Backyard Update!

We spent more time this weekend working in the backyard. It's a never ending project! Rob spent the week figuring out the sprinkler system and we continued digging dormant/dead (we hope dead) bermuda grass out of the areas it wasn't supposed to grow into. We also weeded the side yard, which had pretty much turned into a weed garden. Here are a few pictures of the work in progress...

wood piles all stacked up and waiting for a fire pit! (the wood is from the giant tree in our front yard)

this is the side of the yard with the grass dug out. now, that tree just needs trimmed up so it's not growing so wacko. (at least we think we should be trimming it!)

and this picture gives you a little bit of an idea of what we're up against when it comes to digging out grass!

We also bought a new sunshade this weekend to hang from our patio that will help block some of the setting sun so we can sit comfortably on the patio farther into the warmer season. And! We've just about learned enough about grass to plant seed next weekend. There's just a little research left to do this week. It's all starting to come together :)

Before we started working in the yard, we brought breakfast and Hunter to a local park. While Hunter knows the basic commands of sit and shake and (sometimes) stay, we're trying to teach him more. He is a pretty quick learner. He needs a little work on "come," especially in an environment with lots of new smells and we want him to associate the word "fetch" with permission to run after a ball, and not just chase it down as soon as it is thrown. It was a relaxing, fun morning.

Other things that happened this week? It was a fairly busy one. I worked a lot on an application for grad school. Rob went flying in the plane one evening after work and bike riding with friends another. He biked on a trail in South Mountain that was pretty intense. Here's one of the pictures he sent me from his cell phone of the trail.

Rob also replaced the older bathroom faucets with more modern faucets. I took a picture quick, on my cell phone, before we went out for frozen yogurt :) It's not the best quality, but it gets the idea across!

We're gearing up for another busy week of work and preparing for a round of February guests :) This is my last week without track practice, so I'm hoping to leave work as early as possible while I still have the chance. (We'll see how that one goes!) We hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying the end of January and we can't wait to see many of you soon :) Miss and love you all, Sarah, Rob and Hunter