Landscaping...

Just a few pictures of what we have been working on here. I should have taken some before pictures. Some of theses places looked pretty bad! Still have a long ways to go. A friend gave us a lot of perrennials that he took from his landscaping because they were getting too big for where they were. Every couple years he splits a bunch of his plants and digs them out. Most of them have yet to be planted. But I have plans for all of them if I can get over the pain in my back. I hurt it somehow on Thursday evening working on the area in front of the company door. Thought maybe it just needed work yesterday so I really gave it a workout shoveling dirt, rock and planting flowers and bushes. That probably really wasn't the best thing for it as I had to sleep in a recliner last night and can't do much of anything without pain, including blogging, so guess I'll quit for now!

So happy for Saturday!

It's Saturday morning and we do not have to work today. That makes me happy!! I have lots of other work to do, laundry, cleaning, gardening. I can handle that! Well, my husband just called, so we are heading off to the landscaping place for some stone!

Fun!

Audrey getting some whipped cream after a moderate whipped cream battle in my kitchen!

Sunday dinner on the porch - baked potatoes, grilled teriyaki chicken, fresh green beans and strawberry shortcake!

Needed a walk after that dinner, so we took a walk around the 12 acres that we live on!

The back of the buildings where we live and work!

Our Cambodian friends treated us to some yummy Chinese and Cambodian specialties. This was to celebrate the Cambodian New Year which was last weekend!

The magnolia tree in our front yard! It was beautiful until a heavy frost got it.

















Alaina saying her piece at the Easter program!

Oops! Somehow this one didn't post with the last ones!

Pictures

These are my pictures. They are by Greg Olsen. I absolutely love these. I can't afford the real thing, but I can afford an outdated calendar and frames from Family Dollar. I thought they turned out great and will look nice in my spare / little girl's / sewing room.

Long time, no blog...

Long time, no blog... Of course it has been busy here. When isn't it?? I have been trying to clean out our 2nd bedroom, which had become a catch all room. We had been talking about doing foster care for one or two, but that idea has been nixed. I think we would enjoy it if I didn't work full time, so for now I will still work on the room in preparation for a little one someday. Since I am cleaning it out, I figured I might as well paint and decorate while it's cleaned out rather than waiting til later. I have the paint and the decorations for under $70.oo. I was quite proud of myself. Since we have Good Friday off, I am going to paint next weekend. I enjoy it! My pictures for the walls are gorgeous, if I do say so myself! At $5.00 a piece, I definitely can't complain. I'll try to post some photos of them.
I haven't said much about our international adoption lately. That's probably because there's not a whole lot to say. We are in the saving money stage. When we get enough to cover the contract fees we will move on to the next step - dossier preparation. that step will probably take 6-8 months and twice as much money as the contract fees. So, it's kinda slow.... All in God's timing, but sometimes I do wish He would hurry just a little.