Surprising news: we had an ultra exciting night at our house a while ago and thought we'd share it with the world, or at least the blogging world. We got to plant our first tree together! In light of the momentous occasion, here are some pictures documenting our joyous ceremony:
Here it is! This is one of the coolest trees I have ever seen. It's an apple tree that has several different types of apples grafted in to one tree. Each tag indicates a different kind of apple. We look forward to enjoying gala, fuji, and golden crisp apples (among others) in the future. Is that cool or what?! 
May I introduce you to our miracle tree? Tyler found this tiny thing growing by our fence last winter and immediately recognized its potential to become a large, thriving maple tree. He transplanted it into our yard and it snowed the next day. We watched it all winter long and decided there was no way it would survive all the snow in its condition. Much to our surprise however, it is doing fabulously and hence, has earned the name "miracle tree". It now has a few little branches and some leaves thanks to Tyler's heroic rescue.There you have it. We may not have accomplished the lucious vegetable garden we anticipated, but we're making progress nonetheless. Two trees, tons of weeding, and lots of flower-planting. It really has been fun having a yard of my own to experiment with. Hopefully I'll get better at it as time goes by.
