AZ here we come!

I'm getting ready to go down to Arizona to see my dad at his new job! My mom, Corbett, Emily, Jacob, Isabel, and I are all driving down on Wednesday and we'll be back next Tuesday. We're also going to see Aprilynne and family in Phoenix. I'm excited to check out their new house! So, busy and fun times ahead!

Yard Troubles

So, this summer, my garden only grew about half the seeds I planted and of those only about half or less survived. I got some peas and beets out so far. I think I'll get some potatoes and maybe 1 or 2 tomatoes. I will get lots of pumpkins. But overall it didn't turn out that well. My mom and I figure I have really bad soil and that my garden was too big for me. I was easily overwhelmed. So, the next few weeks I will be downsizing my yard work. More grass and a lot less flower beds and garden. Maybe next summer it will be more manageable and I'll actually enjoy being outside! :) I cleared out two flower beds on Saturday and I'm still sore from the work... but it looks so much better! Now I only have like 8 more to go... *sigh*

Montana

I went to Montana this last weekend for a family reunion on my dad's, mother's side. If that makes any sense. We have just recently in the few years gotten together with them and they are a wonderful group of people! The van ran great and I remembered how much I love owning one! Lots of good space!

We're back to the school grind this week. Nothing much going on. I think I'll use this week to catch up on my "To Do" list...

First Day of School

My kids started school today. Jacob is in 3rd grade and Isabel is in 1st! Here's some pics of them:





Both of them are very goofy and very excited! :) My house is very quiet today. After 3 weeks of kids being home, family members visiting, and good fun being had... I'm trying to decide if I like it being so quiet....

Recovering

This week I think I'm finally recovering from a week of Paint-a-thon, then a week full of family and friends, and then this week was pretty calm. Starting tomorrow, my mom and Emily will be in town and we have a lot of fun and work planned! Yay! Kids are out of school for a few weeks and both are excited for some time off. Me too! We'll sleep in a little bit!

Paint-A-Thon

Well, I'm busy with Paint-a-Thon this week! I'm mainly in charge of the food and I got some good stuff planned. :) Kids are doing well, I'm still really tired but doing well overall, and the garden is half growing and half not growing. I'm doing some replanting this week that will hopefully fill in my empty spots. Here's hoping!

Hunger

So, I was up late reading this fabulous book last night. It's called "Hunger" by Michael Grant and its the second book in a series. Both books hook you in from the first few pages and never let you go till the last paragraph... and then leave you wanting the next one! I was way impressed by the first one and thoroughly happy to not be disappointed by this one. Now I have to wait for #3... Grrrr.....

It's a Girl!

So it was confirmed yesterday that my baby is indeed a girl! I've known for a while... but it was nice to have my prediction verified! Yay!

Been a while...

Sorry its been a while since I posted anything. I've been busy and tired. My garden is done. My kids have been off track. My house is a disaster due to concentrating on outside work. My lawn and flowers are happy. And I'm tired. I'm not sick anymore! So that's a good thing. I'm gonna take pictures of my garden this week and hopefully get around to posting them. It's so pretty and many of the plants have already started coming up! Yay! Kids are doing great! Life is good! :)

Tilling

I tilled my big garden yesterday! Yay! My arms are a little sore today but not enough to deter me from mowing my lawns with my new lawn mower! I also need to mow my little garden cuz the weeds are too tall to till... then I'll till it, too!! Fun stuff!