A New Endeavor

For those of you that know me...you know that I tend to shy away from any type of flower/plant/garden anything in my presence. Well, this last week I decided that I would give gardening a bit of a go around. LOL I dug up a semi-small bed in the back yard that had over grown grass, weeds, random flowers and such. I actually had a plan (go figure)...dug up some plants we had elsewhere that really needed a new home...added some new dirt and whala...a new flower garden has been born. Little did Joe know that my project would quickly turn to be his project as well. LOL He was very helpful in laying the weed barrier and dumping the bags of new dirt in the flower bed. Aside from the hail we got yesterday...all seems to be going well. I do hope that the flowers survive while Joe and I are gone next week. haha After my digging experience...I did realize that there are some muscles in my body that I never knew existed. I think I was in bed by 8:30 that first night. LOL

Graduation Weekend

What a great weekend! Both Katy and Emily Graduated this weekend. Katy completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Clarke College and Emily completed her Paralegal program from Illinois Central College. Both are very excited to be done with school for a while. Katy is on her way (already there) to Florida to live with her fiance Phil. Emily is currently job searching for a paralegal position. Katy will begin to study for her boards to become an official Physical Therapist. We are all VERY proud of Katy and Emily. They have both worked very hard to complete each program. As you can see from the pictures we had a great time in Dubuque. Spending time with family is always enjoyable. On our way home Sunday we stopped at Joe's folks to visit for a while. Emma had great fun playing with toys and hanging with Grandpa and Grandma Taylor.
We are also excited for our cousin Andrew as he graduated from high school on Saturday...Congrats Andrew!! He will soon be heading to California as he will begin boot camp for the Marines.