Happy Anniversary Jim and Ava!

After an incredible weekend in Dallas in late February, Austin and I decided to head to Woodward the next weekend to share our big news with his parents.  We were so excited to head west and let the secret out -  mostly because Ava has been dropping hints about grandchildren for a few months (okay..years...haha!!) and we could barely contain our excitement to see her reaction at the news!!  We knew Jim and Ava might think it was a little weird that we were making family trips back to back, so we told them we were coming to visit Austin's grandma (which wasn't a total lie...).

We pulled into town around 8:30 on Friday evening and all hung out around the house for a while before we sat down to dinner.  At some point, we strategically casually mentioned that we had brought them a small anniversary gift.   It wasn't long after we sat down for dinner, that Big Jim decided he was ready to open their anniversary gift (PERFECT!!). 

They opened their gift (which was a bib like the one that we had given to Mary Anne the weekend before) and their reaction was so fun!  They were totally shocked and beyond excited for us! Here's a few pictures we snapped after the big surprise!!

excited about being Grandparents!

love these two.

I can't even begin to explain how lucky I am when it comes to in-laws.  Jim and Ava are great people and have been such supportive, loving parents to Austin and now, me!  I'm so thankful for the amazing man that they raised and I love being a part of their family.  Speaking of that amazing man I'm married to - he really got into the western Oklahoma spirit while we were in Woodward and morphed into his alter ego --

"hey y'all - I'm Cowboy Dougie!" 

showdown at the Keeney Saloon

fancy.

After letting the secret out on Friday, we spent Saturday being (relatively) productive.  Ava and I got mani/'pedis (not super productive) and Austin and Jim worked with the horses most of the day (very productive!  good job boys!!).  Saturday night we went to a yummy dinner and visited some other family memebers that live in town.  It was a super fun weekend.  Happy Anniversary Jim and Ava -- thanks for letting us crash your weekend!!

-Callie

Yard Makeover - Part 2

What a weekend!  We've been hard at work on part 2 of our yard makeover!  You can check out Part 1 here. This weekend it was all about the front flower beds....and man, did they need some work!  Thankfully, we had an extra hand - my amazing mother-in-law who also happens to have quite the green thumb!

hey ava!!

We started Saturday by cleaning out what remained in the beds after last weekend.  It wasn't much more than some weeds and some tulip bulbs, but either way we got it all cleaned out!  The next step was to even out the soil. 

good work Keeney!

After the beds were even, we laid out some bed liners.  According to Ava, these are great for keeping out weeds, but most importantly for making sure the mulch and the soil don't mix thus making your mulch last longer.  who knew?!

master gardener - hard at work!

i had no clue about the greatness.

part 2 is well underway

The weather was so nice outside that the day actually went by really quickly.  It felt so good to be making some big progress. It also helped that we had some visitors!

Matt, Laura and Payton stopped by!

how cute is he?  Chubbs and Rowdy's new BFF 

  After we got the liners down, we laid out the plants where we wanted.  Then we cut holes in the liners and planted the flowers in just the right place. 

looks like a real flower bed!

coming together nicely...

After we got all of the plants planted, we mulched the beds, admired all of our hard work and tossed back a few cold beers to reward ourselves! 

so much better

this makes me happy

welcome!!

I'm so happy with the results.  Now all the front needs is a great wreath for the door and a pretty potted container like this.