Summer improvements around the house….=)

My dad and Isaac have been very busy this spring/summer, with not only the increase of work at my dad’s pallet business, but with the weekly summer chores around the house. (Mowing and weed-whacking to mention a few)  And on top of all this they’ve found time to do a few extra improvements to the house and yard this spring. These two guys are two of the hardest working men I know…and they never quit till the job, they’ve started, is finished.

So here’s a few photos of the things they’ve been up too this done this summer.

First they mulched the flower beds…Isaac showed me the blisters on his hand from unloading it, why he doesn’t wear gloves is a mystery. Doesn’t it look beautiful?!?!?And the hummingbirds=)  they had this feeder drained in a weeks time…Discussing a minor problem with the construction of a new set of stair on the other side of our front porch.

What home improvements have you done on your house/yard this year?

Happy Friday!!!!

Mother’s Day

I know lately I have had a lot of post up about my mom…but bare with me this is the last one…I promise.

To start the day off I made pancakes, so my wonderful mom could sleep in, take a shower or whatever and not have to worry about helping fix breakfast (and she did good, she actually stayed out of the kitchen for once)

Church was packed, almost more people than on Easter Sunday…now I don’t like a service -  where when everyone stands you can’t see the minister. And this was one of those Sundays.

Anyway, enough of my complaining=)

At home all we had to do was fix a salad and decorate the cake. My amazing sister Victoria made Mexican slop and it was piping hot in the crock pot. But since the meal was just so easy to prepare it took us an hour to finally get everything together and sit down for the meal. If you ask me, I think we had too many girls in the kitchen at once=)

After the meal we opened gifts!

Then came the games. We played a trivia game about my mom. We gave her a bowl of questions that me and Christina had come up for her. (stuff we didn’t know…like when was her first date, first kiss, life questions etc.) Mom would read a question and all of us would come up with an answer and write it on a piece of paper…then she would read through all of them and the winner/winners would get a point for their correct answer. I don’t remember exactly but either Jonathan or Grace won this one. It was so neat! I know so much more about my mom now=)

The boys planted the four rose bushes we all bought her and put the sand box in. Dad picked up sand on Thursday for it and now the only thing missing is some kids - to play in it=)

The decorations! Absolutely lovely=)

A few of the party…I was so busy helping with the food etc. I didn’t get too many of this actually. And the party games were so interesting I didn’t use my camera at all then.

I love Samuel’s smile, he hardly smiles in pictures any more. and by that I mean a genuine little boy smile=)

Victoria pretty much rocks at cake making…don’t you think!?!?

Putting the sand box in…I love mom and Christina in this one=)

The many face expressions of Jonathan…oh that just one face expression=) I wonder what he was thinking about.

My beautiful mom<3

Jonathan doing what he does best - telling his brothers how it’s done=)

I seriously would love to know what this was all about….apparently dad wasn’t too impressed to start out with=)

I love my parents!!!!!!

Oh and I got one! I know they are so rare=)

So that was our mom’s special day. What did you do on Mother’s Day? or can you remember?

Emma’s Greenhouse

One of the many benefits that come with living in the middle of an Amish community would have to be, being close to all their many businesses. They have furniture stores, leather shops, bulk food stores, aannnnnndddd

GREENHOUSES!

This dear lady’s greenhouse is perfectly lovely! I love just walking in and looking around. She’s the most happy person to be around (who wouldn’t be, when you plant plants for a living=) At least I’d switch jobs with her=) Last Saturday mom and I stopped by for a quick look and to price out the veggie plants we will be buying soon.

Surrounded with flowers all their smells and colors, I couldn’t help but smile. We had a wonderful time together.

I’m warning you these are really beautiful!!!!

I could never decide on just one…I want them all!

Her veggie greenhouse is where she starts all her plants, it was especially warm in there.

So do you all buy your plants from a greenhouse?

Have a wonderful week…what better way to start it than with all these lovely pictures?!?!?