Winter in May

Well today makes the month May. It means Spring is already here and summer is on it's way. Not in Shelley, Id. Today the first day of May. We wake up to SNOW!! This is awful. I don't know what could make the day worse. It is cold, wet, and windy. Then to top things off Julie comes home and finds that on the east side of our house, the gutter fell off and is ripped, bent, and broken beyond repair. This is a great way to start the month.

On the brighter side of the day, Julie also was offered an internship with Bingham Memorial Hospital. She will be working in the PR department. She already has an assignment and is excited and nervous to get started. This is a great opportunity for her since she will finally be able to work in the field that she has spent the last four years going to school for. Hurray!!

Julie and I have been really busy this spring (If that is what you can call it). We have worked in our yard a ton. One thing we have done is plant grass on the east side of our house. This area used to be a flower garden and bare ground. We have tilled the ground and tried our hand at landscaping. We have made the flower garden shorter and planted grass. Hopefully the snow this morning doesn't kill it before it can grow. Also, we have been digging up tons of roots that are on the east side of the house also. Two massive tree stumps are taking up much of the side of the house and we are in the process of trying to get rid of all the roots and plant more grass. Julie's parents came to help us this last Saturday. They helped us stain our deck (which looks great now) and helped to make a rock garden in the front of our house. The house is beginning to look really good. Julie and I plan to plant a garden and do much more to the yard this summer. I hope we can get it all done.