Spring Projects

Spring has sprung at the Thomas household. For weeks now, Ryan has been spending every free waking moment doing projects around the house. The list included building a workbench to do all of his man crafts on, organizing the basement and garage, and most importantly, the YARD. I almost think that Ryan's desire to work in the yard has almost eclipsed his one true love... firearms. Rest assured he has found some time to make a few trips to Stateline Guns (it's Ryan's equivalent of Macy's for the Evers girls.)
So, thanks to Ryan's mom and dad, things are shaping up around here. They make the trip from Belmont to New Hampshire every Wed and Sat to help with our To Do list and teach us things that former apartment dwellers need to know about keeping up a house. Last weekend, the boys planted the fruit trees in the back yard. Ryan really wanted to plant an apple tree when Christian was born to mark to occasion. Well, when the time came it wasn't just an apple tree. When the truck pulled up from the nursery, they unloaded two apples, two cherries , a peach, and plum tree. Ryan assured me that he got a great deal since there is a sale at the nursery every time it rains. I believe I have pulled this line before (It was such a great deal I couldn't afford NOT to buy it! I'm sure I actually saved us money!) Anyhoo, Christian's orchard got planted and it looks great. We will have many years of beautiful spring blossoms and tasty home grown fruit.

Christian may not appreciate the fruit trees and all the effort required to plant them in our rocky Granite State soil quite yet, but I'm sure he'll love taking care of them when he gets a little older.

The boys also busted out the power tools to take them for a test drive. One of Ryan's favorite purchases is a Toro super tool with lots of different attachments. It can be a tree trimmer, blower, edger, roto tiller, and more. It is truly the Autobot of garden tools.

After a full day of work, the trees in the backyard were stripped of their dead branches, the grass was edged, porch blown off, and the future planter in the side yard was roto tilled and prepped for planting.

I even got to try my hand with the new lawn mower. Oh, the smell of freshly cut grass! This was always Jeff's job growing up, so this was my first real attempt. I must say, the lawn looked pretty sweet after I got done with it. Maybe a few little boo boos, but overall a pretty decent job.

Ryan and I now realize how much work a house is, but also how rewarding it can be. We have loved seeing the transformation after all of the work that we put into it. Thanks again, Phil and Sherrine, for all of your help!