Holly's Pop Concert

Last Friday evening was Holly's first orchestra concert of the year and it was her Pops Concert which is the fun one.  The band and orchestra kids all have costumes - this year's theme was "Lights, Camera, Music".  Holly's violin section were dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz.

Dad and I took a leisurely ride to Sioux Center.  The soybeans are so yellow - this picture does not do it justice at all.  Then there's this pretty blue water tower just sitting there - there's a slight hill before you come to it - NICE.

 Holly's roommate, Tara was the cowardly lion - she was a perfect lion with her thick curls.

 Holly spotted us when she came in - we had just had dinner with her but guess, she was still excited that we were there.  Makes a Gramma feel really special!!!!  She was really excited when her Aunt Amy and cousin Chase showed up at dinner.

 This gal had a smile on her face the entire concert.

 Short video for her mom.
Isn't she the cutest "Dorothy"?  Holly, you are the best!!

Two of my favorite people - I feel so blessed that these two belong to us.  They seem to really enjoy "hanging out" together, even though they don't get to do it very often.

That's it for today - it was a wonderful weekend.  Holly's concert on Friday evening and my 50th class reunion on Saturday evening.  More soon.

Love to all,
Gramma and MOM

Landscaping at Amy and Kurt's

When we were in Washington, Amy and Kurt had a new driveway and front sidewalk put in.  It's beautiful but the contractor did kinda mess up their yard.  This is the area where they took out the old sidewalk.  Because it was under the trees, grass  had not done all that well.  Hopefully the new seed will do much better.

 This is the area that we spent close to three days working on.  There was rock mixed with dirt that was at least 20" deep or so it seemed.  Peter dug out the rock, then we screened it to get the dirt and rocks separated,  washed the rock and filled in other areas in the back yard.

 You can see who did the hard work!!

 The rock in memory of Ken, Kurt's dad.

 Almost finished.  Because this area is complete shade, we had to pick plants that require no sun - most of these came from Peter's "nursery".  Just had to purchase a couple coral bells and one hosta.

 Kurt and Amy finished the job with the mulch.  Am anxious to see the finished product.

Still have the other side of the front deck to do but that might have to wait til next Spring.  I know Amy has a couple of work days coming up the end of September so will wait  to see what she puts on her list.  We'll have a some extra workers because Amy's taking a couple days off and Holly will be with us for a long weekend.

Have a GREAT weekend and enjoy the cool weather - I know I will.

Love to all,
Gramma and MOM