MAY

I absolutely dread summer school. I have been putting off the graduate courses only offered in the summer for the past two summers, and now, since this is hopefully my last summer, I had to take all of the courses I have been avoiding. Classes started in the middle of May and don't end until the middle of August. So it is literally the entire summer. :( I have no desire to write a blog when I spend 3-4 days a week writing papers. So here is the re-cap of the summer so far, mostly in pictures, with few words. 

When we moved into our house, I thought the backyard was a nasty mess. Why the family before us (who had 2 toddlers) wanted a backyard full of "landscaping" (crap) was beyond me. We definitely wanted grass. Not to mention I can't tell you how many snakes and spiders we found in those bushes and under the rocks.  When we started the backyard renovation, we didn't even own a shovel. or a wheel barrow. or gloves. or really anything for that matter. So we found ourselves at Lowes every other day. 

 The hardest part by far was digging up all of the plants, moving all of the rocks etc. We worked in the yard every night for a few weeks. Once the backyard was cleared, we extended the patio with pavers so we could have an area for our furniture. Laying the sod seemed to be the "easiest" part. It really wasn't that bad, and my dad came to help half way through. This meant I could run around and hand them popsicles while I took a break. 

 Max loves rolling around in his new grass!

We let the grass grow for about a month and half before we finally got around to buying a lawnmower ;)

 Mother's day brunch at Blue Mesa

Lana Del Rey concert with Liz