We are participating in a one day contest with Cheyenne Schultz Photography (her husband does video work for our church). Below are the contest rules and prizes - there is some great stuff on the line for us to win. Anyways - we are in a voting situation and need YOU, our faithful readers, to vote for us on Wednesday Februrary 18th before 11:59pm - click HERE. Our pictures won't be up until Tuesday at 11:59pm so don't expect them before then. Thanks so very much for doing this for us. I think you will recognize us in our picture. By the way - take some time to look around her site at her wedding stuff - it is amazing!

So after almost 2 years of having nothing in our flower beds - we finally decided to do something about it. This turned into a 3 day project - but the end results makes us feel like we actually care about our home. Our next door neighbor's son came over and said, "So you guys are going to have more than just dirt in here now huh?" We laughed pretty hard. We are pretty pleased with the outcome. Here's what we did:

1. We leveled out (as much as possible) and weeded the beds.
2. Spread out weed fabric and re-set the border.
3. Planted some Indian White Hawthorns.
4. Replanted some other plants that were there previously.
5. Laid down some mulch.

BTW - for those that are doing this sort of thing: mulch does not go as far as you thing. Someone take a guess as to how many bags it took to fill this in - I'll even tell you that each bag was 2 cubic feet (Mike - put down the calculator you math nerd).

Sophia is going to PRESCHOOL! Starting in August, Sophia will be going to a three day a week preschool. We are so very thrilled for her. She will be a part of a great program that will include Spanish, Computers, Math and Science! We feel very blessed for this opportunity. If anyone would like to know where - e-mail us!