A-Day Game

This past weekend, we headed to Auburn for the A-day game.  That game is what it is...a glorified scrimmage.  But, we had fun and it was an oppurtunity to take Melanie into the stadium. 

After the game, fans were allowed onto the field for autographs.  After taking a few pictures, we tried to track down Aubie, but we couldn't get to him fast enough.  He took off down one of the tunnels.  We guessed that he didn't want to take any attention away from the players and coaches that day. 

We did get a picture with a cheerleader, but Melanie wasn't exactly excited about that. 

Once we got back to Nana and Grandaddy's house,  we just played out in the yard, since it was so nice outside.  Melanie's favorite is still her pink car, and she loves it even more the faster you can push her.

*post script - I take full blame for the less than stellar pictures from the weekend.  It was my fault that we left the good camera at Shannon's house last weekend.  Shame on me!

 

First Day of Spring

We, like other fools in Atlanta, got spring fever on the first day of spring, and spent the day working and planting in the yard.  Mark cut down the old holly bushes in the front, which we've hated forever, and planted some new shrubs.  We didn't get a "before" shot, but you've probably seen them in some of our older posts.  Here's what they looked like all cut down.  We added a lot more to this pile by the end of the next day.  Unbelievably, they picked all this stuff up the following Monday.  We have great service in Decatur!

 

Here's a couple of pictures of Melanie "taking care" of Lucy while we worked.

 

 

While Mark was out picking up mulch, etc., I had to watch Melanie while trying to continue working.  It turns out that Mark's truckbed is a pretty good playpen. 

 

We didn't get finished with getting everything planted by the end of the weekend, so we had to take a "finished" shot on a different day.  Here's what the new shrubs look like.  We would like to plant some low, creeping flowering plants near the front for some color at some point, but this is a start, for now.