My husband and I have planted a garden for the 5th year now...you'd think we'd be getting better at year as the years go by, but it still seems to be hard! We are so busy working and by the time we get home and eat dinner it's hard to keep a good garden! I just have to pray, Lord please help this garden to be bountiful!
Tonight I picked 7 tomatoes and 2 cups of blackberries! I'm up to about 7 cups of blackberries and I think we've picked about 15 tomatoes now. We've ate 4 of them so far and boy are they amazing! I just love eating fresh, home grown tomatoes!
Now I'm just waiting for my potatoes, squash and cucumbers! I love them all!
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Crafts are taking over my life!!!
I have found a new love!! CRAFTING! I could just sit in my room and craft all day long! It's so relaxing! I love being able to see what I can make with my hands! Things the I normally would buy somewhere, I try to make! It's so fun!
Please not to mention all the little trinkets I get to buy and play with in order to make all these fun crafts! I've been making the picture boards that I've already posted on my crafts page. Now I've started to make fabric name boards (I'll have to get those uploaded so you can see them)! A friend of mine just had a baby and is making the theme Dr. Suess, so one of the boards is theme'd for the baby. The other is for her. Her last name starts with an "E" and there are 4 of them...that'll explain the picture..you'll know what I mean when you see it!!!
Now my little niece that just turned 4 asked me to make her some "pwetty pink bows"! How can you say no to that?! So now I've been doing some shopping trying to find flowers and handbands and clips and all sorts of fun and "pwetty" stuff to make her some handbands, bows and clips! I'm kind of excited!
Loving this new chapter in my lift where I'm turning into an older lady who wants to sit and craft all day! I'm 27! What are other 27 year olds doing right now??? PARTYING! I have no desire, just give me a glue gun and some fabric and I'm good to go!
Please not to mention all the little trinkets I get to buy and play with in order to make all these fun crafts! I've been making the picture boards that I've already posted on my crafts page. Now I've started to make fabric name boards (I'll have to get those uploaded so you can see them)! A friend of mine just had a baby and is making the theme Dr. Suess, so one of the boards is theme'd for the baby. The other is for her. Her last name starts with an "E" and there are 4 of them...that'll explain the picture..you'll know what I mean when you see it!!!
Now my little niece that just turned 4 asked me to make her some "pwetty pink bows"! How can you say no to that?! So now I've been doing some shopping trying to find flowers and handbands and clips and all sorts of fun and "pwetty" stuff to make her some handbands, bows and clips! I'm kind of excited!
Loving this new chapter in my lift where I'm turning into an older lady who wants to sit and craft all day! I'm 27! What are other 27 year olds doing right now??? PARTYING! I have no desire, just give me a glue gun and some fabric and I'm good to go!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
CATCH UP!
I am so sorry!!! I've not blogged in forever! There is so much going on and so much to say! However I'm pretty sure you don't want to hear all the details!
For the past 2 weeks I've been doing my early spring cleaning! It's taken me 2 whole weeks (of course it's not everyday! and only between getting home from work and bed time)..we had the church people over for a Cookout so I need to get some deep cleaning done. Now I'm so proud of my work! I feel great about how nice my house looks!
Noah has also been moved from his room that he inherited when he was born :( to the spare bedroom. It's a bit bigger and it also has the bunkbeds in it. The bottom is a full sized bed, and the top of course it twin. He sleeps in it better than he ever did in his toddler bed! It's so cute! I've got it all decorated up in a sports theme! I know he'll grow out of Mario Cart, Lightening McQueen, etc...so I made it a sports theme, as I know that will continue w/ him as he grows! I haven't posted a picture yet as I still have finishing touches left to put on it. Such as wall decorations! I'm so excited because I've gotten a few crafting ideas for his room off pinterest, as well as a few decorations that were his daddy's when he was a little boy! How cute is that!?
I have made 2 new picture boards. As soon as I can get the chance, I will upload them to my "Arts & Crafts" page so you can see them! I'm so proud of them! These are for a girl I work with that is having twins! A boy and a girl! She is not doing any certain, theme in the nursery, she's do a fabric! I found out which fabric, and that's what I used for the boards! I made one for the girl and made it a little girly by focusing more on the peachy pink color on the fabric. For the boy, of course I focused on the tealish blue color. She was so excited to have these matching her decor already made for the room! I was very pleased!
All is well with this Martin crew. We have started the long and slow process of Potty training Noah. He gets 1 penny for going Peepee, and 2 pennies for going Poopoo. He does well with money. Why, well, that's another story!! He's not to the point where he's going every time, but he does go a lot more than he used to! Maybe 2 times a day, it's easier to get him to go pee than poo! That's for sure! But like I said, it's a slow process!
For the past 2 weeks I've been doing my early spring cleaning! It's taken me 2 whole weeks (of course it's not everyday! and only between getting home from work and bed time)..we had the church people over for a Cookout so I need to get some deep cleaning done. Now I'm so proud of my work! I feel great about how nice my house looks!
Noah has also been moved from his room that he inherited when he was born :( to the spare bedroom. It's a bit bigger and it also has the bunkbeds in it. The bottom is a full sized bed, and the top of course it twin. He sleeps in it better than he ever did in his toddler bed! It's so cute! I've got it all decorated up in a sports theme! I know he'll grow out of Mario Cart, Lightening McQueen, etc...so I made it a sports theme, as I know that will continue w/ him as he grows! I haven't posted a picture yet as I still have finishing touches left to put on it. Such as wall decorations! I'm so excited because I've gotten a few crafting ideas for his room off pinterest, as well as a few decorations that were his daddy's when he was a little boy! How cute is that!?
