Projects and Easter fun

After 5 years of redoing our horrible sprinkler system EVERY year, I have finally found the solution to having money left for my plants.  Buy before we turn the sprinkler system on :-)  So this year I redid a couple of beds in our yard.  This first picture is under our new garden window, you might notice that nasty piece of work out equipment is FINALLY gone!!  Planted some new plants that I had not heard of, helleborus, I think they will be really nice right there.

I also planted some new rhodedendrins..pretty sure thats not spelled right.   They are one of few plants that can handle the hot and cold over here.

Inside the house, I took down the big quilt hanging up and went for a more modern look with a family picture tree.  I think it turned out pretty good.

Megan's yearly Easter picture with her basket and duck, can you believe two years ago she fit in that basket?

Easter afternoon turned out beautiful and was sunny and nice, we had about 5 families over for lunch and an Easter egg hunt.  Thanks to Ian for doing a great job of hiding eggs for all age levels!

Waiting for the hunt to begin....

Megan loved it and ran around collecting eggs, until due to tripping she spilled her basket and an egg popped open revealing candy...so she plopped down and started eating and that was the end of the hunt for her :-)

The airplane swing is back in motion and a huge hit for all the kids.

Megan's new sand/water toy thanks to Great Grandma Williams!!