Garden Update

Our garden is doing great! Maybe a little too great actually. I was not very good about trimming things back and our tomato plant is trying to take over the world. These pictures are from a few weeks ago, so it doesn't show the craziness. I will post some new pics sometime soon. Also, I wish our lettuce still looked this good. Some kind of bug has invaded, and I need to figure out how to deal with that before they completely destroy all of my cute little lettuce plants.

Easter

We had a very laid back Easter this year. It was nice! I did spend most of the morning making food, but I actually find that relaxing. We did an egg hunt at our house and gave Kate and Everett their Easter baskets. Some of our neighbors had an egg hunt in the park next to our house, so Brian took the kids to do that one. After Ev's nap, we went to the in-laws and did another egg hunt. According to Kate, you cannot have too many egg hunts. We ended up with so much candy! I'm still trying to slowly throw it away without anyone noticing.

Family Zoo Day

We have a membership to the Phoenix Zoo, but the four of us still had not gone together. A few weekends ago, we finally were able to make it happen. Kate and Everett love the farm area, so we had to go there. They pretended to drive tractors, played at the playground and said hi to all of the farm animals. Kate really liked the turkey and was trying to walk like one. Before we left we went on the train ride. We had never done that before, and the kids really liked it. It is really more of a tram, but if you call it a "ride" then I guess you can call it a train.

First Diamondbacks Game of the Year

We went to one of the Diamondbacks exhibition games before the season started a few weeks ago. I can't remember when this was or who they were playing, so apparently I need to pay more attention. The kids are very happy that baseball season has started again. Me too, especially since the Dodgers are here in a couple weeks!

Visitors!

I have been really bad about blogging...again. I am going to make up for it though by doing 4 or 5 posts now. So this is the start of what we have been up to the last few weeks.

In March, my family (well, most of them) came to visit. My brother-in-law and my youngest nephew couldn't make it this time. It seemed like we mostly ate, but we did some other fun things too. One day we went to Brian's parents house and went on a boat ride.




Another day we went to the Phoenix Zoo. The kids really liked playing at the Little People Farm playground. We also went to the petting zoo, where they were able to pet and brush the goats.

Plant Week

Last Monday I was not feeling well, so Brian brought these orange tulips home for me!



A couple of weeks ago we started getting fruits and vegetables from a co op called Bountiful Baskets. This was what was in the basket this week. So far everything has been really good, and we have been eating so much more fruit because it's there.



This is our new lemon tree! It is so cute, and it already has a flower. Just the one flower already smells so good. I can't wait until spring when it will have even more.



We also put in a new pine tree and some other new plants.



Brian just built this garden box for me. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I will have pictures of it full of cute little vegetable plants.



Kate with the seeds we planted for our garden.



The lettuce plants are already coming up. The cucumbers have come through now too!



Here is another "before" picture. This is our patio, and we would like to make it a cool outside dining area. We think we found something we like, so next week I should have the "after" picture.



And another "before". Under our fountain I always plant an herb garden. It's not looking so good right now, but soon it will be pretty.

January 25 - 31

Two weeks in a row, nice!


Monday - We went up to the Payson area to take the kids to the snow. It was Everett's first time, but we couldn't really tell if he liked it. He didn't feel good, so he was kind of grumpy. This first picture is at a playground in Pine where Brian and Kate built a snowman.



I didn't take any pictures on Wednesday or Thursday, so I'm adding a couple more from Monday.



Ev watching his shadow. This was so cute!



Tuesday - Ev ended up having ear infections in both ears and bronchialitis. He has to do breathing treatments to open up his bronchials. This is a picture of when he was actually cooperating!



Friday - We had an exciting night of playing scrabble. I'm fairly certain this was the best I've ever done, so I took a picture. I think we're hooked now! (Fart was Brian's word, just so you know.)



Saturday - Just a picture of me and my little baby, who isn't so little anymore.



Sunday - Love this! Kate helping her daddy mow the lawn.

January 19 - 24

I am trying something new. Since I don't seem to do very well at writing on my blog, I am going to be tying two projects into one. I wanted to do a better job of taking pictures of my kids, my friends, and our life in general, so last week I started to take at least one picture a day. Once a week I am going to post pictures from each day of the last week. That way even if I don't write very much at least I will be able to look back and have an idea of what we were doing!

Tuesday - Kate had her 4 year well check up, and she had to get 4 shots. She was very brave and only cried a little! Here she is showing off her Snoopy band aid.



Wednesday - It was cold and rainy, so we made some coffee and rice krispie treats. One of my favorite combos!



Thursday - It rained all day! I don't know why and most people here think I'm weird, but I love dreary weather. This is the view from my living room, and I love seeing the grass and the trees with no leaves in front of the gray sky.


Friday - We went out by ourselves for the first time in forever! This is Brian with his bib on at Kings Fish House. He's messy!



Saturday - I forgot to take any pictures...oops!


Sunday - This is our friend, Franz, reading Kate a story. Franz moved to France today, so we won't see him until December. Sad :(