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Father’s Day, 2015

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On this Father’s Day (once again…I did actually start writing this on Father’s Day…I think I should probably give my blog a new name, “At Least a Day Late and more than a Dollar Short”), I have a few things to share (many are not at all related to Father’s Day and they are in no particular order):

1. I have never been the kind of person to wear headphones and jam out while I exercise, but recently I’ve been really motivated by music. My current favorite song for running is Kanye West’s Jesus Walks.

2. I heard an commercial the other day for Trader Joe’s partially popped popcorn. Do people really like that kernels that end up at the bottom of the bowl that are not quite popped? They sell for $2.49/bag. What?! You can purchase a pound of unpopped popcorn for less than $1.00 and then experiment for days until you achieve the maximum number of unpopped kernels if that’s what you’re into. C’mon people.

3. This one time, for about 8 years, our yard was a terrible desert wasteland covered in goatheads (if you’re unfamiliar, they are the worst, see them here), dog crap, and super fine dust. It was a haven for black widows, roaches, and crickets. We managed to let pretty much anything that was growing that wasn’t a weed die, and the back porch looked like a scene from one of the Terminator movies or something. We HATED going back there and the dogs would bring so much dust in every day that I began to hate even being in our house. I’m a big fan of before and after pics, so here goes…

Would you want to hang out here?
Pretty much all the green in this pic (except for the weeds) is actually in our neighbor’s yard.

And then, several of the greatest fathers I know (mine, my father in-law, my soon to be brother in-law, and the father of my children, plus my awesome brother…not yet a father) took an entire week (and then a bit more) and worked their fingers to the bone to make our yard a place where we want to actually spend time! During…

 

Here we go....
Here we go….



Thankfully, we rented the world's tiniest Bobcat to help us move dirt and gravel. We did have to take out the side gate to get it into the yard, but it was well worth it (if for nothing else than to watch my husband take a sledgehammer to the concrete blocks!)
Thankfully, we rented the world’s tiniest Bobcat to help us move dirt and gravel. We did have to take out the side gate to get it into the yard, but it was well worth it (if for nothing else than to watch my husband take a sledgehammer to the concrete blocks!)

 

 

Getting there...
Getting there…
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Check it out! There’s green stuff on the ground!
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And the kids constantly fight over that little car.
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Yay!
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Stuff is actually GROWING back there!
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The kids love to play in the rocks more than anything. Of course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, a big FAT THANK YOU to the dads out there that made this happen for us. You guys are the best. Sorry I’m over a month late. My bad.

3 Replies to “Father’s Day, 2015”

  2. Yes, the yard is fabulous! Alden doesn’t mention that she was out there with a shovel more than once and that there were others who whisked away the babies so they were out of the construction zone. Good effort all around, team.

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