I have made 2 new picture boards. As soon as I can get the chance, I will upload them to my "Arts & Crafts" page so you can see them! I'm so proud of them! These are for a girl I work with that is having twins! A boy and a girl! She is not doing any certain, theme in the nursery, she's do a fabric! I found out which fabric, and that's what I used for the boards! I made one for the girl and made it a little girly by focusing more on the peachy pink color on the fabric. For the boy, of course I focused on the tealish blue color. She was so excited to have these matching her decor already made for the room! I was very pleased!
All is well with this Martin crew. We have started the long and slow process of Potty training Noah. He gets 1 penny for going Peepee, and 2 pennies for going Poopoo. He does well with money. Why, well, that's another story!! He's not to the point where he's going every time, but he does go a lot more than he used to! Maybe 2 times a day, it's easier to get him to go pee than poo! That's for sure! But like I said, it's a slow process!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Springtime fun!
Well, I know it's been a while since my last post, but I've been a busy girl! It's spring time (almost) so that means I've got work to do!
Every year my husband and I plant a garden! We love to grow corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. This year, I'm going to try lettuce, carrots, and potato's as well! I'm super excited! Every night that it's been pretty when we get home from work, we've been working in the field and the garden. One night we burnt off the field, the next night we tilled the garden. Then you always have a few nights of nasty weather, or you have to factor in the days/nights we have church. So it's a long process getting all this stuff done!
Well, tonight we finally got a row of potato's planted! I'm soooooo excited to see them grow! I got Noah some of his own garden tools and gloves! He loves them! We played in the dirt, we ran around in the yard, he chased me in his truck! It was a great night! I am looking forward to more of these great nights in the future and can't wait to see my little guy grow!
Every year my husband and I plant a garden! We love to grow corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. This year, I'm going to try lettuce, carrots, and potato's as well! I'm super excited! Every night that it's been pretty when we get home from work, we've been working in the field and the garden. One night we burnt off the field, the next night we tilled the garden. Then you always have a few nights of nasty weather, or you have to factor in the days/nights we have church. So it's a long process getting all this stuff done!
Well, tonight we finally got a row of potato's planted! I'm soooooo excited to see them grow! I got Noah some of his own garden tools and gloves! He loves them! We played in the dirt, we ran around in the yard, he chased me in his truck! It was a great night! I am looking forward to more of these great nights in the future and can't wait to see my little guy grow!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Disappointments=frustration=exgaustion
I have been trying to work on another arts and crafts project for a gal that is having twins. I'm using the exact same pattern she's using as the theme in the room for the kiddos.
I have gone to store after store trying to match up ribbons to the main colors that she's pulling from for the boy and the girl. The boy was easy and his is almost finished. However, just like a typical girl, hers is hard to complete! I'm having the hardest time finding just the right color of ribbon to match up as well as the little buttons/pins for accents! It's so frustrating! However, I try not to get too upset, because I know that when I finally get this project finished, I know momma will like it and I myself will finally be satisfied and done with it!!!
I have gone to store after store trying to match up ribbons to the main colors that she's pulling from for the boy and the girl. The boy was easy and his is almost finished. However, just like a typical girl, hers is hard to complete! I'm having the hardest time finding just the right color of ribbon to match up as well as the little buttons/pins for accents! It's so frustrating! However, I try not to get too upset, because I know that when I finally get this project finished, I know momma will like it and I myself will finally be satisfied and done with it!!!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Lazy Days
Some days you get up and just feel like doing absolutely nothing!!! Well, I've felt like that all day, but I had to work. Not sure if it was because Gabe had the day of or if I just felt like being lazy.
Tomorrow Gabe has to work, so Noah and I are going to sleep in. Then we are going to get up and make chocolate chip cookies and surprise Gabe at work with them!! I'm so excited! He's going to love them!
Then Noah and I are going to come back home and have some more fun driving his "big black truck" around the yard again. He's been talking about it since last weekend when he drove it during the nice weather! We get home so late in the evening that there isn't enough daylight left after we eat dinner for him to drive it. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before the longer days arrive and we'll be able to spend some time outside during the weekdays!
Tomorrow Gabe has to work, so Noah and I are going to sleep in. Then we are going to get up and make chocolate chip cookies and surprise Gabe at work with them!! I'm so excited! He's going to love them!
Then Noah and I are going to come back home and have some more fun driving his "big black truck" around the yard again. He's been talking about it since last weekend when he drove it during the nice weather! We get home so late in the evening that there isn't enough daylight left after we eat dinner for him to drive it. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before the longer days arrive and we'll be able to spend some time outside during the weekdays!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Finally we are able to go outside and enjoy the weather! After Noah woke up from his nap, he just HAD to have some "icecweam and spwenko's". So he got his ice cream and sprinkles! Afterwards he wanted to watch a movie, but I told him how nice it was outside and thought it would be super fun to drive the truck in the yard! He quickly agreed, so that's what we did!
He had a great time! He finally figured out that you can get farther, faster, if you keep your foot on the gas instead of stop go, stop go!! He then finally started to understand a little more about how you need to turn the wheel to go different directions. This is the first time he's drove it in about 7 months or so and he never really drove it very much last year...I'd say he'll be a pro racin speed boy by the end of this summer!
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