Gardening and Laundry!

We had a fun day last Saturday. Scott's parents came over for several hours. His dad helped us spruce up the planter box right by the front door, and his mom took care of Matthew. We forgot to take any "before" pictures, so I had to rely on a few random pictures that don't really show how dreary things were looking in there. Here's a picture how it looked when we bought the house about a year ago:


So there were several bushes in there and ivy growing through everything. There was also a bushy tree that was threatening to grow right into the roof. Last summer I cut back a lot of the bushes because it was getting out of control and there were lots of spiders living there and then wandering into the house. Yuck! So here's a picture from a month ago of how it looked without a lot of those bushes:



And here's how it looked after we finished planting on Saturday:

I'm excited to see the plants grow and fill in the planter!


Yesterday, I finally finished work in the laundry room. We had an issue with how the dryer was positioned when it was delivered but, once we got around to it, we were able to get all the little issues worked out! For comparitive purposes, here is how it looked before:




And here is how it looks now:




I love it!