we have all been a bit under the weather recently.

do excuse our absence.

we will be back shortly.

xo

soil,,, check.

addie and her silly faces, she is always making silly faces.

mark has been working hard and mixing all this dirt together in a wheel barrow and then dumping it in the planter. long, hard work.

the car said it was 86 degrees today. i went to the farmers market and i couldnt resist to buy a watermelon. which gave me the idea that i might even try to plant a watermelon in my garden. :)

little miss buck. :) she is sooo crabby. wow. all day it has been whining, crying and tantrums. you would never believe me with these pictures, but no joke, she is a monster. but o so sweet. i do love her, even when she blows my eardrums out. :)

i have felt a lot of accomplishment with my etsy shop recently. 79 sales so far! :) that makes me very happy. i never would have thought i would have that many. :)

i am planning on having a BIG shop update soon, this week or next. i will keep you updated. you wont want to miss it! :)

another accomplishment, this is my #402 post!! wow! it feels so good to know i have kept a small record of our life. with people i love and things that make me happy. i love to look back and see all that has changed and remember special events.

happy spring!

where the garden will reside

mark and his dad worked on this planter on monday and tuesday. his dad showed him the ropes of masonry work, working with the concrete and laying the brick. he did such a good job. i am so proud of him. we need to stain it and get the soil ready. hopefully by next week we can plant.




this has really motivated me. i cant wait to see it overflowing with green plants.(im not going to get my hopes up)


the little "helpers" fell over in the wheelbarrow. it seems it didnt bother them any, they hopped right back in to pretend they were pirates at sea.






are you planting a garden this year? you should!! even if its a little basil in a planter box, lets do it together! :)

goulashes and my thoughts

i love that word:) goulashes. it sounds happy. we pulled ours out, even though it wasnt rainy. the kids tromped through our unmaintained yard. i sat on the porch swing breathing in cooler, non suffocating air.

i thought about planting some new flowers in the beds. this picture reminds me i am a busy mother with busy kids.

the girls picked the barely blooming flowers. they always bring them to me. i love it when they do that. i feel special. loved.

i thought about where the perfect spot for our garden would be. i hope i chose the right spot.

going along with that, i tried to learn a little bit on square foot gardening. i am so excited and nervous about starting a garden. i do NOT have a green thumb. but i have to remember that i cant get any better if i don't try.i have grown up with the influence of gardening, my grandma is a master gardner and my mother always had a successful and large garden every year. my mother in law now is very knowledgeable about planting and has a beautiful garden herself. they have encouraged me and taught me a little about getting stared. i feel like i can be good at it and enjoy it if i give it a shot, we will see. i cant wait to get my hands in that dirt and show my children where squash and lettuce come from.

i thought about how i love having time with my kids. how lucky i am to be their mother and that i am able to stay at home with them. and no matter how hard mothering is, i am so glad i get to do it. everything i do is for them. they are joys. i am learning to savor every moment.

enjoy your monday.

a few videos

addies thoughts on how a girls life is suppose to be.....

this puts me at much ease!!, knowing she has the whole married, baby thing in the right order. :)

and here is callie, my poor teething callie. not herself recently. the passie is her lifeline.

p.s. for records sake, callie just learned how to climb out of her crib. i thought we weren't even close to that event happening. oh joy, joy, joy. i guess this means i get to go furniture shopping to find callie a bed and put the girls in the same room. right hun?, right? :)

some pictures of callie, because she is beautiful and i just couldnt stop snapping my camera

red and pink

we had a pre -Valentine celebration at the park with some friends, because we love our friends!

and we love cupcakes,

and we love to be outside,

and we love to ride little trains,

and we love priceless faces from sweet girls,

and we love blurry pictures of girls having fun,

LOVE from us

to you.

i had a little visitor,

in the shower.

she couldnt wait for me to rinse my sud covered body to take her pjs off.

she wanted in and i couldnt stop her.

stinker.

our book recommendations

all i can do is giggle. me, a book recommendation!!?? i have never been big reader. it makes me tired, i am slow, so it takes me forever to finish the book. but.... since we got rid of our cable, things have changed. i have been reading more and liking it. i just finished a really good book. which leads to my book review....



The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright. a very good book about families, love, and forgiveness. it was a very fast read and has a twist. you can find it at Amazon, Deseret Book, Barnes and Noble (at this website you can read a synopsis), or check your local library, they just might carry it. me and my mom have been buying books and sharing them, she bought this one this time around.
give it a try, i dont think you will disappointed.


Addies Recommendation....

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Bill Martin Jr.
Addie says she likes the pictures in this book. This book is a classic with wonderful illustrations and leaves the kids in suspense. it helps them learn their colors an animals as well. you can find this book at your local library and any book store.


Callies recommendation.....

anything with a Little Golden Book spine. especially the Rudolf one, that one has Santa, her newest infatuation.

happy reading everyone. i have started a new book called

The Incredible Gifts of Women. i will let you know how it is.

so far, so good. :)

an interview with miss addie

( with no encouragment from me)

who is your best friend?

callie

what is your favorite dinner?

noodles

what is your favorite fruit?

blueberries and then strawberries

what do you like to do with daddy?

go to the park

what do you want to be when you grow up?

a princess

what scares you?

A BEAR!!! AHHH

whats your favorite game?

hide and seek

purple or pink?

purple

what is your favorite book?

fancy nancy the butterfly one

what do you like to do at home?

play with my dress up clothes and read lots of books





what is your favorite word?

Alabama

what is your favorite number?

sixty twenty

you are.....

a special girl

quiet time

in the corner of the kitchen.

in her own little world.

a cozy chair.

and new colored pencils.

ruby red ballet slippers

addie received these red ballet slippers

for Christmas

from her bud, Triston.

pretty much every girls dream,

to dance in real, RED ballet shoes!

and addie pointed out that her and Fancy Nancy match,

see.

in addies words, now, shes stylin!