Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter 2011

There was lots of candy, eggs, amazing food, and wonderful family gatherings. Here's the highlights in photos. Happy Easter to all!

Easter at Pied Piper Preschool.  It was so wet, they held the egg hunt inside.


 Yummy treats that we made with friends.  Rice crispy treat eggs, filled with candy.  FUN!


 Easter Dinner in Redmond.  It was a beautiful day and a wonderful meal.  Thanks Kunz's, for hosting!

 The ladies in pink.
 The boyz, playing ball.
 B showing off the property to cousins Jessie and Jeremy.
 Egg hunt time!




Easter morning, the Bunny hid the baskets this year. 

 It was an exhausting weekend...trust me.  If I could have fallen asleep on the floor, I would have. 
 Easter dinner with the Waggoner's, Peery's, and Bartholomew's.

 Jonah, all dressed up and giving out the best faces!


 Jewel, checking out her loot.

Happy Easter from the Peery family!

Ella Maxine Turns 1

Our youngest niece turned one this month. She is such a cutie and we were happy to celebrate with her.

 Jewel and Darla enjoying the girlie toys.
 Ella and her Daddy.
 Cousins Riley and Derick, after a birthday/Easter egg hunt.

 Ella's princess cake.  Well done, Jake!!
  Happy Birthday, sweet girl!

The end of our staycation

And the garden is not quite finished. But, it's close. Maybe one more weekend's worth of work and we'll be ready to plant.

The filling begins!  We had a few extra helpers to get the dirt moved, and it was a good thing.  Kept me happy and the kids busy! Thanks Jenn, Jessica, and AJ!
 Filled beds.  My new happy place.
 Finished trellis
 My sweetheart, making fence number 2!
As it sits, now.  We have more pickets to put up, and one more gate to build.  Then, it's on to filling the walkways with cedar chips and planting!  Whoot!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Spring break; Garden Stay-cation

Since it's really close to planting time and it's spring break, Jeremy decided to take a week off from work and get this garden DONE!  So, we are making some faster progress, now.  Here's some more photos to catch you up to speed.

We had one post left from the old fence that we had to remove.  We had to dig down deep to find the cement support. We guess the hole was about two feet down when all was said and done.


 The CUTEST crack!  Tee, hee....
 Jeremy rented a HUGE rototiller to help us dig up all the grass.  It was stubborn sod, I tell ya.

 In the middle of a 'spring shower' that felt more like a down pour complete with hail, we got our new topsoil from one of my favorite garden centers, Carpinito Brothers. 

 The garden, after a second pass with the rototiller.  Oh, and the sun was back out to warm us up and dry us out. 
Jeremy, being extra through, put up some steaks to help us visualize where the raised beds will go.  It helped us try to level the ground a bit, too. 

Now, we are finishing building our veggie beds.  Tomorrow we fill them with dirt! By the end of the week, we should be planting!  Yay!!

Happy Birthday Derick!

Our little man has turned 5!!!  I still can't quite believe that it was 5 years ago when we became parents to a handsome baby boy.  Now he's such a funny, smart, social, active, and happy kid.  He is growing like a weed, and is in the 90% for both weight and height.  He enjoys Lego's, playing house with his sister, playing soccer on The Blue Flame, and preschool.  He can write his own name, knows how to count to 100 (with a little help), and is a great helper with all kinds of chores.  His sense of humor is developing and he loves reading books.  He is really into the Wild Kratts on TV and loves to learn about animals. 

Here are a few pictures of all the birthday fun we've had, celebrating our big boy!

 Dinner out on his really day, at Red Robbin. 

A park play date with all of Derick's friends, and mine too!  It was a fun morning, seeing so many mamas and kids that were such a huge part of Derick and I's lives for the last 5 years.  And the rain held off til the end too!

Derick got to celebrate at preschool too!

We celebrated Brian Kunz's birthday along with Derick's in Redmond with a rib feast! 



And last, but not least, we celebrated at home with mostly family and some family friends.  We lucked out, the sun came out and made for a nice afternoon of bouncing, cake, and laughter. 


 Darla with cousin Lucas.
 Jodi and Sydney, so cute!!
 A people pile in the bouncer.
 Cousin Cooper and Derick with gifts.
 The jungle cake, made by Jill and Jeremy.  :)

Our guy, all dressed up in some of his birthday gear. 
I love you, my big 5 year old boy!