There once was a young maiden who was ruler of her castle. Any wish she made was quickly granted. She had the entire household in the palm of her hand.
One lovely summer day she decided to get all dolled up and enjoy a nice afternoon outside. The king and queen thought she look especially nice so decided to take some photos.
Princess Halli wasn't happy about it, but her older brother prince Carson got some pictures taken too.
Then they had to take some together. She decided it would be better for the pictures if they held hands...at least for one photo.
The queen requested that a photo be taken of she and princess Halli. The princess first tried to stand in front of the queen, and after many attempts the castle photographer was able to get a decent shot with Halli beside the queen...not directly in front.
Today was going to be a special day for the princess. She had a big party to attend that evening, so she wanted everything to be perfect for it. She demanded that her carriage be cleaned and shined for the big party. Of course she put Prince Carson to working scrubbing and scouring.
Once she saw how much fun Carson was having she decided to join in (an apparently do so topless...sorry)
After all the hard work she took a break and stopped to smell the roses...or daylilies.
Excitement and adventure were on her mind so she decided to try out tree climbing for the first time. She wouldn't let the queen or king tell her climbing was too hard. She went inside and found a box to use as a stool so she could step up into the tree. She found climbing to be exhilarating.
Carson was there to make sure she was comfortable.
At last it was time to go to the party. Her first item of business was to go on the blow-up toy/slide/maze thingy. She was appalled at the length of the line, and couldn't figure out why there was a delay in excitement. After a horrendous wait (in little princess time) her time arrived to do a run through. It was the most fun she'd had all day!
The party continued on. She enjoyed games, treats, prizes, balloons, music, dancing, and face painting. As the sun set in the sky she thought to herself, this has been the most magnificent day I've had all week.
She rode off her in carriage, and returned home to rest her pretty little head and get her beauty sleep.
We worked hard and transformed our front yard into something nice. Something that isn't painful to look at. The plants grew and flourished this summer. 
We've even had about a dozen of beautiful flowers like this come out over the past few weeks.
And then something happened in our house. Ryan went down in the basement one evening and checked in our utility room to make sure everything was alright. This is what he found. 
We called our home warranty company and they sent someone out the next morning. Two days later they came back to fix the problem. Here is the fine job they did to fix the leak.
And the finished result has transformed our front yard. Here is the final result.
My flower bed has been destroyed. My entire front yard has been destroyed. There is nothing we can do with it right now because the dirt has to settle back into the hole they covered up. So all I can do is go out and water the dirt to help it settle...I imagine it is a funny site to see a girl outside watering a mound of dirt. It makes me just laugh every time I'm out there.
