My Mother's Day Present

I definitely got the best mother's day present last week. Chad is a little last minute on his surprises, mostly because he forgets until the day or two before, but he always finds the perfect thing. This last Saturday before mother's day he announced that he needed to take miles and he would be gone for a few hours. I love being a mother but I must admit it was nice to have a couple hours of freedom. I got the garden planted, fertilized the lawn and dug quite a few dandelions out of the lawn before they got back. They returned with flowers- who doesn't like getting flowers- and told me there was another surprise but I had to wait till Sunday. We went to a birthday party in Tooele and then he took Miles with him again to "finish the surprise". I went to the grocery store and wandered around for an hour since I am usually racing through the store hoping to get everything before Miles decides he's had enough! The surprise turned out to be a little handmade book, written by Miles, about why I am the best mom. There was a picture on each page and a little paragraph about different things that miles loves. It made me cry and it made us late for church since I had to read it again! It was definitely one of the nicest presents I have received! What a thoughtful husband I have! Thanks Chad and Miles- I love you both!

April Showers?

Well, I have not been on in a while so some serious updating is in order. Miles is growing like a weed and can say a few words- mostly only I can understand them though! He is definitely an outside boy- he loves rocks, dirt, sticks and leaves and loves to watch cars go by the house.

We have got the garden tilled up and just looking at that nice, soft brown dirt makes me anxious to plant but I know if I jump the gun a frost will come and kill it all. My seed starting operation is going well, I have doubled my capacity from last year and it still isn't enough. I have 2 fluorescent lights going and now some of my plants have to take turns getting direct light as there are now too many to fit. I have tomatoes, peppers, asparagas, tomatillos and a lot of flowers. The exciting plants this year are going to be the "flame" tomato- supposed to be yellow and red striped!, the tomatillo; which I have never grown and I am going to try carrots this year and see what happens. I have got my garden planned out so that not a foot is wasted- at the request of Chad. Hopefully that will mean less weeding too. I am also going to try a new thing this year- corn gluten. It is basically a byproduct of corn milling but they discovered it prevents things from sprouting and acts as a fertilizer too! So- I will be spreading it on the garden after all the vegetables have sprouted and we will see what happens. we are planning on using on the lawn this spring too, so I will spread the word when we have some results. Some other news, Chad is now working for Halliburton and so he goes to Rock Springs WY for 2 weeks and then gets to be home for a week. So we are going to plan some serious vacations!

I just learned how to make slideshows- check it out! In case you don't know, Miles is now 13 months old.

Miles is Born

Spring is Coming!

Spring is coming and I can hardly wait. The best thing about spring is gardening and I love starting my seeds indoors about this time of year! I get to let off a little excitement so I don't explode waiting for may when I plant everything outside. Chad enjoys the garden but does not share the passion I have for gardening so this will help me to be able to talk and talk and no one has to listen to me. I'm afraid I bore people when they happen to ask about my garden or what I am doing. I end up spilling information and everything about my seeds and plants so fast it is like a dam breaking and I have to stop myself before I wash the poor soul away. It will be nice to be able to spew forth my feelings and excitement here and thus save my family and friends from my babbling mouth! Last years mediocre garden was acceptable only because we had just moved in. This year I am salivating at the thought of 50 flower bulbs laying in wait in my new front flower bed that are just biding their time for the next month. I am going to try more flower seeds this year and I am definitely looking forward to that. It is a lot cheaper to be a gardening maniac when you start your own plants from seed. Poor Miles will be my assistant gardener this year and I hope that he will grow up loving plants and gardening too. After all, someone will have to get truckloads of mulch for me when Chad is old and tired!

Happy Birthday Miles!

Miles is one! How the time flies- we had his first birthday party on 1/27/08 and we "think "he had a pretty good time! (as you can see!) He demolished his cake, and delighted in ripping off tiny pieces of wrapping paper off his presents. His cousin, Ashton, had to help or we would have been there all night! He is still a happy little boy and only gets whiny when it is time for mom to make dinner! He is a good eater and will try anything. In fact he almost "tried" a dead spider one morning. Me and Chad are loving every minute watching him learn and grow. He continues to be an early riser- 6:30 am sharp-to his mother's dismay! Thank goodness for naps!

Miles is Walking!

Well, time to lock everything down, Miles is now on 2 feet. The official date of the first steps is December the 7th. He is fascinated with opening and shutting doors, drawers, books, anything that opens and closes! No real words yet, but plenty of do do's and ba ba's --I'm sure it won't be long. He is an expert at turning off light switches and going up and down the stairs. He loves hearing his dad learn to play the guitar and his favorite song that his dad plays is "ten little indians"