Saturday, March 21, 2009

Spring Break: Family Day

Early this morning, we took a family outing into Austin. We started with a workout around Ladybird Lake. I am training for a 5K and was so proud of myself! I finally ran 1.5 miles! This was a big step for me, and I'm now halfway to my goal. After running, we ate breakfast at Austin Java Company, went shopping at some of the downtown shops (Chad finally bought some pants that fit at Patagonia), and visited the local farmer's market. We bought a few tomato plants and a peach bush. We also bought a glass of local root beer and Clayton quickly claimed it as his own. We planned to let him try a SIP but he threw a fit and kept saying "See, see!!" It was hard distracting him!! Afterwards, we went by Home Depot and bought some more plants. They were having a really good sale and we found some great drought resistant plants. Then we headed home and started our planting project. We have a really small backyard and decided to give it more of a garden feel. The pictures don't do it justice - I love it! We still need do some planting, add a border, as well as add more soil. We also plan to do some landscaping to our front yard. While we were working, Clayton had a really good time telling Tilley what to do. He kept walking around, pointing, and yelling, "Till." Here are some highlights from our day.

Working out.
Breakfast


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After:

3 comments:

Meghan said...

Love the new additions to the yard! We are hoping to do a little gardening today, too!

Jennifer C. said...

I love the first photo b/c it's obvious Chad has been exercising and then we see Clayton kicked back in his stroller w/ his hand in his snack trap.

I also like the second photo because it looks like Clayton was posing for the pic.

The yard looks good too.

Lara said...

Laughed at Clay claiming the root beer as his... I can definitely picture it.

Your yard/garden is looking good. Can't wait to see it once it's totally finished.