Tyler's school is starting a contest between the classes to collect as many Box Tops for Education as possible. The winning class will receive a party. So, I'm asking everyone I know to collect Box Tops between now and March so I can turn them in for him so his class will win a party. If you can help out, please let me know. 
The end result of melting 50 caramels in a crockpot and cutting apple slices is, a little boy who only wants to eat apples and a little girl who only wants to dip her fingers in the caramel and lick it off! So much for the phrase "Caramel Apples!"
Let's rephrase, "Tyler Apples" and "Caramel Natalie"
Tyler got quickly distracted from that and on to a barrel that was rusted out and filled with concrete. I had to go over and see what was so interesting. Surprisingly, it was daddy long leg spiders.
And lastly, the day would not be fulfilled without a ride on the golf cart and Tyler giving Natalie a "pat" on her head! 
She is so sweet! She melts your heart!
All this time, I'm trying to get him to say cheese and smile for the camera, but instead he tells me the caterpillar says "cheese."
When I do get him to look at the camera and say cheese, he puts his whole face in.
"Cheese Mommy!"
I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting but not that big of a mess. My oh my, we were the talk of the neighborhood. Needless to say, the neighbors to the right hated us for a little while. They've sort of warmed up but are still a little leary of what Greg may still have up his sleeve...I'm still wondering too!
As the evening progressed, it started to look a little bit cleaner. The house looked like this at the end of the day. Mind you, where all the trees once were was a sloppy muddy mess. I think in the end Greg ended up taking out 25 trees.
As you can notice in the picture above, there is a ditch by the street. Greg had pipe layed to fill in the ditch and all the down spouts run into the ground.
By April 18, the house was looking like this. I still was not seeing an end in the near future but new the house was ten fold what is used to be. We still are not much liked by the neighbors at this point.
Finally, for me an end in sight, April 24, Motz Farms comes to lay sod. It's an amazing process. They layed 10,000 sq ft. in an hour and a half. It was impressive.
I have an instant lawn! What girl wouldn't be happy?
This is after the sod was completely layed...
May 10th brings some beautiful landscaping and a transformation to a once ugly and overgrown home. The landscaping to the right is not yet complete. We are working on completing that landscaping.
