Weekend Warriors!

This weekend Tony's parents came into town. We relaxed Friday night, and then on Saturday we ran errands around town. Saturday afternoon Tony bought a large live oak he had been eyeing all week (literally all week-the boy went to look at it 3 days in a row during his lunch break).

I skipped out on the purchasing, but gave my blessing. This tree would normally cost 3 times what he bought it for, so he was pretty pumped! While he and his dad went to buy and haul, Einstein, his mom, and I stayed home and napped! When he came home with the tree I was surprised at how tall it was.

Space before tree:

Pretty baby Live Oak tree:

Here's my boo being a big strong guy digging a hole for the tree. He dug, and dug, and dug... Finally they tore the thing out of the tub it came in and got it in the ground.

Disposing of the excess soil over the fence. They were actually showing the empty lot behind us to a couple while Tony was dumping the soil over the fence. Eek! We stopped and spied through the knot holes until they drove off and then we went back to doing it again. We're going to have to get that huge flower bed dug before they build a house back there. =)

Here it is in all it's glory!

Hopefully this spring and summer will be good to this tree. We've got a long list of projects to do during our Spring Break off. We're going to put a large flower bed that goes the span of the back fence between the two oak trees back there. We'll be aerating our lawn, expanding a front flower bed, fertilizing, and re-mulching all flower beds. I can't wait! After the tree planting, Tony's parents took us to the Salt Lick to celebrate my birthday.

It was delicious!

Today before his parents left, his mom pruned our rose bushes in the front. They were badly in need of it and she said this was the perfect time of year to do it (who knew you were supposed to do it on Valentine's day!?). I held on to Einstein and snapped the pics while Tony took away the canes (learned that) and chopped off the tough ones too.

This afternoon I'm off to one of my co-worker's baby showers. It should be a fun time! Tony and Einstein are planning a snooze fest on the couch. Tonight we're trying a healthier version of manicotti so hopefully I'll post that soon! Happy Sunday!