house on their way to Oakwood.  Once Jackie left the four of us ate dinner outside enjoying the last of the sunshine.  All of us had a little more color on our faces than when the day started.  We ended the evening with a bonfire and a game of Mario Kart.  It was the perfect way to unwind after our wonderful, but exhausting day.