Howard

We came home after dinner on Friday night to find a duckling that had fallen down the grate at the end of our driveway. We called animal control to see if they would come out and get him, but they said they don't come out for domesticated animals. I felt bad that this little duck was wet and cold and crying for his mom. So Travis took the grate off and climbed in and got him out. We put him in a box with newspaper to keep him warm and gave him some water and grass in hopes that his mom would come back soon to get him. Unfortunately she didn't come back, so Howard (of course we named him) spent the weekend with us. He loved running around the backyard and swimming in Hudson's water bowl. Sadly though, Howard couldn't make it without his mom and died on Memorial Day. I was really sad, but felt good that he at least died warm and well fed then in the cold wet ditch. I think Hudson is secretly excited to have him go, he was getting a little jealous!

An Update

Yesterday Travis informed me that I have been slacking in the blog area and that I haven't posted anything since Easter. So even though nothing exciting has been going on, I thought I would give you an update on what we have been doing.

Arts and Crafts:
I thought it would be a great idea to paint a chair for our friends baby, Alayna, who is turning one. It sounded really easy and kinda fun when I began however I forgot that I'm really not an arts and crafts kinda person and a project that would take most just a few hours took me a couple of days. It didn't turn out amazing and definitely had some flaws but Alayna liked it, so I guess that's all that matters!


Backyard Makeover:
Since we moved into our house we have been wanting to re-do the backyard. We have big plans of a new patio, a nice flower garden and a new tuff-shed. When we began the project I don't think I realized how much work it was going to be. Trav and I put in a new retaining wall for the flower garden and I am going to plant my flowers this weekend but the worst part so far has been tearing up the existing patio...wow, that's a lot of work. Here is a picture of stage one of the makeover. I'll post more as we go along, but this will give you an idea of how we have been spending our evenings! Wish us luck.


Golf:
Yea, there has been none of this, because we have been spending all our time in the backyard, but hopefully we will have everything finished soon so Trav can get some time in on the golf course! Hopefully something really exciting happens, like we win a million dollars, so I can have something fun to post. But until then, I guess I'll just keep giving you an update on our backyard, as fun as that is!