Just this last weekend

So last weekend we had this in our backyard:

I think it took 5 truck loads of dirt to fill in the hole.

We also had Claude and Marlena (Tim's parents) come and visit.  It was so nice to have them here.  I hope they come and visit again soon. I think we may have scared them off by putting them to work all weekend.  We were able to get a lot 

done!  And I'm so glad we had beautiful weather -

I LOVE SPRING!  

Baltimore 4.4.09

Long story short:

I was going to Baltimore to visit my parents and Andy, and some of the relatives were planning on coming down from PA for spring break.  (I love it that they only live 2 hours away, and we get to see them more frequently).  Anyway, at the last minute I was told that they weren't coming down/over anymore, but we were going to go to PA on Saturday to visit them.  My mom and I went shopping in the morning, and when we got home, I had a HUGE surprise!  All - or a lot of - the relatives came down and threw a surprise baby shower for me!  I was SHOCKED!!  It was so much fun.  (This would be a better story if I actually had the pictures, but I haven't been able to get my hands on them yet.  I'll have to post them another time).  I feel really blessed to have a family that would do something like that for me!  THANK YOU for making me (and baby Miller) feel so loved!    It was great to see everyone.  

Mom, Grandma, myself and baby

Catching Up

Well, as we can already see - I'm a blog slacker.  I think I might be better when there is a little one to post about.  I guess it has only been a month. . . 

First things first:  

Tim has been building a retaining wall.  We had this large dip in the yard, which we wanted fixed before building a fence.  I think it turned out to be a bigger project than expected.  

Here is the before and after:

 Nice, huh?  I would hire him.