Vacation to North Myrtle Beach

This post is long overdue. I keep forgetting that some people don't see our Facebook photos, so I need to put them here as well. Here are a few pics from our trip starting with the view from our balcony:

Tackle it Tuesday: Weekend Landscape project

Though work has been keeping me pretty busy lately, it does come with its benefits: a little money to fund projects around the house.

This weekend we tackled the landscaping in the front of the house. It wasn't hard to make it look better considering there was nothing there, just some old mulch and weeds. So, on Friday we went to a couple garden centers and took advantage of the discounted shrubs/plants. Evan got everything planted on Friday and we finished Monday (since we were out of town on Saturday and Sunday).

Here are the before and afters:
Before

After

Seth's 2nd Birthday

Well, Seth turned 2 on August 30. We had a small family party. It was so nice to be able to host and have enough room for everyone! Seth got many nice gifts, so thankful to all our family!

Well, here are some pics from the day:


Seth waited patiently to dig into this chocolate cake! He was doing the sign for "more" like crazy as he waited. ha.


Yes, we bought him a drum. He loves the drums so much, we just had to. Every Sunday he makes a beeline to the drummer as he practices for service. Needless to say, he loves his drum and took the sticks to bed with him that night. In the last photo, his cousins were holding the little cymbals and Seth was rocking out going back and forth between the drum and cymbals. :o)