Our First Rose

Our landscaping has always been an ongoing process. We've changed the front of the house several times and nothing ever turns out like we had hoped. Last year I put in a pond and some plants around it and so far that has been going ok. This year at work I have spent a lot of time outside. We have a lady(inmate) who's job is to take care of the flowers on the compound and in the middle of the yard there is a nice center piece with a rose bush in it. I thought it was the most beautiful rose bush I had ever seen. She told me they are not hard to take care of as long as they get lots of sunlight. I thought well sure my mother has had one for at least 25 years and my father hasn't killed it yet. So they must be tough. Well we bought two of them at Lowe's and planted then in the back yard. It has been two weeks and we have our first rose. So we are planting at least two more in the front. Also if anyone knows of any other flowering shrub that they think is nice please let me know. We are trying to add some color to the front of the house. Here is a pic I took this morning.

Random Update

Ok, a little update on what's been going on. I know I need to get better at this. Everyone is doing great. Hannah had a birthday last week and today was her last day of school. Kendall is now staying with my mom so we can save money on daycare. Yes!! Kerri was having frequent headaches so she had a MRI done and everything came back normal. I start my new post June 1st. My new days off will be Fri. and Sat. Those are still good days off considering some people ended up with days off in the middle of the week. So it will be a while before I can go back to church. Here are a few pics of Hannah's B-Day and other things such as Kendall at the zoo with my parents. Well I hope everyone has a good weekend. Oh by the way Jenny, I'm trying to get the second week in July off I think it is the 7th through the 11th so maybe we can plan a trip to come up. You and Kerri can work it out when I find out for sure.



HANNAH'S 10th BIRTHDAY





EASTER





NASHVILLE ZOO








THE POND AND I FINALLY REFINSHED THE PARK BENCH