Should be cleaning...

We have had a fun weekend! To start it off my friend and I went on a trip for a homeschool convention!  First it was lovely to be on a trip without kids!  A whole bed to myself.. no sharing food, etc!  But it was so great to learn so much!  

Then we got back Friday, and after that we went to a super fun birthday party on Sat!  Z had tons of fun!  

Anyway, here are some great pictures from the party!!  

He spent alot of time here at the fishing pond!  (or "per" as he calls fish...)

We were even lucky enough to have nana come!

:)

I am so loved!! (deck garden finished!!)

This came from our neighbor!!

My outside garden is pretty much done!!  I mean I'm sure I can always add more to it and be happy, but I have used all the pots I was giving (thanks to my FIL grandpa G) got them painted (mostly..)  and got everything in there.  But what I'm most happy about are the flowers and things I got as gifts..  I'll start by showing you the finished product!

So thats it!!  Its where Z plays the most and where I drink my tea in the mornings and evening.. And read or just watch birds!  In fact today we saw a red humming bird!!  So that was exciting!  So now I want to show you how loved I am!!  Here are all the things in my garden that were given to me!! 
First all the pots were given to me!!  Most from my FIL and some from my mom!

The wind chime was from my husband as my mothers day gift.. its perfect!!

My mom gave me this!!  Its the perfect verse for me lately.. I love that she saw it and thought of me!!

My dear friend R gave me this from her garden!  It will have yellow flowers! 

This plant traveled all the way from KY!!  My incredible friend mailed this whole thing to me!!  In the pot and all!!!  I just love her and she has the same plant in her garden..  :)

Where these might not look like much now... One of my favorite and a lady I look up to so much mailed these to me all the way from MN!  Each one had the most powerful and loving words on it.  I am simply one of the luckiest girls in the whole world to have such great friends!  So these plants are a strawberry plant, raspberry plant and a tulip.  I can't wait for them to bloom!! 

Thank you to all of you who helped make my sanctuary special!!  I love you all!!

The farm!!

We are so lucky to have some pretty amazing friends!  The T's are like family to us and to Z, I love how much they love him!  (and even us)..  I also love that they have a farm with tractors and animal!   For one, Tim grew up on a farm, and I spend alot of "dates" in the tractor...  So I love that Z has a place where he can see tractors and be in them and learn about them just like daddy!  But over the weekend we got a treat!  We went out to the farm and they got their horse Outlaw out so the kids could ride him!!  Even "uncle" G got a good workout :)

And when he was waiting his turn for Outlaw, he got to brush and sit on Star the pony!  He really like Star!!

He even helped "Aunt" R put Star away! 
Then we heard the cows mooing.. so we had to go look at them!

And finally got to play in the tractor!!

We are very blessed to have such great people in our lives!! 

Sunshine!!

We have really been through the lot this winter!  After finally have a bit of a good cry and some much needed rest.. I'm feeling back to normal!  During all this time, I still kept up wth playing w/ Z and doing lots of fun stuff! The Zoo, nature center, friends house, and nana's  Lots of fun places!!

We went to a graduation party over the weekend at one of our favorite places!!  Z loves it there!  He is a pretty loved little guy!!