What A Weekend

I just had to write about how wonderful this past weekend has been. Friday I got all my work done and printed early. That means that the daunting task of progress notes and court reports were not hanging over my head all weekend. Saturday the entire family went to Lowes, ran errands and picked up a drink at Sonic while talking about plans for the development of our backyard. Late Saturday afternoon, Cody and I had a date night complete with dinner and a movie. It was just so relaxing I didn’t want to come home!

Sunday started off shaky after I got a flat tire on the way to church but ended up strong. My man came and rescued me on the side of the road and then drove off into the sunrise and fixed my tire. Church was a bust so we moved on to plan B, spending the entire day outside in the yard. The weather was beautiful. Cody mowed and edged the front and back yard while I worked on weeding, sanding furniture for a new coat of paint and watching the wee one. I am so proud of how hard Cody worked on the backyard. It is/was a nightmare. The grass was almost as tall as Case in some places and the entire ½ acre is covered in holes where Dakota tried to dig up gophers last year making the task of mowing that much harder but the end result was worth it. We now have a clean slate to work with. The backyard is our project this year and we have our hands full. This is one area we have ignored long enough and I’m looking forward to a nice backyard. Ya know, watching the sunset behind Pikes Peak, sitting in our comfy chairs enjoying the air, eating outside on the porch, watching Case run around without loosing him in the grass and enjoying a fire in the fire pit without beating back the weeds with a machete or breaking an ankle in a gopher hole.

I don’t think Cody is looking forward to the backyard work but I’m excited. Any time we can do something together I love it. The work is even more fun when I think about how the sweat will benefit the entire family some day. Planning for the future is fun and something I look forward to. I guess the weekend was really nothing special but any day I get to spend so much time by my mans side and as a family is nice.