Life!

We had a lovely Easter with family here including Bruder Bear and Mom and Dad (Gigi and Great Papa).  As usual, we had our indoor "picnic" of ham and salads and Cyrus O'Leary pies.   Why, Kahlua and Key Lime of course.  :-)

The grandsons had a great day and had fun dog piling in the living room.  

Gigi got in a snuggle with Cameron and Daniel, to her delight.

Then, the morning after Easter, Gigi woke up to discover she had some health issues so Dan and I spent almost two weeks with her helping her learn some new things to deal with the problems.  There are more tests to be done before we have all the answers, but for now she is doing well on her new regimen. 

So, you ask, how is our re-do of the front yard coming? Well, Dan has been busy catching up.  Before we were gone, he used our 4-wheeler and its snow-plow blade to help level the dirt.  With a little help from Dan and his pulaski, it worked surprising well!

The last few days he's been busy laying large blocks to define the area between the driveway and what will be grass.  We discovered a French drain covered with fine gravel next to the driveway which must remain, so we had to come up with an alternate to our original plan which was to just have grass along there.  Much more work for Dan, but bless his heart, he just keeps plugging away.

Here he is working on the front after he's rounded the corner from the driveway.

We're off again tomorrow to take Mom for more testing, but hopefully I'll be back shortly with more updates!  Life sure does bring changes to plans at times!