Jett's Baby shower

Several friends and family who could not join us for Jett's shower have asked to see pics. I never got my camera out. I know I know!!  Katie had a friend come take pics but I don't have those yet so thankfully Mimi got a few shots for me to share.

This banner was ADORABLE!! Thanks Chrissy with Chocolatetulipdesigns I had St. Louis (for daddy) and Ranger (for mama) cookies made. Can you see them?

Jeff out did himself with the pork and brisket he smoked. SO GOOD!!

Lots of cold drinks on hand. IT WAS HOT!!!  We handed out mini bags of sunflower seeds with tags that said "thanks for making our shower a home run". yes, chocolatetulipdesigns did those too.

Cardinal and ranger mini sunglasses for the little ones.

We asked everyone to wear their favorite baseball team shirt. Check out Gigi's.

Our poor little mama. You can tell how hot it was by her face in this pic. Everyone had fun tho and I have some pics to scrap. Thank you Mimi.

No More Washout

Our land is anything but flat. We have hills, hills and more hills. And that means a lot few washout areas with a heavy rain. So we decided to put a flowerbed on the other side of the sidewalk to help this area.

Normally I dig and put in the beds myself but I knew this was going to be a big job and would require some gravel and extra work to stop the washout so I called in the pros.

The guys from Riddle ( a local nursery in sand springs that is like crack to me) did a awesome job and worked HARD. The dry stacked rock will help with the problem of washout and looks great.

My nephew Brant aka Bubba was home from college looking to make some cash so with his help we put all these lovelies in in just a hour. Yes, we did!!!

 I'm loving this little purple flower. Check out that star bud waiting to bloom.

 Every flower in this bed except the" burning bush" is butterfly friendly.

Love these beauties too. So I now have ANOTHER bed to weed. But totally worth it.

Making it pretty

This little area beside the garage needed some love. It was a wet muddy mess.
We had the retaining wall done recently to stop the hill and our neighbors from washing away.
I really didn't want to put plants here BUT thought a place to put a potting bench would be nice.

30 bags of pea gravel and a cute little potting bench that I have had my eye on for months did the trick. I think the guy at Riddle sold it to me just so I would stop asking. ( It was a display table and I asked several times before I got a yes) Ya, never know. Hubby put my soil in a big metal can and all my garden tools are stored in the stacking boxes with lids. Extra rock is kept in the red can. I even have a place to park my wagon now.
The side garage door is just to the left of the bench so I can unload my car, fill my wagon and take whatever I need anywhere in the yard.
Gardening life made easy!!!!!!!