Busy Weekend

We had a really busy weekend, but were able to squeeze in some fun and a little laziness too!

Saturday morning we got up to a fish tank crisis in Andrew's room. Somehow the bottom of his tank cracked and there was water everywhere. Luckily, we had a spare fish tank (you know my hubby and his tanks) to put him in. The poor fish lost a LOT of space and Andrew's scuba man and decor would not fit, BUT the fish won't run out of water!

After taking care of that and giving Andrew his first haircut we went and visited a plantation not to far from home. It is a really neat place and the boys had fun! We even took a tour of the old house from 1800. I was concerned because the only rules of the house were "do not touch or lean on anything" (much of the furniture is original to the house/family and will fall over easily) and "no flash on cameras" could be use because there are very old prints in the house that the flash could ruin.

Do not touch or lean on anything.....with four boys...

They did VERY good. Everytime we went in a new room, the boys would sit indian style on the floor and listen to the tour guide. They asked questions (even if they were questions like "Were those smoke detectors here then?"). They were truely interested in the history of the place.

Saturday evening we came home and did yard work. While Paul mowed and weed eated, I planted some flowers (WITH COLOR) under one of the trees in the front. I have the flowers to do the second tree, but it is full of ants that must first be taken care of!

The flower beds have been a major job we have not looked forward too since we moved in, but has been an even bigger, more unenjoyable job since the hurricane hit. The house has about a 4 ft section behind the house that does NOT have a flowerbed. Everywhere else around the house is good sized flowerbeds. The previous owners had elephant ears and cannas in most of the beds, which is good in some spots, but it is really overpowering the way it is now. There is landscaping within all of the big stuff (really don't know how it is still alive). AND, ALL of the beds were FULL of weeds and trash (apparently that is where they threw stuff they had no where to put. There was a rotor for a wheel, a handle to a shovel, siding, bags, planting pots, etc.

Yesterday, we got just over half the flowerbeds done. Done as in, Paul took a chainssaw and cut down the shredded up cannas and elephant ears, all the weeds were pulled (some so big we had to determine if they were supposed to be weeds or bushes). What we got done looks a ton better. We have the fall and winter to figure out how we want the flowerbeds and get them prepped so the spring we can get it done!

Yesterday evening, we went to a creek close by and let the boys play in the water. They had a pretty good time and it was funny to see them with the "quicksand". Daddy sang up to his knees at one point, while holding Andrew. It took a little bit to get Isaac and Bryce into the water (and Andrew) but once they got in, they went off on their own and had a great time! And the water was a very comfortable temperature, too. Definently someplace we will go back to and someplace Daddy would like to go kayaking.

I am working on loading pictures on the blog. But there are lots of pictures and it takes a while, so they are coming!