So we have had a few hot days so far speckled with days of cool and rain. On the nice days Ryan has finished putting in the bushes in the front and putting in the rock edging around the front and partially on the left side of the house. We also bought our first tree, a red maple! It is about 18-20 ft tall and is not perched in our front yard. Ryan built it up out of the ground a bit and we will surround the bottom with rock and flowers with a large circular edging around everything. We will be getting 3 more trees of a smaller size to put in soon. Our fencing for the front yards comes in today!! Ryan will probably be busy starting on that this weekend if the weather permits. We have also paid the contractor to start on his shop. We will just be getting the foundation cement and driveway poured for it for now.
Next Wednesday is our anniversary. We have planned to go out to dinner that evening just the two of us. This is 9 years for us! It amazes me every time I say that. That seems like such a long time. When I look back it just astounds me that we were married 6 years before we had children, since now it is hard to remember a time when we did not have children. It seems when I look back on it that that 6 years was just a blink!
Jack has 9 teeth now and is cutting his first molar. He is chewing things better now and even attempts apples with the core still on or grapes with skins and does pretty well with them most of the time. He has gotten very good at feeding him self with utensils and actually prefers to use them. He is CLIMBING EVERYTHING. He and Lydia were playing in her room last week and when I went to check on them he had climbed onto her toddler bed, then onto her foot board and up to her desk and was standing on top of it! Yikes! He loves to dance to music and play with his sister. He is saying a few more words every once in awhile but nothing consistent. He picked up a ball and said 'ball' today. :)
Lydia loves to draw and play dress up. She also loves playing games and learning activities on the computer. I recently got an Iphone4 and she can't get enough of the little talking hippo app. I think she could carry that around with her all day if she could. She is a great big sister and a good helper to mommy. She loves to help cook and clean and to help daddy any way she can with the yard or in the garage. She just loves to feel like she is a part of what we are doing and helping us. It's so sweet.
We are getting our 1/4 organic grass fed beef next week. It was suppose to be ready this week but we haven't gotten a call yet so maybe it will be this weekend or next week. Ryan's parent's are taking 1/2 and my parents are taking the other 1/4 to make a whole beef. Our big standing freezer is not expected to arrive until the week after next so we may have to borrow some freezer space from someone for just a bit.
Both my job and Ryan's are keeping us busy. There is a lot of growth projected for Ryan's company which is a great thing. Work is going great for me, it has been a little slower for the guys with all the rain but as soon as it warms up and stays dry they will be super busy through the summer. I know they are all looking forward to that. I am looking forward to getting my office moved to the new one in the basement. It will be great to have all the office stuff in its own organized space!
Here are a few park pictures of the kids, Lydia was making a wish and blowing the dandelion. She got so upset because the little fuzzies wouldn't blow off.. lol
