Another Great Visit

Matt's Dad & Pam came to visit after Lauren was here. We had such a great time together, I was sad to see them go. Ripley absolutely loved Grandpa Russ & Grandma Pam! She kept laughing & smiling and doing her baby talk to them, it was adorable. During their visit Matt & Russ worked on their "projects" as usual. This time it was attaching a gutter to the front of our house, just a small one to keep the rain from splashing all over our front walk way. I think it took about 18 trips to Home Depot until they finally finished the project. Why does that always happen? You never get everything you need in just one trip. Such a scam. So needless to say, the gutter looks awesome - very professional. They did a great job. Now we're just waiting to see it in action - no rain since they left.

Another project they worked on is cutting out the letters of Ripley's name. I've been wanting to make her name out of wood and paint the letters to hang up in her room. We decided to do them on our own, rather than buy the letters already made. Matt picked out a font and cut them out himself and Russ helped him sand them. Now we're in the painting phase, so I'll be sure to post some pics of those when they're done.

Ok, what else? We talked a lot about our dreadful lawn and how to improve it with Pam since she's an expert on that stuff. Question: Why must the lawn here be so high maintenance? And why did we buy a house with such a big yard? Ugh! So Pam helped us out by filling up 2 pots we bought for the front walkway with some flowers that look awesome. Thanks Pam!

So besides the projects, we managed to do some shopping, hit a few restaurants and even go to a botantical garden nearby, which was very cool, but unfortunately our visit was cut short due to rain. So we'll have to go back next time they're in town. Along with going to Cold Stone! : ) Love & miss you both!! xoxo