Tuesday, May 6, 2008

I love spring!!!

This time of year is absolutely the best! As most of you know, we bought our house a little over a year ago and it came with this awesome and beautiful yard. Well after this long winter we've already forgotten what our yard looked like all last year! So I am determined to take more pictures of it this year. Here is another one I took of a beautiful plant blooming in the front. I have no idea what it is called, so any of you green thumbs out there, if you can tell me what it is, you win a prize!

(As you can see, I'm still working on my photoshop skills. I hope to add that to my resume some day! I am all for taking lessons if anyone wants to provide them!)
There will be many more garden pictures to come . . . Josh sort of went nuts on QVC.com and ordered over 150 plants!!! A lot of them are individual bulbs, but still! I'm not sure where we are going to put them all, but we'll find a place I'm sure. It's going to be a busy week getting them all planted before they die.
As we speak Josh's dad is out planting our garden so I'm sure we will have lots of good veggies to share again this year. Don't worry, we placed a limit of only 4 tomato plants. (Last year we had 12 and we were SICK with tomatoes!!!) So more variety this year, but we'll be sharing!

I am also loving this time of year because I am feeling very, very blessed. I spent a good couple of hours browsing through people's blogs, mostly on the BHS class of '99 blog. It's great to go through and get a look into peoples lives that I went to school with. In looking at other people's lives I sometimes find myself envious. Thankfully that only lasts a second and I realize what a great life I have had. Sure, I've had my hard times and my struggles, but it has all been so worth it. I don't think I would change a single thing about my life. I love my friends, I love my family, I love the Lord and the lessons he has taught me (even when I didn't want to learn them). So for those of you that have ever said a prayer for us- THANK YOU! We couldn't be where we are today without our friends and family and everything they have done for us. I'm so glad that I believe in gospel that is so centered on family. I just couldn't believe in it if it wasn't. There is nothing more important to me in the world than my family and the close friends that I have. I know all of you would drop everything and run to help me if I ever called and I hope you all know that I would do the same for you in a heartbeat! It's a good day to be thankful!

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