7 of 52-Past Mothers Days

I have enjoyed some of your pictures from your past that you have posted for the 52 week challenge.* Since Mothers Day is this Sunday, I thought I would go back and post my Mothers Day picture from the past 8 years. It's fun (and a little sad) to see how fast the kids have changed in these few short years...

My very first Mothers Day in 2001. How lucky to share it with both my own Mother and my sweet Grandmother...

Mothers Day 2002- only 2 months away from having number 2!

Mothers Day 2003-Cute hair Kyla... ;)

Mothers Day 2004 found me VERY much in the middle of morning sickness and very much a mother of two busy toddlers!

Mothers Day 2005-Ahhh... complete with 3...

Mothers Day 2006-a beautiful day to be a Mom...

Mothers Day 2007-why do I look SO tired?...

and Mothers Day 2008!

Hope ALL you Mommy's have a wonderful Mothers Day and... DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A PICTURE!!!

Love always,

Hosted by Forever In Bluejeans

*52 Weeks is a year long challenge for YOU to be in a picture once a week for 52 weeks. We are always the ones behind the camera, this is YOUR chance to get out in front and be in the pictures with our family. We are glad you are joining this challenge. More importantly your family will really enjoy having you in the picture. Thanks for playing along! Oh, you can just jump in now with 1 of 52, you're not getting off that easy! Now go take a picture!

Bacon-Cheddar Deviled Eggs for the Kids!

Here is one of our favorite snacks. It's a great recipe to let the kids help with.

Check out this recipe and our step by step pics at Country Kitchen Recipes!

Try is today. It's not only good and fun, but it'll give you, and them, the protein and energy you need to get through the rest of your day!

Man's Work

Here are the "man's" replacing a rotted fence post.

After huffing and puffing to pull out the bottom of the old fencepost, Colter says, "Only the man's can do this hard work."

And aren't we lucky to have the "man's" around here to do all this back breaking work!

Sisters

Kyla-"Should we go on a walk to the corner with Tober?"

Maya(jumping up and down)-"YEAH, YEAH!"

So Kyla waits as Maya runs and grabs the first shoes that she can find-her "hand-me-down" winter boots from the front closet. And then they go on their walk holding hands...

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.
~a 4-year-old named Lauren

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden. ~Author Unknown

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there.
~Amy Li

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Happy May Day!

Official Flower Day is here!

And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.
-William Shakespeare

6 of 52-Santa Fe Reds

Here I am* with the kids at Santa Fe Reds. Being the "nabster" that I am, I stole this picture off my wonderful sisters site to share this week! Thanks Ninna!

I like this picture because I can see a physical resemblance in both of my oldest children to myself and I don't often see that. Behavioral resemblances are much more apparent!

Hosted by Forever in Blue Jeans

*52 Weeks is a year long challenge for YOU to be in a picture once a week for 52 weeks. We are always the ones behind the camera, this is YOUR chance to get out in front and be in the pictures with your family. We are glad you are joining this challenge. More importantly your family will really enjoy having you in the picture. Thanks for playing along! Oh, you can just jump in now with 1 of 52, you're not getting off that easy! Now go take a picture!

Two Little Monkeys

We don't have very many climbing trees on our property. I didn't think we had any but I was wrong.

I guess if there is a monkey who wants a tree to climb, he (or she) will find a tree to climb and you will magically have a climbing tree...

At least that's what happened last week here in this tree, our new climbing tree, on our property...

The monkeys climbed around for a while and Randy took pictures of them. Then he informed me that the monkeys were climbing trees!

"Oh good", I said...

Then I went out and joined the fun and told them to be careful and all...

and then we walked around the yard and ignored them up in the tree.

Soon Monkey #1, was down and onto something new.
Not Monkey #2... he stayed up there until we had to go and tell him to get down..

I think he's hooked.

But afterall, that's what monkey's are meant to do...

And now I have a question for you...

Do you like the first and last edited pictures better or the three middle unedited pictures better? Why?

Thanks for your help and could someone tell me where this climbing tree came from? It never worried me before. And were did the monkeys come from, for that matter?!?!

Yours truly,

Blue Bird Morning

Good morning! This picture was taken by Randy one morning last week. The Blue Birds are around but haven't made any of our houses their "home sweet home" yet.

Enjoy your day!

Starting Tomatoes

A week ago, Randy started tomato plants. Here is the "how-to" for you Keith N. and anyone else who is interested...

He used a plastic produce container we had on hand and placed 12 dirt pellets inside...

Here he poured warm water into the pellets to make them swell. These particular pellets took a while to swell up. We went on a little walk while we waited....;)

He planted 6 "early girl" and 6 "jelly bean" (small tomatoes)...

Using a toothpick to place seeds in dirt...

Then he placed the lid on top and put it up on the fridge. I have no idea why but I can ask him if anyone needs to know...

About 4 days later we had about half of the plants poking up...

Now it's time for lights. A little frame with two flourescent lights above in a COOL place will do it...

And now a week later...

This is the first installment of Randy's Garden Growing Guide. Go plant some seeds and look for more to come...


P.S. We do not claim to be expert gardeners. Follow along at your own risk...

5 of 52-In the Boat

Here I am* with the kiddos in Uncle Ryan's boat watching Daddy back the pickup and boat trailer up. Auntie Jeannie snapped this picture of us so I nabbed it off her site so I could have a Mommy picture this week. Thanks Jeannie-hope you don't mind.


*52 Weeks is a year long challenge for YOU to be in a picture once a week for 52 weeks. We are always the ones behind the camera, this is YOUR chance to get out in front and be in the pictures with our family. We are glad you are joining this challenge. More importantly your family will really enjoy having you in the picture. Thanks for playing along! Oh, you can just jump in now with 1 of 52, you're not getting off that easy! Now go take a picture!