Our Garden Project

We finally planted some seeds in the lovely garden box Riley made (by himself, NO instructions, with his bare hands). We had to have somewhere to put our sweet compost! We decided to try little squares and each kid picked what they wanted in their square.

Elli picked spinach and a cantaloupe I think. Adam chose peppers and a watermelon, and Amy planted some spaghetti squash.
I helped Elli plant the spinach until Riley came along and showed us how. I've never gardened before so I just started poking holes. Riley made nice little raised rows and it looked much better. He has gardened. Elli's are growing anyways.
All done and excited to watch what happens! Hope we can keep the rabbits away! I loves me spinach!
There are no pictures of the other kids that didn't look like they needed to go to the bathroom.

8 Year Old Elli

Elli turned 8 this month and she got to decide if she wanted a party or a gift from Mom and Dad. She wanted a gift, then switched to a party too late, so she got the gift anyways. Instead of a big party, she invited her favorite friend, Laurel, over for a sleep over. We took them to Pizza Hut and Country Side Ice Cream. On her real birthday, she got an Ipod and picked her favorite dinner and cake. She asked for Chicken Curry for dinner and Lemon Bars for her cake. She loves her new hat from Grandma and all the $ she got from Grandpa and Grandma and is constantly listening to her playlists on her Ipod. She'll get baptized in June and is so excited to go to Activity Days on Wednesdays!

New Things at Our House

GEESE!

Kathy sent us a package this week for Elli's and my birthday coming up. She said I could open the "pink" package inside the box now. I love opening pink packages! I could not believe it when I saw these! I knew she had found them last year and I politely said, "Oh, those are very nice," when secretly I coveted them for myself. He he. I don't know how you could part with them, Kathy, but boy oh boy I sure do love them! I will be so good to them. (thank you)SILLY BANDZ!

Not sure what it's like where you live, but Silly Bandz are crazy popular over in our town. I tried for a couple weeks to find them at the stores, but they were always sold out. Finally I ordered them online and finally they came. I must say I like them better than Bakugon and Pokemon. I think they are cute.
SNUGGIES!

Amy and I were shopping at Target and saw these on clearance for under $4! I grabbed 2. A kid one and an adult one. I wish I had one during the winter. I used to laugh at them, but not anymore. You can read, type, and....
eat while you wear one! What more could you ask for? You really need one, too.