More Flowers!

Here are a few photos of flowers that have opened this week in our yard. Each week is like a surprise.
These next two are in our front yard.



And this last photo is the back yard. I have been faithfully watering this little lawn trying to help the grass grow. It is finally starting to fill in our trench! My hard work and bug bites are starting to pay off!

Thanks, Mom!

I had a great visit with my mom while Andrew was away.

Mom Balsley visited me this last week and has been a terrific blessing! She helped me get land cleared for our garden, among many many other things. Our backyard is grass and then a very dense hodge podge of flowering plants. I was feeling more than overwhelmed at the prospect of clearing the area for the garden! (Not to mention, I could not physically do it all.) Here is the results:I really wish I had a "before" picture for those of you that haven't made it out here, but oh well. Take my word for it, there were plants everywhere! The plants left here in the back ground of this picture are raspberry bushes. We also found a random little rhubarb planted. I am excited to try my hand at gardening, (thanks to Sara and Jonathan and the gardening seeds/tools for Christmas) and nervous!Mom also made me a cake and helped us celebrate my birthday. It was a blast to actually have family around on my birthday.