Tis the Season...

...for plants!!!

I will admit it - I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year!!

Everything in the yard looks so healthy - especially the weeds!

It's not too hot, not too cold, and we usually get enough rain to water the lawns.

But what I love the most is to wander through the garden centers and greenhouses and enjoy all the wonderful, beautiful, enticing new plants. I LOVE THEM ALL! Big, small, pink, blue, red, yellow - bring 'em on!!

Today we planted our garden: tomatoes (LOTS of them), tomatillos, sweet peppers, jalapeno peppers (goes great with the fresh tomatoes and tomatillos for home-made salsa), swiss chard, green beans, zucchini, crookneck squash, watermelon, and pumpkins. The rest I'll leave to the professionals!

I also planted $$LOTS$$ of perennials in the flower beds in our rock wall planters in the backyard. Couldn't tell you what any of them are, except some ornamental grass, but we should see yellows, pinks, purples, blues, and reds.

I can't wait!! I feel like a kid at Christmas!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day seems to have some unwritten requirement for unexpected excitement.

Last Mother's Day, I spent the day timing contractions and ended up spending the night in the hospital to get them stopped. I was 34 weeks along in my pregnancy. That was the beginning of several weeks of "bedrest" (as if!!!) and 2 more trips to the hospital before Caleb was born (thankfully he waited until 38 weeks).

This year, the excitement continued, only it wasn't pregnancy related (thank goodness!!!). Josh informed us on Saturday night (after all the doctor's offices were closed) that he was sick. After a run-down of symptoms, I was pretty sure he had strep....AGAIN (he just had it back in April). I did what I could - dose of Tylenol, hugs, kisses, reassurance - and sent him to bed.

When Jared got home from church at 1 p.m. it was off to InstaCare. Where we waited...and waited...and waited some more.

More than two hours later we walked out of there with a prescription for antibiotics,

and thankful to be somewhere other than there!

What do I want for Mother's Day next year??

THE MOST ORDINARY AND UNEVENTFUL DAY POSSIBLE!!!

Recent Scrapbooking

Here are some of my more recent pages. Just can't seem to get enough!