Curb Appeal: Phase 3

It's finally done!!! We are so incredibly happy with the way the landscaping turned out. Yesterday, we finally got the plants into the ground and while it's a little sparse now, we are hoping that they will fill in soon. I also plan on adding some hostas and maybe tulip bulbs come fall. We have also picked out a new front door and light fixtures, so hopefully the budget will allow us to complete the face lift soon...
While we had the tiller on hand we also got the vegetable garden in place. It is 5 x 11 feet and we hope to get a good harvest of tomatoes, bell peppers, summer squash, and raspberries later this season. All in all, a good days work!

Mommies Nite Out

It was determined that the mommies desperately needed a night away from all the new enormous responsibility, so the girls headed out for a night on to town! With everyone's hectic schedules, we were able to get Susan, Tracy, Jen and myself together on such late notice. After a barrage of emails, it was decided that we would meet in centrally located St. Charles at the new Spy Bar. Since the new ownership, it's not quite as swank, however, it is certainly worth the trek. We enjoyed appetizers and martini's as well as a little after dinner dancing. While we love hanging out with the boys, it was nice to have a little "girl talk." You know, household tips, child-rearing, and husbands... It was a little hard to hear with the Z107.7 DJ there, so who's up for lunch and maybe mani/pedis next time?!

In other news....

Since I am waiting on the laundry to finish before heading to bed, I thought I would add some of the pics from Shelby Anne's baptism on Sunday... Unfortunately, our camera doesn't have a great zoom so you can't see much from the service...

Shelby getting dunked and not liking it!!!

Babies, babies, everywhere!!

Not too much else going on, I guess... Matt got his "walking papers" on Monday stating that July 3rd will be his last day at LSI. (I would imagine that most of you know already that the company he works for lost the Chrysler contract and got the boot, but just in case.) But they couldn't even keep them on to give them the paid holiday on the 4th! I'm hopeful that this forced transition will be a good thing for Matt's career as well as our family, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Worse case scenario, he stays til the bitter end and gets 2 weeks severance and 1 week of remaining vacation time cashed out. That will at least buy us some time! As for me, I've started weight-lifting at the gym so hopefully I can convince my metabolism to start burning off the all the ice cream I consume. Oh, and most exciting!! I am about to make the last Bob (the landlord) payment!! Well, I guess I should go and pay bills... Yuck... See you all soon!