Bathroom Remodel, Phase 1

We began work on our master bathroom and closet area this week. As always, it's proving to be a much bigger project than we initially thought. In this post, I don't have actual before pictures, as we started work before we thought of taking any pictures. The old closet has been removed, the new closet walls have been built and lights in the new closet are installed. 

Baby I is 9 Months Old!

I realize I'm terribly behind, but Baby I turned nine months old last week. He's 27 pounds of pure adorable-ness! He's been changing so much just in the last few days, by learning how to crawl and pull himself up to standing. He has 8 teeth too! 

Flowers For Mommy

My precious kids brought me some wild flowers they picked on one of their evening walks. They're some of the most beautiful flowers ever!

Greenhouse Half-Done

Over the last few months handy husband has been remodeling the milk barn, turning it into my long-desired greenhouse. We replaced the tin roof with corrugated plastic, and cleared out the old fixtures inside. So far we only have the front half completed, and ready to use. We don't have any beds built yet, so will just do container gardening for now. I'm very excited about getting to use this little space and can't wait to see the growing potential!

Bountiful Beauty

I cannot even describe the level of contentment I feel while spending time outside. Everything is so full of life right now and there is beauty around every corner. I love our little plot of earth and feel so blessed.

Our baby tomatoes, coming in nicely. I'm doing container gardening again this year, since I'm not sure if the grasshoppers will make their return this summer or not. So far we haven't seen a single one, but it's still early.

 

One of my "new" roses, given to me by my mom two years ago. It is SO full of buds!

 

Above, one of our Knockout rose bushes.

 

The two little guys love spending time in the yard...

 

As you can see by all the toys, our new "rose garden" is a favorite place to play.

 

An "old" rose that was here when we moved in.

 

This was a surprise... a strange-looking "bush" that up until this spring had never had so much as a flower on it, now has baby peaches!

 

This is our massive old rose bush that we've discovered actually has two smaller roses growing under/within it. It's so wonderful seeing all the beautiful surprises in nature!

 

Big Red Barn

The kids did a great job on painting the horse barn. It looks so good!

Baby I is Six Months Old!

Little baby boy just keeps on growing! He's up two more pounds since last month and now is up to 24 pounds! I've never had any baby weigh this much at only six months old. He's a delightful little boy who loves his big brother so very much!

Rainy Day

I'm pretty sure it's been raining for a solid 36 hours. We have water standing everywhere! In fact, I'm certain the ducks would have loved it if their pen was moved a couple feet over. They'd have a lot of fun in that puddle!

We got a good start to our rainy day with this delicious egg scramble, made with Thrive sausage crumbles and chopped onions. It was so quick and easy throwing this together, and I loved that I didn't have to mess with raw sausage or chopping onions.  

  Having such a delicious, quick breakfast, ensured I had plenty of time to give our Lucky boy a hair cut. It was long overdue! The poor guy was so good while I was trimming him and he looks so much better now. It might not be a professional job, but it works for us!