a mud puddle and surprise onions

Sunday evening, we headed out into the backyard to do some much needed weeding, raking, and hula-hoeing.

Callan found a mud puddle.

Because that's what little boys do.

My boys, hard at work.

While pulling out some weeds along the fence, Travis discovered garlic and onions!  How random and incredible is that?!  There is a bowlful, sitting on the kitchen counter.  The house smells like garlic.

While we continued to rake, hoe, and pull, Callan kept the puddle company.

Head to toe.

When the green waste can was full to the brim, we decided to call it a night.

Bath time.

But first, a little nude mowing.

inherited garden

I love the fact that we "inherited" somewhat of a garden in purchasing our home.  We have two peony plants, one of which is currently blooming,

and four rose bushes.  One is in bloom, three are getting close.  There's nothing that brightens my day like fresh cut flowers.  They make a room smile.  

Happy Friday!  Hope your weekend is sunny, inside and out.

happy heart

I knew this past weekend was going to be a good one when I walked around to the side of the house on Friday evening and discovered a lilac bush starting to bloom!  I LOVE lilacs.  Best surprise.  I had no idea it was there!  I can't wait to bring some fresh cut lilacs into the house in a few weeks.

{BIG SMILE}

We ended up having quite the productive weekend!  We got our little garden planted.   3 tomato plants (one in a topsy turvy), 2 pepper plants, 1 zucchini plant, 1 green bean plant, and 4 strawberry plants (in a free-standing pot).  We also have some basil and parsley to plant, but we need to grab another bag of potting soil before we can do that.

We enjoyed some time outside this weekend BBQing and just enjoying the sunshine.
{It was 90 degrees on Sunday!}

{those hands...always in his mouth}

Everything we ate this weekend seemed weather appropriate.  Saturday: waffles for breakfast {beautiful, breezy morning}, egg salad sandwiches with a heaping side of clementines for lunch {breezy, warm, sunshiny afternoon}, and BBQ'ed burgers for dinner {breezy, warm, absolutely delightful evening}.  The whole weekend was breezy, but last night was downright WINDY!  Crazy, howling wind.

{Saturday night BBQ - first BBQ of the season!}

So here's what we got done around here this weekend, aside from planting the garden...

*cleaned out the vanity in our bathroom and got all the random bathroom items put away that were piled up on the floor of our bedroom 

*switched out the mirror in our bathroom

*took down all the hardware that was left behind by the previous owners in Callan's room, knocked any anchors into the wall, took down the saloon style doors {that's right, I said saloon} that were in the closet doorway.  (His room is almost ready for primer and paint.  Yay!)

*took the 1970s intercoms out of each bedroom, and the living room {we have yet to patch the holes massive voids left behind}

*cleaned all the piled up stuff out of the dining room

*cleaned and caulked the wainscoting in the dining room

I'm feeling really good about the progress we made.  However, I'm not feeling so good about this: 

This is what the walls in our dining room look like.  Notice the unevenness?  Every wall in the dining room is like this.  I call it "relief work".  You know, like those maps/globes we all had in our grade school classrooms...you could run your finger over it and feel the mountain ranges and all that good stuff.  Anyways, I don't know how to fix it.  Or do I even bother?  Help me!  What would you do and how?  Skim coating crossed my mind - not sure if that's the right fix though.  Thoughts?

So that was our weekend.  It was a wonderful time of loving on our home {which needs lots of love} and truly enjoying every moment together.  Weekends like this one make my heart smile.