Going, going, kind of/sort of gone...

When we moved into our house in April 2009, this is what our backyard looked like. We had a nice deck and a patio with a hot tub. Unfortunately, we quickly found out that the hot tub did not work and would cost us a couple thousand dollars to fix...thanks but no thanks.




We got rid of the hot tub and finally, in July 2010, we decided to get rid of the paver patio that was beginning to look overgrown. It was a L O N G, hot process.

Finally, though, we had hauled all of the pavers out of the backyard and stacked them up in the garage (to do something with later...ha!).

We also removed the wood edging and were left with a very large square filled with...sand. We tried to get rid of the sand, but that wasn't happening...there is a TON of it. So we decided to just plant grass seed on top of it.

Which we finally did a few weeks ago...in October.

So far, we don't have any grass, and I'm beginning to wonder if we should have just left the hot tub patio alone. Is it too late to ask that question?

Family Pictures

A couple weeks ago, Don, Baby K and I had our first official family pictures taken! My friend's sister-in-law, Ashley Ernstberger, took them on the campus of Butler University. She did such a phenomenal job! We are so pleased with them.

Here is just a small taste of the many pictures we got...



I think this is my absolute favorite picture of them all...

Love the black and white...

Love this one! Hi baby!

If you are in the Indianapolis area and want some pictures taken, check out Ashley's blog and give her a call!