Rain and Sprouts

Sending the boys off

for the last round of STAAR

testing today.  They are prepared

and completely ready.  We have

no worries here.

Lazy Bums!



I love this sign!

It hangs above my desk

as a good reminder.

Sometimes I am way too

hard on myself.

Already have some tomatoes

on one of my plants.

Some very tiny ones ~ but they are there!

It was well into the summer

last year when I started seeing

some blooms.

We have had a couple of

thunderstorms here lately.

I LOVE a good thunderstorm!

KC sent me this pic from his

job site.  It's not snow...

It's hail.



 

My flowers seeds have

mostly all sprouted.

Fingers are still crossed

that they grow into beautiful flowers.

I am still sticking to my

decision of not buying

any plants this summer.

Ok, well maybe I did

buy that hydrangea.

But it was so pretty!

How could I not!?!

 



We have lots of company in our

bird mansion.  There are baby sparrows

on the top floor and baby squirrels

on the middle floor.  The squirrels

coming and going drive the

dogs nuts!

 

We are so ready for summer

it's not even funny!

We are spending lots of

evenings outside.

 



Kade officially turned 14

this week.  There are no

words.  No words!

I can't believe the boys

are growing so fast.

The rain all day yesterday had

the dogs ready for some

sunshine!



Our Weekend

Another Crazy Busy Weekend!

Friday we spent ALL DAY

doing projects around the house.

ALL DAY!  We got started right

after we dropped the boys off at

school and didn't stop and head

to bed until WELL after 1 am.

It was a very long day!

Productive. But long.

 

I picked up this little arrangement

for a sweet little old couple down

the street.  He walks their dog twice

a day around our block like clock work.

He told us Friday that after 14 years

he got cancer and they had to put

him down.  His eyes were full of

tears when he was telling us.  It was

sooooo heartbreaking!  Hopefully this

brightened their day.

We got dirt!

Lots and Lots of dirt!



Time to fill these new container

gardens my snookem made for

me.  It took lots of wheelbarrow

fulls!  Luckily we have big strong boys.

 

Rylee helped me with the planting.

When Cody finished his part he got

straight to playing.  I big pickup full

of nice new fresh dirt it this boys

dream come true!

During the planting of my old box

I found a TON of buried Hot Wheel

cars and dirt bikes.  Wonder who

that could have been from?!?

 

And DONE!

12 tomato plants

8 pepper plants

radish and cabbage seeds

and lots of flowers from seed

Fingers are crossed now!

Crossed that we don't get a late

freeze.  Crossed that this magical

dirt really is good dirt.  Crossed that

we picked good plants and not duds.

Crossed that all of our seeds will

sprout and grow big and strong.

Take your pick ~ lots of things to

cross your fingers about!

More boys playing in the dirt.

Saturday we celebrated Kade's 14th

Birthday!  14!!!  I can not believe that!

We kept it simple and just had hotdogs

with the family at home.

He requested coconut cake.

It's his favorite.

(even though we just had it for Easter)

We like weenie dog girls around here.

At his moms house he has a little

chihuahua though.  I always give him

a hard time about weenie girls being

better than chihuahuas.

I think he had a pretty great day!

 

 

After a crazy busy weekend we made

Sunday a movie day.  It was just what we needed!

Random Bits



What a busy crazy week!

 

Ry had his Scout ceremonies

to step up in his rank.

 

 



KC had a day off

so we spend the morning

at the river.  He has been

really stressing over work,

so it was much needed.

 



We loaded up and headed

back into town just in time

to pick up Cody.  KC

unloaded the razor and

drove it though the pick up

line to pick him up.

Cody LOVED it!

 

Spring is here!

Flowers are a bloomin'.

This vine is one of my

most favorite things about

this house.  I love when

all the leaves fill in and

it gets all crazy.

 

My seeds started sprouting

in just 4 days!  Yay!

I hope they keep it up.

Cody got his own dirt

bike box.  Now maybe

he will stay out of my

garden boxes!

Rylee and I chased down

this amazing sunrise the

other morning.  It was gorgeous!

 

 

Got pics of these cuties.

I miss them soooo much!

 



 

Spent a chilly morning

outside sipping coffee

while Ry made us a fire.

 

Boys laughing on the trampoline

and my Snookem grilling us

some yummy chicken.

We are so ready for summer!

Easter Sunday

Saturday night we

hung out with the besties.

 

It was much needed.

 

KC and AJ worked on

building new garden

planters while

Chelsey and I enjoyed

some mango margaritas.

Sounds fair ~ Right?

 

We grilled steaks

and caught up on lots

of chit chat by a nice

fire and a full moon.

It was a great night!

 

 

The Easter Bunny came

bright and early Sunday morning.

 



 

Motorcycle Riders. Fishing Stuff.

Clothes. Lots of Goodies.

 

Ry finally got to give

Granny her birthday watch.

I love how excited she gets

when she opens it and sees it.

She laughs hysterically every

time.

 

The story is...

She took the boys to eat

at Chick Fil A one day after

school.  Rylee joked around

about not getting a cow watch

that came in the kids meal

because Granny ordered

him a grown up meal.

Well for his birthday next birthday

 he opened her gift and

it was one of those cow watches.

6 months later and totally

on his own, Ry wrapped

the cow watch and gave it

back to Granny for her birthday.

He said he decided to give

it to her because she

laughed so hard giving it to

him.  He thought that it

would make her smile.

And Boy Did It!

I have never seen her laugh

so hard!  She Loved It!!!

And they now give it

back and forth to each

other on each birthday.

Still it's just as funny

as the first time.

 

 

Egg coloring

and rainbows!

 

Cody's favorite Easter Tradition?

Rubbing a boiled egg on

his "mustache".

He's crazy!

 

 

Hidden eggs in

pretty flowery trees!

 

 

We did things a little

different this time.

Colored eggs but hunted

plastic eggs.  All the eggs

were numbered and we

had prize eggs...

 

Gold Egg - $10

Silver Egg - $5

2 Trick or Treat Eggs

You don't know until

the end if you got a

trick or a treat.

 

 

 

 

Counting the loot...

 

 

Kade ended up with 66 egg

points and BOTH

trick or treat eggs.

 

Rylee had 69 egg points

 

Cody had 60 egg points

and BOTH the silver and gold

eggs. 

 

Kades ended up getting to

pick an egg from each

of his brothers baskets.

That's what the trick or treat

eggs said.  He picked the

silver one from Cody.

And Ry got $5 for the

most egg points.

So it actually worked

out pretty good.

 

My snookem stopped and

picked me some Lilacs

on the way home.

They are my 2nd favorite

flower and they smell

soooo good!