Whew...

We made it!!!  Through a whole school year of insanity!  I now have a 5th grader and a 7th grader....ok..I'm not actually sure I like the sound of that.....hmmmmmm...not gonna dwell on it now as I have a whole summer of fun to get through first! :D

Anyway, we mananged to make(literally construct), fill with 6 inches deep of dirt and plant 7 garden beds this month for a whopping total of 700+sq ft of garden space....me thinks you all might be getting veggie offers in a few months.... ;)  It has been quite fun, even the hard work part, as we feel quite gratified to have been able to even do it and so far everything seems to be growing even!!  Woohoo!!!!

If you'd like to follow along we have made a blog specfically dedicated to that...which I am trying to keep up with more often as I am including alot of pics to show progress and it is A Greener White House   .

But for now we are just trying to recooperate from the year of not nearly enough sleep for me and waaaaay too much drama-rama for girlies...who knew hormones & school pressure would be so crazy!!! :))

I would love to be outside enjoying the sun finally, the weather has been quite insane these past few weeks and now alas we are at the mercy of the 13 year cicadas in these parts and the incessant din is making me long for a concrete jungle..for a little bit anyway!

I hope you have a had a nice May and wrap ups to school years and that tomorrow you take the time to honor, remember and thank if you can, those who have served for us and especially those who have died while doing so. 

Blog ya later,
K

PS...Miss B will be in double digits in a few days and I am not freaking out about that at all...cause it's just not true....right???? sigh... :)

May already????

Happy May!

Although I don't think the April showers are quite done yet....but they do appear to be bringing pretty flowers all around!  The girls and I roadtripped to KC to see a niece's first communion and it was a great time had by all!  My girls got to play with the cousins and the cousin-in-laws who they have met off and on through the years and it made for a wild and crazy Saturday with a bit of swimming at the hotel pool thrown in!  I had a great time talking with the bro & sil, bro's in-laws and sil's sister, he really picked a wonderful woman to fall in love with who has a great family and they've created a great family together too!

I got to sit and hold my nephew in church while he read through the hymnal and then played with my watch, which he borrowed for the night(and that is my present fyi for his bday coming up~no-one else get one!!! :) ) and it was so nice to have a little person to snuggle with...sigh....that and he says my name so cute...looove it!

Then we drove home....on I-70.....in the rain....super fun..NOT!

And now we start the countdown....technically they get out on the 27th, which means 25 days left and then... if you count actual school days..Lex has 17 1/2 and B has 16& 1/2 left due to fieldtrips and F&F day!!!  I guess that is what you get when you start in the middle of August!!!! However, I will say that getting out before Memorial Day is pretty sweet....I hated having to go back to school for a week and a half to two weeks after that every year when I was kid.  I guess you can't have it both ways!

Anyway, hope you all had a nice ending to April and a good start to May :)

Blog ya later-
K