Watching My Garden Grow

I planted my seeds in my garden 2 weeks ago and some of them are starting to come up. I think it's the peas, but we'll see when they get bigger. I also constructed another raised bed on Saturday and a friend is giving me some dirt to fill it with tomorrow. I'm so excited. The seeds I planted are green beans, carrots, peas, and yellow beans and I'm planning on planting some plants in the other box. Hopefully several tomato plants and some pepper plants - enough to make some yummy homemade salsa this summer. I also planted some strawberry plants and a raspberry bush behind our shed. Here are a few pictures of what my garden looks like now.

(Sorry if it's a little blury - it did that when I enlarged the picture, oh well)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mom's out there. Hope you all have a wonderful day. Last night my little boy took me out for dinner and his daddy went along too. But as Joe said "Isaac is taking you out for dinner, I'm just tagging along." We had a gift card to TGI Friday's, so we decided to go there. I had a wonderful sizzling chicken and shrimp meal and a fun outing to Menards. Isaac was in a great mood. Of course he did all the usual kid things when we are out: saying Hi to anyone that passes us or looks in his direction, throws crayons or food on the floor, gets food everywhere and is quite loud in the restaurant. I still had a fun time with my two boys. It was nice not having to cook. Today we will go to my in-laws house and have a lovely dinner with the family. So far the weather looks beautiful and it's going to be a fun day. I better go start my motherly duties and get some breakfast for my boy.
These pictures below are ones of my new flowers and plants that I considered my Mother's Day gift.

Spring...can it really be here???

It seems like we've had a really long and cold winter here in the Midwest. Recently we've been seeing signs of Spring. My daffodils have bloomed and my tulips have recently come up also. They are doing quite well despite that fact that we've had a few really cold days the past week. Today is cold and rainy, but the weather is supposed to warm up the next few days and possibly reach 80 degrees! Isaac just loves playing outside and I love being outside as well. I can't wait to start some outdoor projects such as getting my garden ready, planting some new bushes and working on my perennials and eventually my annuals.

Isaac enjoying the outdoors.

Oooh, look at the pretty flowers!

They smell so good!

All dressed up for church. I love his new, Spring outfit!