If you want something done..... Do it yourself

So in April I was getting bids and such for landscaping. I found somebody who had a decent price and I had heard that they do a really nice job. They did the yard up the road from me and it looks great. We decided to go ahead and go through them. He said he was working on a job and had another one the following week. He would just throw us in between because ours isn't that big and wont take long at all. He said it would be all the way finished in two weeks! I was so excited! Well, two weeks went by and still they never showed or called. I called him, he said the rain was holding them back and they would hopefully be here the following week to get started. Well, a couple more weeks went by and a no show no call again. Then I called him and he said he would be here the next wed. I remember because I was going out of town and couldn't wait to come home to my new yard. Well, I came home to even taller weeds. I had called him again and he said he would give me a call back after checking with his guys but he thought they'd be able to do it the following week. Never heard from him again for 2 more weeks. Finally, I called him again and he told me the rain was really holding them back. I said I understand. He said they would be here that Fri. and if they didn't show Fri. It would for sure be Mon. or Tues. So that next Wed. After he didn't show or call again I called him. He said this rain and dtdtdta. I said I understand, we were just hoping that it could have been done by July 7th because we are having company. I don't want it rushed not done right. He said, Oh I wouldn't do that to ya. I told him alot of the time that it has rained around other parts of town it hasn't rained at our house and instead of his workers going home they could have been coming over here and been making $. He said he would talk to his guys and call me back tonight or tomorrow. Tonight and tomorrow went by ---NOTHING-- I called him the next day. He said "I have a cement truck right here and I can't hear you." I'll call you right back. That evening when Jake got home, Jake asked if I had talked to him and I said no I left him a message this morning leaving my cell # to make sure if I wasn't at home he could still reach me. He never called so I called him this afternoon and i told him about the cement truck and the guy saying he'd call me right back. But, I still hadn't heard back from him. Jake got the phone and called him and he told Jake, when your wife first called me I told her I was booked for the year. REALLY??? Then he said, I have been calling your house today to get permission to come over and your wife hasn't answered. REALLY??? Jake said, You have permission!! We want it to get done!! I know it's a holiday weekend but we wanted it to be done. He said the guys working for him don't celebrate the fourth and he'll see if he can get them to come and give us a call back. He never called back. In the meantime, I found out that he has a business partner, so I decided I would call him to see if we were even on a schedule and if we weren't I would get someone else. I didn't want to be the jerk and schedule someone else if the first guy was actually gonna show. I told the business partner what had happened briefly and asked if we were on some kind of schedule. He said he'd check and call me back. Well, the other guy called back and was all ticked at me!! REALLY?? He said if you are going to go behind my back and talk crap to my partner you'd just better go somewhere else. I told him I didn't and that I just wanted to know if we were on a schedule and if it would ever get done because you always say your gonna be here and you don't show and then you say you'll call back and you don't call. He told me if I was gonna be that way and go behind his back to go somewhere else. I told him that is fine we had already made those arrangments and I would make sure NOT to recommend him to anybody that I knew. That was this morning. I felt horrible not knowing what was said between his partner and him I called the partner back. I told him that I was really sorry I didn't mean to cause any problems between them. I know that they are in business together. It wasn't my intentions to "go behind the other guys back and talk crap" I just wanted to know if they had us scheduled. He said "I am sorry." I don't deal w/ that part of the business and you didn't know that when you called me and all I told my partner was to make sure that you were taken care of. I told him well, we are taken care of all right! I didn't want to be on bad terms w/ anyone. But, he told me to go elsewhere and we had already started to get that lined out anyway. He was so nice and apologized again for his partner and said "hey, you and I are on good terms". I told him thanks and goodbye. So this morning. Two of Jakes wonderful friends came over and have been working on it. We should have the sprinkler in by today and the sod down on about Tues. YAY!! Thanks so much to JAKE, TRAVIS, and JESSE! We are finally going to have a front yard!!! and save $$$$ YAY!! THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN YOU GUYS!!!!

New pics

Peyton and I went and stayed with my Grandma for 5 days. It was a great visit. My brother had surgery- so my Dad and Deb came out to support him. The surgery went well and it was fun for Peyton to get to see his Grandpa Doug and Grandma Debbie. We went to the disney train- which was cool for adults! Not children! Once we finally got on the train after a 2 hour wait, Peyton was ready to go and could careless about the train. Peyton was really warming up to his cousin Porter and their dog Frankie. Which was fun to see. We also had new pics taken of Peyton that turned out adorable! Thank you KIERA! And thanks MARA for setting it up! Oh yeah- and thank you TIM for teaching Peyton the great facial expressions!

WARNING- there are lots of pics in this post. Too many cute ones I had a hard time choosing just a couple.

In case you were wondering...

Everybody always asks if Peyton still like his cowboy hat and boots. So in case you were also wondering, here is the answer....

Seven Years!

Monday was our seventh anniversary. It is so crazy how time flies. I don't even feel old enough to be married for 7 years. I have loved all seven years that we have spent together and I look forward to the future. Jake is so wonderful and I am so thankful to have him in my life. I couldn't have asked for a better husband or father to our child. There isn't alot to do around here and Jake had to work so we couldn't really go anywhere. We went out to dinner and then rented movies and came home. We didn't have a sitter, so we took Peyton with us. I couldn't have had a better time though. We always have so much fun when we are together. Thanks Jake for being so wonderful and treating me like a princess!! I love you!!

Our little Cowboy

Peyton got a cowboy hat and cowboy boots from his Grandpa Doug and Grandma Debbie for his birthday. While we were getting them out of the box I said, "What is it?" Peyton said, "A cowboy hat like Uncle Matt!" And he squealed this high pitch squeal! He was so excited he could barely contain himself. Ever since he took them out of the box he has pretty much been wearing them. Unless I have had to take them from him for baths and bedtime. Here are a few pics of our little cowboy! The pic of him in the white t-shirt and jeans standing is when he first put them on. You can see the excitement in his face. The pic of him crying on the couch is when I told him he had to take them off to get in the tub.

The big two!

Monday was Peytons birthday and he got a new bike and a helmet. He thinks the helmet is a hat. He threw a kicking, screaming fit when I wouldn't let him wear it to the store yesterday. He got a blue and orange cake just like he requested. He got so many cute clothes and fun toys from all his family and friends. And this is the fish that his Grandma Sherrie and uncle Sage got for him. He decided to name him Real Lyland. He just calls him Lyland for short. -don't ask me where he thought of that name???- He had a great birthday! Thank you to all who got him cards and gifts, he loves them all so much! Oh and I forget about the "puter" he got a cute whinnie the pooh computer and he loves it!

Now that we have our team together for the Relay for Life, we are now accepting donations. If anybody is interested in donating please let me know. You can also do sponsorship if you know any companys who would want to do something like that. I also have more info. for raffle tickets they are raffling some really cool prizes. There is rims and tires from Dans Tire, 3 mo. membership to curves, rec. center punch pass, 1/2 beef, quilt, patio furniture to name a few. Also we have luminaries available for 10$ each. Remember all donations are tax. deduct. Let me know if you want to help. Thanks