Gardens -- Entrances

Here's a few pictures of what's happened at our house lately. 

First, We ripped out a big bush from the side of our house.  Then we had to replace it with something more aesthetically pleasing to our occular functions.  So if you look closely, you'll see a Purple Sandcherry, among some flowers of an unknown description to me (david). 

We also discovered a Rose bush growing between our Peonies, which I think I remember buying last fall, and Steph's Mom thinks she remembers us having ever since we lived here, and Steph can't remember a thing about.  But we'll see how it grows, and enjoy it!

This is our entrance now!  We find it is a little more open.

And when all that was done, it was time to relax and enjoy a bit of the shade.

This year we've planted beans, carrots, tomatoes, and peppers, and we're trying strawberries from a hanging basket or two.

Thanks Mom and Dad VandenDool for your help with the bush and garden!  It's looking good!

May: Spring and Baby

Thought it was time for an update!  The last few weeks have slowed down considerably in our lives!  We're enjoying our renovations and the beautiful weather.  I've been enjoying the slow-down at school, although pretty soon that should translate in me attacking the HUGE pile of marking I have since report cards are coming up!  Dave's been working every day and baseball season has started up again, so that's fun (for him, and social for me!).  We had a midwife appointment this afternoon.  Everything is going well!  She found the heartbeat right away--it was about 148-150 bpm.  And we have the ultrasound next week Tuesday, which we're really excited about!  So that about sums up what we've been up to.  We went out yesterday to take some new spring pictures--Enjoy!!

Enjoying the "lilac den" at Sunnidale park

Apple Blossoms

Baby Belly at 18 weeks and 4 days

Some tulips and purple sandcherry bushes (which I'd like to add to my garden!)

April is done!

The month of April has come and gone!  And what a month is was.  Extra-Curricular activities, done; renovations, almost done; and now we have time again (I think....)!  Time to do all the other things that haven't been getting done!

We thought that we'd post some pictures of our new bathroom and vinyl floor, which we're really excited about.  We're still working on the walls for the bathroom (a mirror, etc.) and the trim is all cut and in place but not all nailed down yet.  But we're loving how it all looks and the amount of space we have in the bathroom!

The bathroom and floor look a million times better than they did before!  We love them!

The flowers were from the school as a thank-you for being one of the directors for the school play.  Very beautiful flowers--even more beautiful now that the play is done!!

Oh and Dave and I are even now.....he spilled apple juice on the laptop (which we still have to bring in) and I just spilled pomegranate-wildberry juice on the carpet (which took 15 minutes of scrubbing to get out....).  Life has been way too crazy over here!  Looking forward to slowing down!