See you later...

We don't say "goodbye" we say "See you later!"

And that is just what we are heading to the airport to do.

God's Speed on your return to us!!!!  We love and we already miss you!!!



Garden-Update

So far so good!  My garden is growing well and everything looks healthy.  I noticed a little burning on some of my strawberry plants, I think it was caused from some of the leaves having direct contact with some manure.  To fix this problem I spread more top soil all around the base of the plants and created a "safe" layer of dirt. 

So far we have been pretty "weed" and "pest" free, I am hoping to stay that way.  However I am thinking of planting some marigolds around as a natural pest control.  I'll let you know how that works.

I think everything has at least doubled in size and some have tripled!  I think we should we be harvesting our first fruits at the end of May.

Overview of the garden.

Side view of my cuccumbers, squash, and peppers.

Side view of my watermelon and strawberries.

My tomato plants and my grapes are also doing quite well.  I will get some pictures of those soon.

A friend asked for me to share how much we spent on our garden.

Border: 17x $1.01= $17.17

Top Soil: 5 x $1.33= $6.65

Manure: 3 x $2.00= $6.00

Plants: 15 x $2.48= $37.20

Metal fence: 2 x $4.00= $8.00

Grand Total: $75.02

Next year it will not costs quite as much for me to have this garden as long as we are still here.  The investment will be in the plants and some soil.  Let's see if I get a good return for my money.  If not its still fun to grow your own food and Josiah is enjoying watching the plants grow.

Garden

The camera has been FOUND!

Over the last couple of weeks there has been a great deal of RE-landscaping happening around here.

We had an 8 foot Sago Palm removed from our front yard, which makes me VERY happy!  We also shrunk our front flowerbed by about 40 sqft, removed about 4000 lbs of granite rock.  We added a few plants and a nice fresh covering of mulch.  (Pictures to come)

Now our backyard looks like a whole new yard!  We brought in about 2000 lbs of dirt and regraded half of our yard.  Thankfully now you can take a small step off our porch instead of having to jump down to the grass.  We laid 2 pallets of sod, which is looking very nice!  We also planted a peach tree and a pulm tree, they are small but hopefully they will bare some fruit next year.

However I think I am most excited about my first vegetable garden that we finished today.  Its not very big but I think its a good start for the kids and I.  I have never tried my hand a growing anything other than some flowers so I am hoping for big yields.

Before

Josiah planting cuccumbers.

Makayla's turn!

In our garden we have planted "hot house" cuccumbers, zucchini, crooked neck squash, red and yellow bellpepper, watermelon, strawberries, and in pots we have tomatoes & grapes.

Our grapes.

Finally my little helpers!

Check back for more pictures of the re-landscape.

  

Time...

Where has my time gone????

Also where did my camera go???

Just a couple of weeks left and I want to post an update but we have been so busy.  Between re-landscaping our yard and just trying to spend as much time together as possible, I can't seem to find any extra time.

I'll post some pictures when I find my camera.  In the meantime pray for us!

Tornado

As I type this I'm sitting in my closet because we are under a tornado warning.  I thought to myself what better to do than update my blog :)

Well the last couple of weeks have been VERY busy!  The kids and I are doing our usual everyday stuff which keeps us on a tight schedule.  In addition I have been working on Wednesday evenings behind the welcome desk in our Children's Ministry.  I LOVE IT!!!  I work with some amazing women back there.

The kids are doing very well.  Josiah finally got 5 punches on his bear at school!  This is very exciting we have not had all 5 since before Christmas.  He is doing amazing with his reading and was even moved up to the next reading group.  He is doing well in Taekwondo.  Yesterday he was the first in his Tiny Tiger class to receive a stripe on his orange belt.  I am very proud of how focused he gets doing his Taekwondo.  He reminds me of the times I got to watch Joe when he was taking class back in Tampa.  I guess the saying "Like Father Like Son" is very true for my two.

Makayla is a very busy little lady!  She loves to pretend whether its with her kitchen, babydoll or her makeup, she is very serious about it.  She LOVES to color and will sit for hours coloring.  Recently I have allowed the playdough to come out from hiding in the closet and she loves to make "snakes."

Joe is very busy getting all of his stuff in order and currently is training up in New Jersey.  Its a bit of a bummer that he is away but I pray he is fully ready for his next endeavor. 

Well my tornado warning has been lifted and I'm moving out of my closet.  Have a great Wednesday!

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I love these two!