Spring has Sprung!

Jacqui and I have been very busy the last couple of weeks working on the yard and making it beautiful! We have weeded and planted and landscaped and we even ran drip lines to all the plants so we don't have to sprinkle the whole area! Grandad helped with that project! We have done a lot of work and the yard is looking great. Last year, with work and school and all the construction going on out front in the street I didn't do anything with the yard and it showed... this year will be a different story. We had Senske come out and fertilize and aerate the soil... I got home after it was done and all I could think about was G&G's old J street house and how they used to get the yard aerated, and we (at least I remember I did!) all thought it was poop all over the yard because of all the little plugs pulled out of the ground (I'm sure some of the grown-ups encouraged that line of thinking for us young and vulnerable kids:). Anyways, it was a random and fun memory I thought I would share.
This is the old window in the rental...
Our other project is installing all new vinyl windows in our house, and my other rental up here in Spokane. We have gotten a few of the windows in and they look fabulous! Such an exciting thing to get to do... working on improving that curb appeal! The rental has the old single pain windows that rattle when a bus goes by and that are essentially worthless when it comes to energy efficiency. So I'm excited to be able to get those done so the house is more energy efficient and it helps the renters significantly with the heating bill and what not. I haven't started replacing my windows yet, they get here in 2 weeks, and I have 6 to do here at my house and 6 more to do at the rental. I am liking the work and am proud of the finished product. It is neat to be able to do that stuff independently :) This is the much new and improved vinyl and opening window! Trims isn't done yet... but what a difference!
Jacqui gets to go spend time with Grandad #1 AND Grandma Dixie and Grandad #2 this weekend. She has a 4 day weekend since they didn't use any snow days this year. She is going to spend the night with G&G (I think so far is the plan) and go fishing with Grandad #1 for her birthday surprise. She is super excited and I will post pics when I get a chance.
As soon as she gets back from visiting them, we are going on our first BIG trip. We are both super excited... We are going to fly down to Texas and visit Hank for a week. This will be Jacqui's first airplane experience and I am hoping that it goes well :) We have plans to go to Sea World and Six Flags while we are down there and we both can't wait to have a vacation from all the projects and work we've been doing lately! Ooh! And the most exciting part is Jacqui is now barely over 4 feet tall, so she is tall enough to go on some of the fun rides (I'M excited about that one!). We will post lots of pics and stories as we can, please pray that our trip is safe and that she handles the plane ride ok.
Love you all, miss you bunches. We will keep you posted in the next coming weeks of all that is transpiring in our world.