Dangerous Things

I've had the sewing machine out on the kitchen table for the passed few days. This can be a dangerous thing for me. It stays there and takes up a lot of space and time, with it's accompanying chaos. I stay up late at night and during the day everyone gets to fend for themselves, until the project is complete...

Anyway, I've been busy making some things. I can hardly wait to share what this mess is to become. But not until they are all finished. (Then maybe a giveaway...wink, wink?)

And I've got a little helper. Whenever he sees the pincushion, he says, "My ball." He loves taking out the pins. Dangerous, I know. I keep taking it away from him. Somehow, I don't think this is the end of dangerous things for this boy. Only the beginning. Speaking of dangerous, have any of you read The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden? I liked it. I think maybe enough to purchase it.

Dans le Jardin

The north garden is now mostly planted. There are four squares left to plant.

We've been busy the last few days planting all sorts of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. We've also needed to replant some turnip, leek, beet, and spinach seeds. (Our Littlest seems to think that the garden boxes are his personal playground. This is rather frustrating, but more importantly, I feel our family needs this gardening/learning experience.)

Last time I wrote about the garden, I mentioned that the leeks had sprouted. I was wrong! It was actually these lovely little plants. I forgot where I had planted things, I've since remedied that mistake by writing it down on the garden map. When the leaves started to show, I realized it was actually the spinach!

A few creatures have come to visit the garden. Most recently the ladybug. The lizard runs back and forth between the garden boxes in the north garden and the pomegranate bush. One time he ran himself into a plastic bag of soil. When we dumped him out onto the tarp he got buried in the soil. I started panicking a little bit because I didn't want him to suffocate! Luckily we found him.

One more little anecdote...

Yesterday when Zoe, Ashy, and I went back to the nursery, we saw my grandpa there. He was getting some more tomato plants for his garden. I told him a few varieties we were trying. One in particular caught his attention. The Wilford Tomato. I told him I got it because on the tag it said it was a local variety developed in Kanab. He then proceeded to tell me that it was his dad's brother, Wilford Heaton, who developed it. Pretty cool, eh? Ahh, the things we're learning...

Rice Krispy Easter Eggs

My mom decided to have some fun with all the grandkids. And boy! Was it FUN!

Easter and Family

City Easter Egg Hunt

We went to the city's hunt on Saturday morning. It had been raining earlier in the morning. (I was so happy. I love the rain. And I'm grateful for it every time we are blessed to receive it.) However, by the time our family arrived at the park, the rain had stopped. Our little family was excited to participate. I think they were mostly hoping and wishing we'd win one of the bunnies to be given away.

Little Moments

Yesterday, I was washing and changing the sheets on all of our beds. I had a nice folded stack. The colors looked so pretty and the light was coming in just right... (So I decided to take some pictures.)


I decided to have Asher help. And I'm so happy I did!


I love those little moments that just happen.

I sat him on the bed and he just got to work. Folding and rolling and playing.

The work of babies.

It was fun to watch him.

It felt good to watch him be in the moment. And I hope this is one of those little moments that gets to stay with me for always.

I got these vintage lovelies from The Bee Boutique on our recent trip to Gene's mom's house. The Bee Boutique is a name Angie calls the D.I. Isn't it so cute? (She also gave the idea for collecting the vintage lovelies in the first place.)

We Love Cousins!

We went to our Grammy's house over the weekend. The house was full of little kids. And we LOVE it.

Gene's two sisters came as well. (His other sister and brother already live in the same town.) There were cousins there for each of our children to play with. It's so fun especially for the two older ones since these are the only cousins that are their same age!

I hope they always remember these days.

Some of my fondest childhood memories are spending time with cousins. On my dad's side there were Sundays after church up at my grandma's with all of the cousins. And on my mom's side, I loved when Easter, Thanksgiving, and Summertime came because that meant cousins traveling to stay with my other grandma.

Aryn teaching her cousin how to crochet.