Pre-Labor Day/Welcome to our Home Party

We will be hosting a Pre-Labor Day/Welcome to our home party on Saturday. Below is the pic we used for the invitation. My sister took this pic of us outside the house one Sunday afternoon...good job Rie!

So, we are trying to get the house together for the party, and get all the food so we can be prepared when Saturday comes. The menu is as follows:

Chicken Wings
Hamburgers/Turkey burgers/Veggie burgers
Hot dogs
Potato Salad
Mac & Cheese
Cheesy potatoes
Baked Beans
Fried Corn
Cake

We will have plenty of activities for the kids like:
Bouncer/Moonwalk
Bubbles
Pin the tale on the donkey
Piñata
Balls/Jump ropes

We will also have activities for the adults:
Corn hole
Cards
Dominos

Overall we are just praying for good weather, and an awesome time with family and friends!!

Front is almost complete

Well, I ended up digging up two of my hostas, and both of my coral bells. When I did I could tell that the roots didn't look to good, and found a cutworm in the dirt also. So, I headed to Home Depot and purchased some spray for whatever other bugs may be in the dirt and possibly damaging my plants!! I did leave my two other hostas in the ground since they seemed to be growing back.



I ended up purchasing two replacement hostas, and planted those when I returned as well as put down the mulch. My day lilies are not doing so well, but today (after ALL THIS TIME) I finally saw some a few bloomed. That really made my day!

There is Hope!!!

Well, even though I am still disappointed about the way the plants turned out, I don't think that I killed them totally. That night I went outside to cut off the dead leaves, but to my surprise there was no need to cut anything! The leaves just came out all by themselves & were no longer even rooted into the ground! I was so hurt! Only one of the hostas had a middle stem still hanging on...the rest of the were gone! Needless to say I was very sad for the rest of the night.

Anyway, that next morning I went outside and was able to see that there were little nubs sticking out of the ground that that gave me hope!!!! I really do hope that they do well the rest of the season, and for years to come!

Hubby planted the Japanese Maple tree the other day too, and I am very nervous about the future of this tree. I've heard so many horror stories about how folks have had the tree for years and then it just died on them! I would be so hurt!

I'll take some pics this weekend and try to post how the front of the yard looks now.

Visit to See the Twins!

I had the pleasure of meeting my Soror's Kujanna's two newborn twins. OMG they were so cute and precious! The two handsome boys names are Myles and Myron. Below are some pics I took while over there visiting.

Mommy & Son
The two boys & their close up picture!

I Managed to kill them!!

Hubby and I went to the Eastern Market the beginning of July to pick out some plants for the front of the house. I already had 4 hostas, and 2 coral bells, so we ended up getting 2 potted flowers, 4 day lily's, 2 bushes, and a Japanese Maple tree. An old co-worker was nice enough to come over and help me with the design for I had no idea what I was doing!!

Unfortunately, we bought and planted during the weeks of 90+ weather. I was told by several to make sure that I keep it watered during this heat, so I started watering it almost everyday. Come to find out I was killing my poor plants!

The hostas started turning yellow, and one of the coral bells haven't even made it off the ground yet!! I've always been told that hostas are very hard to kill, so leave it up to me!

Hopefully there is still hope for my plants for we put a lot of work (and $$) into them. I guess you live and learn!

Below are some pics of how they look today!

This is a pic of one of the potted flower pots This hosta is actally the best looking out of all four. The Coral Bell is flat on the ground!

Poor poor hostas!!

The best looking coral bell out of the two! Sad I know!

Another sad hosta...