Progress

We ended up making progress on the yard this weekend. Yesterday we woke up early and went to the Barton Creek Farmer’s Market. We only walked away with a couple grass fed NY strips, shrimp, lettuce, cilantro, and strawberries but so far, all of it has been good (although the strawberries ended up turning pretty quickly). Since it’s so far out of the way, I doubt this will be a regular thing but it really did get us worked up hoping that our garden will eventually be productive and we won’t have to go far at all for fresh, organic produce! After dropping off our bounty at home and eating lunch, we went to Home Depot and bought some more flowers and plants to go under the tree in the front yard. It definitely filled things in. And while I’m not completely pleased with it, I think it looks much better than it did and will suffice.

Last night, Nicole drove up from San Antonio. We laid Brady down for a late nap and decided we’d venture out for dinner. We went to Flores again and had much better food than the last time. I think our expectations were too high and we were comparing it to another restaurant (Chuy’s) that we really like and it just ended up falling short. But just looking at it as some place close and with a patio, it’s really pretty good. Brady did really well and we had a good time. Nicole’s birthday is this coming week so we bought cupcakes on the way home and made ourselves sick with sugar before she drove back to San Antonio.

Today, Nicole came back up again for a trip to Ikea. Brady and I went with her to hang out some more before she leaves. It was a quick trip but I’m glad we got to hang out again before she goes back to Colorado for good this time. When we got home, Casey was still busy doing yard work. He mowed, weeded, and mulched/bordered around the trees in the backyard and it looks so much better now. All those extra bags on mulch I bought, came in handy and now the backyard is looking much more manicured and landscaped. We still have a ways to go before we’d consider it done but I was shocked when I got home and how much he accomplished so quickly!

Off to bed and time to start another week.