May 4, 2008

• In summary, April.

  We worked on getting the garden in. I dug up a large patch
  on Raspberry, weeds & moved a crepe myrtle to make way for a new raised veggie
  bed. I didn’t make a solid plan in the garden but decided to pack things in
  this year, no wasted room.  Seedlings
  were planted & seeds were set. The irrigation plan is 10X better than last
  year, so if we get a drought we will not lose like we did last year. I have for
  some dumb reason not gotten any lettuce set, I didn’t sow any seeds.  I do have a bunch of bonus potatoes this year.
  I guess we missed a bunch of them last year during harvest. I will have more
  potatoes than I know what to do with. The herbs are doing exceptionally well.
  The Rosemary & sage has flowered for the first time in 5 years. Garlic is
  popping up & chives coming in. Parsley made it a third year, hooray! The Asparagus
  is extremely tempting.  Oh, do I want to devour
  these lovely sprouts! I can next year. I will post complete garden pictures on
  Flickr now.

  The Kids have had a lot of fun playing in the garden.
  Georgia helped build the raised bed and the pea supports. Dylan just loves to
  be outside. Any opportunity he has to get outside, he is adamant about it. I
  love it that my kids like the outdoors.

  Dwayne had a weekend of ice cream scooping at the Mt.
  Sterling Home & Garden fair. He scooped out the 4-H flavor Centennial
  cupcake, it is cake batter ice cream with other junk thrown in. It is not my
  favorite. I took the kids out there to see their Daddy, it was fun. I forgot to
  bring the camera. The kids tried out a bunch of tractors.  I bought a new herb for my garden, Lovage. I
  am very excited about Lovage, apparently a very pleasant celery replacement.

  We had a birthday party for Dylan yesterday.  Maurice & Shuron brought their kids over,
  little Reece & Keyon. The neighbor kids came over for food & games. Ben
  & Sarah came over and helped set up and what-not. It was a lot of fun. We
  kind of planned it at the last minute, but it went well. The weather cleared
  up, though remained quite windy. Grandma Donna Bell’s box arrived in time for
  the party. Dylan received a lot of nice toys from everyone.  Dwayne & I bought both kids new bikes.
  Dylan’s is a motorcycle style trike and Georgia’s is a real bike with training
  wheels.

  Three of my favorite things, Georgia, Dylan & my garden!

  

  
  The house
  
  Asparagas

  
  Blooming sage

  Irrigation
  

  New herb garden spot with climbing rose, Lovage is int he center, plenty of room to grow.
  Blueberries at each back corner. Thyme on one front corner and oregano at the other corner.
  

  squirrels have moved into a hole in our backyard tree. Our dog Savannah spent hours sitting at the base of the tree waiting for one of them to fall out of the tree.  The squirrels were pretty entertaining, in and out of the hole for hours.In this pic, you can see one squirrel in the hole, his eye glinting from the flash and the other is above the hole, tail curling around.
  

  Picture of the kids right before we opened presents.
  

  

  New teddy from Grandma Donna Bell
  

  Remote control race car
  

  I love the little smile on his face here.
  

  Dylan with wind in his hair
  

  Georgia freaking out over her new bike
  

  Thanking Daddy
  

  On it for the first time
  

  Dylan & his helmet
  

  See ya!
  

  All the kids ride
  

  Keyon & Georgia
  

  Dylan getting a push up the hill
  

  Dylan trying to blow out his candles, Mama had to help.
  

  Happy Birthday Son!
  

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