Just Call Me...Green Thumb Marlow

So if you know me, you probably already know this...but, I HATE yardwork. I mean I loving mowing the grass and did it as a chore when I was growing up....but as far as pulling weeds, seeding, raking, etc...I HATE it! I mean absolutely, positively HATE it! So, you are probably wondering why I spent 4 hours on Monday doing just exactly what I hate...yardwork! Well, the house that Matt and I are renting - we love it! For right now in our lives, it is perfect! Enough room for us (actually it is really more room than we need), enough room for visitors, enough room for Matt to work from home, enough backyard space for Molly to catch a frisbee/ball, close enough to downtown, etc...but there was just 1 problem....our front yard! It was nice when we first moved in, well for about a week, then it was annoying! The owner had planted loads of plants right by the front door entrance that attracted a LOT of bees! Then it got worse - with the summer heat, the plants started dying...so currently, it looked like our front yard was the death valley of plants! I think today I finally hit my point of always seeing the dead plants...so after the gym I went to Home Depot and purchased some new plants and some mulch, then I came home and started ripping out dead plants! Here's the finished product...Not sure how long I can keep the plants alive, but at least now there is only living plants in our front yard!

Another Busy Weekend for the Marlow's!

Well Matt and I had another busy weekend this past weekend...I'll break it down by days...

Friday: Matt and I purchased some 50% off Cardinals tickets 2 months ago...one of the games we bought was Cardinals vs. Rockies for Oct. 1st! We thought ahead you know - that both teams would be in playoffs or in a race for the post season...so, well, we were totally WRONG on that point and it was the last series for both teams for this year...but none-the-less Matt and I had a great time! First, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so we scored free bags when we entered the game! I kept mine and we got Matt's for my mom! Then we headed to where we thought our seats were....well, we got the section right, but the seats wrong...we found out that we were only 8 rows up from the field behind third base...AWESOME seats!! What a great way for Matt and I to end the baseball season!

Saturday: Saturday we met my sister Kimberly and her family for Logan's soccer game. At the end of the game, Matt and I loaded up to go home with...Logan and Carter! We had them for Saturday night slumber party at our house!!! We had a fun day/night with them that included kickball, soccer, lunch, naps, disney version of SORRY, sidewalk chalk, dinner, sword fighting, wii, playing with molly, campfire smores, cinnamon rolls, lone elk park, m&m blasts....

Sunday: We met up with Kimberly and Jeff to hand the boys back over! Then it was off to David's Bridal to pick up my 2 bridesmaids dresses that I had altered, then Lens Crafters to pick up Matt's Christmas gift from Santa (prescription Rayban Sunglasses), and to Strassenfest (German festival in Chesterfield, Mo)....then later that night, we hit up the movies to see one Matt's really been wanting to see...The Social Network...it was the facebook movie and it was really good!!