In Memory of Our Son
We received a gift certificate to a local nursery from Ryan's family to purchase a tree in memory of Ethan. God blessed us with a buy-one-get-one-free sale. On Mothers' Day weekend we planted a fruitless pear tree (Cleveland Select) in the front yard. It had such beautiful white blossoms that week.
Ryan saved us $500 by digging the holes himself
Cleveland Select Fruitless Pear Tree
In the backyard we planted an Autumn Blaze Maple that will turn to a vibrant orange-red in the fall. I like that we can see our trees from every window. The trees have attracted a lot of birds which Ryan is particularly fond of. I think that is also due to the new bird feeder we received as a house warming gift. We are getting acquainted with the different sounds and what kinds of birds they belong to.
Autumn Blaze Maple
In addition to trees we also did a little landscaping over Mothers' Day weekend and had a BBQ with my family, Grandma and Klaus. We had a truckload of black dirt on our driveway all winter that needed to be put to use and I used my birthday money to buy some perennials and hanging baskets. We planted Black-eyed Susans, Russian Sage, white Phlox, and Alliums (Blooming Onions). We also planted the Wine and Rose bush we received from Ryan's sister Erika and family in memory of Ethan.
Hayden helped too ... playin' in the dirt & drawing with chalk
What garden is complete with out a garden gnome?
4 comments:
How wonderful to have these ongoing reminders of your precious son. We are enjoying the updates that you continue to post. BTW, your home is beautiful! We miss you and love you much!
I know the perfect statue sidekick....hmmm????
@ the klos family... actually, there's a "no bathtubs allowed in landscaping" rule in our neighborhood :)
It's just a small bathtub
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