Weekend Recap

This weekend, y'all, restoring.  From the weather to the massive amount of things we checked out our "to do", I loved. every. second.  This little weekend was one of those weekends I just want to freeze time, because right now, things are just really good.   We got so much done.  And in all of that, truly enjoyed some time together.  Did I mention I love hanging out with my husband, doing....yard work, dishes, church, eating....cleaning...LOWES!  I love it! So, without much delay, here is a bit of a "weekend life" for our life right now. 

Yard work was the name of the game this weekend.   We de-weeded (is that a word?) the front flower bed area of the house and put some more mulch down.  Most of our front yard, minus the whole grass thing, is complete!  Oh hey curb appeal!

Last weekend I finally got around to planting some herbs in the boxes on our deck.  I am not entirely sure how green my thumb is, but I figured with herbs this close to the house, I have zero excuse to not take care of them. There is so much more to come on this little porch this summer that I can barely contain myself!

The girls love hanging out with us on the porch.  They are pretty clingy (the food helps) and it makes for some great family time together after all our hard work. 

 After all the yard work, Rich and I got to throw a bit of catch in the backyard as he gets ready for softball season.  Is there anything more American dream-y than playing catch with your husband in the back yard in your first newlywed home?    We even got Ellie involved, and turns out she is equal lover of tennis balls as she is baseballs now.  Too bad she can't throw :)

A few weeks back Rich surprised me with an awesome fire pit.  We've tried three times now to get a decent fire starting.  Why is this so hard folks? We've tried everything (any recommendations would be so appreciated y'all).  We finally got a bit going this weekend, just enough to get our s'more on and enjoy a cooler spring evening. 

We have a bit of a brunch after church habit these days, and we've had Toast on the top of our places to try.  We finally got to take a visit Sunday.  Just as their name says, everything is served on Toast.  Rich got something that looked like buffalo chicken almost, while I got a pork based taco type deal on toast.  It was great!  It had a very funky-Charleston foodie type feel and is owned by the same folks who own a great biscuit place here in Virginia too, so you know its good if they serve biscuits!

 

 After brunch we ran to my new favorite store (what?!) Lowes and returned some items and grabbed a few must haves for the house as well as some plants to plant on our porch.  Our porch gets very limited sun, so it's a real toss up if these flowers will do much for us.  

While I planted away, Rich had his first practice with the church softball team.  They played for over two hours!  It was a gorgeous day and a wonderful day to be playing some softball.  They have their first game this coming week and I can't wait to get to watch some of the games.

After he came back we met up with our Lifegroupies to celebrate the 31st birthday of one of our friends at no other place than...Chipotle.  Yes.  Afterward we headed back to their house and hung around the fire a bit for stories and friends.  It was a BUSY weekend, and with a friend coming to town this weekend, I know we will be in for another around the clock weekend this weekend.  But, this is life right now, and its pretty dang good.