Our Little Gardener

Addison is my little sidekick when I am outside working in the yard. I have been trying really hard to learn more about gardening and also working on our flower beds in the backyard. Thanks to Jeff's help I was able to get our ugly bushes out and put in raspberries. In the background of the pics you can see some of our work, it looks really good. We are putting in a border along the edge of the flower bed and that is my favorite part, it looks great!!! We will see how they do in our weather. I am excited. Anyway, Addison saw me with some gloves and then went and found these gloves and was trying her best to help. It was so darn cute!! I wish that I could have gotten a better pic, she was just not looking at me, she had work to do!!

On the Hunt...

Easter was pretty laid back here, the Easter Bunny sent the kids on a scavenger hunt for their Easter baskets and Parker thought that was pretty fun. They also got to go on go on a hunt in the backyard. Addison got about 4 eggs and then realized that there was candy inside and that was enough for her. That meant that Parker got the rest. He was pretty happy about that. We really enjoyed conference and the kids did pretty good considering they had to sit for quite a while. We hope that you all had a great Easter!!

Some of you figured it out

Okay so you figured me out. This is my big April Fool's joke. I was trying to get my mom again. Not sure that I did, I didn't hear from her. I got her good last year. I put on our blog that we were moving to Australia and were moving in 3 months. It would be really nice. But didn't happen. She wouldn't talk to me for days. And she told everyone she knew about it. So I was just hoping to get her again. She did not like my last one at all. Mom, if your reading this....this is where you laugh!! LOL!!! Love you!!

Another one on the way!!!

Jeff has been pushing for another baby and I just don't feel like I am ready. I feel like I still have a baby. But I have to remind myself that she is 19 months old. She is not a baby anymore. But I cannot stop the news that came today. It is happening whether I like it or not. Yep you read it right, we are expecting our third. I should really be more happy about the whole thing. Mom I am sure that you are so ecstatic. But you will have to come to Midland to see our new bundle of joy. I went and got an ultra sound and see there is no denying it. That is me 5 weeks along.

He's a big kid now....

Parker has finally learned how to ride his bike with out training wheels. What is funny is that he had a bike with training wheels and out grew it. We then got him another bike and it did not have training wheels and he tried to ride it and just couldn't get the hang of it. We had planned on getting training wheels for him when it started warming up.

He was over at his friends house and said that he could ride his friends bike (his friends bike does not have training wheels) and I was shocked and didn't believe it. We walked home and got his bike and he rode off on it. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. So he is getting big. I cannot stop him. Now if we could only get him to stop riding it. That is what he does everyday after school.I have a hard time getting him to come home for dinner. He LOVES his bike.

Oh and he just learned how to tie his shoe we well. He won't even wear his shoes that have velcro. We had an eventful Spring Break and he decided to grow up, where has time gone??

Who needs to color eggs when there are stickers!!

We did the traditional coloring of eggs. Parker had fun coloring them (as he always does) but I think that he was more excited about the stickers that came with our pack. He couldn't wait for them to dry before he put them on. And then he didn't understand why they weren't sticking. Addison also got in on the stickers. She loves to put them on her face. It was fun to watch her try and put them on the eggs. Maybe next time I will just get stickers and they can put them all over plastic eggs, then we don't have to deal with the dye.

My garden

A few weeks ago I planted these seeds in little cups and now we are getting ready to move them...oh I cannot wait!! I am really going to try to have a great garden this year. We will have to see, I have not been that great in the past. This year we are trying peas, zuchinni, summer squash, sweet potatoes, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, cilantro and parsley. (I also have tried some flowers from seed, we will see how that goes.) Some of them are already in the ground and going strong. The others will be moved out this week. How exciting!!!