gardening, flowers, and such...

Jack and I had so much fun planning our very first garden; and we are looking forward even more to reaping the benefits!! :)

We chose to stick with the basics:  onions, peppers, spinach, lettuce, romaine, tomatoes, and zucchini.

Because we have a problem with rabbits we decided on a raised bed garden and enclosed it with chicken wire. 

My handy husband also built me this planter box using some pallets... :)

We also wanted some fresh herbs so we decided to start off with cilantro, parsley, and basil.

Can't wait to do some cooking with these!!

Don't let the picture below fool you...our bird feeder is never full.  Seems just as soon as I put bird seed in it, we get a tree full of birds stuffing their faces...need to put them birds on a diet! ;)

Are you planting a garden?  What do you plant?  Any helpful tips to share?  :)

Happy Planting!

6 months

A bike ride, a picnic complete with blanket and cold cuts, a walk on a beautiful spring day, lots of pictures, more bike riding, soft serve ice cream cones.  This was the way that Nicole and I spent the first part of our day on this day, our 6 month anniversary.

It's hard to believe that half a year has passed since our wedding day, but I can honestly say that these have been the happiest days of my life.

We are crazy in love with each other and it's amazing how every day we find out just how perfect we are for each other.  Truly God's way is the best way and we are so grateful that he led us together.

We had so much fun this afternoon, we just couldn't wait to post a few pictures. :)

We shot a roll of film on my brother Luke's Pentax K1000 and we can't wait to see if we got any good shots.....now to find a place that still develops film. :)

 

 

For those of you who have wondered how we get pictures with both of us in the shot I posted a few examples below.  Pretty much we turn normal things into tripods. :)

 We used this tree to get the next two pictures.

 And this handy-dandy arbor to get the last one.

 

Looking forward to as many more months as the Lord will gift us!

 

A spring in my step

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.  ~Charles Dickens

This is definitely how March has felt this year, but after a couple of days of sunshine and blue skies I am finally "feeling" SPriNg!!

In conjunction with my Valentine decor post, I thought I would continue with that and show you the changes that I made for spring...

Since this yarn wreath took so much pain, sweat, and tears, I decided to

just pull off the red flowers and make some yellow ones as well as add some new ribbon.

The chalkboard received a new banner and from that I decided to go with a yellow, grey, and turquoise theme for any spring decorating I would do...

Love free printables and I thought this was fitting for spring.

Did some rearranging on my kitchen shelves just so I could add that chickadee bowl...

The Valentine tree has become a spring tree now...

My sweet husband bought me some tulips (favorite flower) and they are yellow - Score! ;)

Used a birthday gift card to get this adorable welcome mat at Walmart.

Aren't those birds adorable?

My favorite garbage find, got a fresh coat of paint and a new ribbon, making

it look so much better!

Happy Spring!!