Front yard transformation

Here are the long awaited photos of our hard work. Let me tell you; the work is tough but worth it! Especially shoveling, wheeling and raking 15 yards of soil!! If you don't know how much that is, look at the giant pile below. Luckily, we were able to get the driver to dump it in the middle of the yard!

Big Dirt Pile

Smoothing

Seeding

June 11, 2011

Plants

{didn't get any photos of them actually being planted. Mom was rocking it during the day while we were at work}

First Sprouts 6 days later!

June 17, 2011

The next are June 19th, 2011

{Peat moss helps keep the seeds moist. Important for growing grass from seed.}

This transformation wouldn't have gotten done if I didn't have Nate's muscles or my mom's sweet planting skills. Both were a huge help! Thank you mom for coming out and helping us! 

Next post...the before & after shots of our front yard...gasp!! 

It was a sign

In case all of you were wondering or even read my post about my naughty dog-- my totally rad, super cute husband found out at 5:28 AM {he couldn't sleep} last Tuesday that he passed his CPA tests!!! YAHOOOOOOO.

Next time I see a photo like this...

{Nate's CPA study DVD's}

I am going to believe it is a sign.

Maybe I should leave a box of feminine products within reach of him?! ;)

Going Camping

Today was a really productive day at work...

I create 4 of these puppies 

{pop-up paper thingamagigs}

while sitting in my new chair!

{of course, after my important work was done}

I came across this sweet paper camping set. The creative geniuses at Curiosity Group created a calendar of the month. You bet I signed up for the email notice to print a new one every month! I might even go back a few months for some extra fun! :)

My mom and I found this beauty of a chair at a gently used executive store. She wiped out the slip cover in no time. 

Everyone is jealous-- 

all FOUR of my co-workers ;)

Arcade Fun

Some nights Nate and I like to cut loose. By "cutting loose" I mean taking our friends and relatives to dinner in Bellevue and maybe popping over to Lucky Strike.

Nate's aunt Bonnie and uncle Gregg came out to celebrate her birthday and run a marathon in April. It was a successful weekend for her-- won the marathon for her age group and beat her personal best! She is a beast! We ended the successful day with a little trip to Lucky Strike.

We also took our new friends, Eric and Korrin, a different night. 

{This game is the pretty much the only fun game...don't tell Nate ;)}

Dressed Up

Last weekend we cleaned up after a day in the yard to attend Nate's co-workers wedding. It was a BEAUTIFUL day out! The wedding was a the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. Wonderful view. Awesome glass! Of course I didn't take very many photos. Here are the only ones I snapped.

Mt. Rainier

The happy couple!

Sping Flowers

It was a beautiful morning last Friday so I took the opportunity to take a photo of my front flowers. 

And the gross front yard Nate and I have been hackin' at. 

{weeds in process of dieing}

{the black stuff is the moss we killed. We aren't a typical Washingtonian, we like GRASS instead of moss for our yards. No joke, our neighbors yard is moss with a few shoots of grass in random places.}

We removed all the stumps and spidering twigs this week. Exhausting! Leveling the soil and planting seed this weekend. My mom is coming out next week to help me landscape along with my laundry list of crafts I would like to do! Hopefully I can keep up with her!

Can't wait to have a nice, updated front yard! 

Pics to come, of course ;)

Wine Tasting

About a year ago I bought a great deal to do wine tasting with the wine maker/owner at Covington Cellars through LivingSocial. We even got to taste straight from the barrel. It was excellent! The tasting room paired their wines with some apps. Of course we waited until the last week the coupon was valid, but it was definitely worth the date night with the hubs!

 (sorry the pics are bad and I didn't want to waste more time fixing them ;) )

Four different varieties to drink in the same order as the food.

 Left to right.

Dandelion soup (surprisingly really delicious) 

 fancy meatball 

 Quail egg and prosciutto (kinda yuck lingering taste-washed it down with wine!)

 Bison burger (I think)

For the most part everything was delicious!!

One of the many rows of barrels. Do you know that one barrel costs about $1300!!

He also told us about all the different types of wood and where they are made make certain kind of wine. Seems like some tedious work!

Nice, dark intimate area :)

Final glass of wine!

For $35 we got:

2 glasses of barrel wine

8 samples of wine

8 apps

2 full glasses of our favorite

Talk about a sweet deal. So who wants to come visit?! ;)