Flowers (and parents) make a big difference...

My incredibly generous parents made another trip to South Carolina the week of Memorial Day, and I cannot believe how much we were able to accomplish while they were here for less than a week!  Seriously, my mom and dad are workhorses, and I couldn't even force them to take a break to go to the beach (believe me, I tried)!  We appreciate their help more than words can express, and it was truly a joy to have them here in our home again. 

One of the biggest projects of the week was planting some flowers and changing the mulch in our flowerbeds.  I thought the difficult part was going to be planting the flowers, but I was so wrong.  The biggest challenge was trying to decide which flowers to plant!  Our builder started the flowerbeds with some basic landscaping, so I just wanted to add some colorful flowers to fill in the empty space.  I can't even remember how many hours we spent in the local nursery, Home Depot nursery and Lowes nursery...but trust me when I say it was a ton.  There were way too many choices, and I am very particular so I was overwhelmed to say the least.  Thankfully, my parents were patient and helpful, we managed to make some good decisions and I am very pleased with the results.  Of course, all of our landscaping is new so it can't compete with mature landscaping, but I look forward to watching everything grow over the next few years.  Also, I must confess that after my mom and I decided where to place all of the flowers, my dad did about 99% of the actual planting and mulch replacing while my mom and I worked on projects inside the house.  Thanks again, Mom & Dad!  The flowers look lovely!

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Love you, Mom & Dad!