3rd Trimester

Happy Anniversary, Alissa!

Happy Anniversary, Alissa. Thanks for two great years and I pray many more to come!

Garden Update

Here are some updated garden shots. The first is either spinach or lettuce. (Can't remember right now which one this is.) The 2nd is red onion.
And these are some of my tomato plants: (1) this is a plant I started from seed (2) This was a start that I bought.

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.

In Case You Were Curious......

....here is what I look like these days. :)
(1) Yes, I have to wear maternity clothes!
(2) Yes, I am already quite uncomfortable!
(3) Yes, I am fully aware that I have the potential for another 20+ weeks on this baby! (Where is any more baby going to fit?)

On a happy note, I went garage saleing last weekend and found almost new maternity clothes in my size for .25 cents a piece! Thank you Lord for that blessing!

Growing Things 2

I thought the following variety of tulip was pretty interesting. It has a shredded look when it opens. So far I have been pleasantly surprised at what has come up. First the two-tone tulips and now these:
Basically no doorknobs in our house work properly. In our 3-seasons room, Lucy found out that she can push on the doors and they pop open if they aren't dead bolted. Here is her grand escape... followed by a roll on the dirt mound that is our power line trench.