Braden Makes Springtime More Beautiful

Way back last fall, Taryn and Braden planted bulbs and we waited (a LONG time) to find out what kind of flowers they were!  Oddly, only half of them grew, but they were fun and different!

For Mother's Day, he ordered some flowers for me (thanks Living Social!) which started out a bit...white.  But ended up BEAUTIFUL!  Check out these lilies!

He also made a wonderful dinner for me and while he was cutting the broccoli, he had a flash of creative genius.  He got the girls together and helped them work on this before dinner craft.  What a great mother's day gift!  It was so fun! 

They painted cotton balls, stuck them on toothpicks and stuck the toothpicks in the broccoli stems.  Who would have thought?

Playing Catch Up

I have been SO busy and just haven't taken the time to update from the last couple months.  So lucky you...you get a summary in picture. 

Last year, at the end of April, our home and street looked like this.  It was STUNNING!

This year, spring decided to take its time, so we had 2 feet of snow covering the ground until the end of March, and then got hit with another 6 inches in the middle of April and a slight dusting on May 1st.  Boo.  At the end of April this year, our home looked like this:

Thankfully, it suddenly decided to warm up and May was STUNNING!  We now can spend all our time at the lake, the splash park, in the yard, at the playgrounds, on bike rides, and outdoor concerts!  It's also yard sale time and ice cream time!  We also get lots of thunder storms, which I love!  The girls get to play with the hose in the backyard and help daddy with the yard work at the same time.  Hooray for summer!