What's in a Yard?

Last year our lease was up and we had to move. We had 30 days to find a new place that allowed pets and wasn't outrageously over priced. We lucked out and got a tiny little house in a tiny little neighborhood in Salem. We were excited because it wasn't an apartment, it was a real house.  The best part was it had...I will call it a little courtyard. A place where we could plant things and watch them grow. So this last spring we got some seeds, plants, dirt, plant food, and so on. Was our little courtyard worth a $250.00 electricty bill? Probably not, but what can you do?( MOVE!) We are hoping to find a new place before the big winter freeze comes, but until then here are some fruits of our labors.

Courtyard bliss!

Yeah more collages...I don't like waiting for all the pictures to upload. Anyway here we are having a little front yard BBQ. Mom~ Todd really liked your corn!

 All of the following flowers we grew from seed!

Camping! Beaches! Crabs!

Camping is one our most favorite things to do! Unfortunately we only got to go camping a few times this summer. This time we got to go with our best friends and family! It was a blast! A little crazy at times, but we all had a great time! We had promised our nieces and nephews that we would take them camping sometime this summer, and I am happy to say we got to keep that promise. I hope they had as much fun as we did!

Kids on the drive over

Emily helping set up camp

The first day at the beach the weather was amazing! We had a blast. I took a bunch of pictures and I couldn't bring myself to delete any of them...so enjoy!

Emily playing in the sand

There was an estuary that the kids loved playing in...

Kemiry loved the beach! She slept the whole time!

When I say kids y'all know Josh is included right?

 

Sisters!

 

These few of Kroten are some of my favorite shots! Especially because while I was taking them I was thinking about how Kristen had told me to try and keep him dry...Opps! He had a blast though!

We also got to go to old town in Newport. 

Finally... we got crabs!!

Well, we got to go crabbing and we ended up with a few too. I think it is now my favorite thing! Sitting on the dock, hanging out, listening to some music...it was a really great time, and I can't wait till we get to go again.

 Again we took a ton of pictures! Even more so because my sd card was in Kristen's camera. So. a lot of these pictures she took, and some I took.  I made some collages! 

 

Needless to say we had a blast! I am so glad we got to go have fun with the people we love! I don't have pictures of Noel but he was there too! He was a great help with the little kids and they really loved him. Noel can go on a camping trip with us anytime!

My last picture is of my nieces and nephew. I hope they had as much fun with us as we did with them. I look forward to taking them on camping trips next summer! Thank you Kendra for letting them spend so much time with us! We love it!

Happy Two Years To Us!

Yesterday was our two year anniversary. It was an interesting day to say the least. We had just gotten home from Myrtle Creek late the night before. Josh had to work and I had to teach my lesson at church so Saturday night we crashed. I woke up Sunday morning with a migraine! I hate them more than I could hate anything in the world. That says a lot because I rarely use the "H" word. I had to have Josh call the primary presidency and let them know I was out  for the day. This was a pretty bad one. I haven't had one this bad in a while. I could barely talk. I had Josh give me an ice pack, some tylenol, and a bowl before he left. None of that seemed to helped. I flailed about my bed for a couple hours and then finally gave in and took one of my remaining two maxalts! Eeks! Oh, and after all that I finally threw up and then fell asleep. Josh called me around two, too see how I was doing, and I awoke with no pain! That has to be one of greatest feelings ever. Waking up pain free! I was still a little groggy, and every once and a while I would get a sharp pain in my head, but I was okay. After Josh got home from work I relapsed and had to take some advil and cover my face for a few minutes, and then I was okay for the rest of the night. We didn't do much after that. We had a bottle of sparkling cider, made a toast, relaxed, and watched a movie. Low key, but a perfect way to celebrate.( I, however, could have gone without the migraine) I love Josh, and I am grateful for everything he is! He surprised me with roses ( that I can plant!!) and a beautiful card. I didn't get him anything, but said me coming home was his present.  Here is a picture of the flowers he got me.

My favorite color Pink!

Here are some shots of us two years ago!

Baby Shower!

This weekend we had a baby shower for my cousin Denise. She is having a baby boy, and he is due Oct. 17th. We had the party at my Aunt Sheree's house and it was a blast! Kristen came down and did an amazingly wonderful maternity photo shoot! She really needs to update her photo blog so y'all can see them! The party was really fun, and it was great to get everyone together for such a happy occasion! I can't wait to meet little Conner! So, I don't have any pictures of the shower because I was taking them with my mom's camera. But, I do have a couple pictures of the cake and blanket I made.

 Me working hard...

  Thanks for taking my picture Jordan!

All finished!

Blanket!

I knew my bubble letter writing skills were good for something!

If you know me, you know how I feel about corners and binding! Not bad if I do say so myself.

Complete! First ever applique! I think I like it!

It was a lot of work, and could not have done it without Jordan! She was an amazing helper and did most of the grunt work. She was always ready to help and did a lot of the not so fun jobs, like cleaning up big messes!!! All she wanted to do was read her book, but I made her work, work, work.

Jordan, Thank you! 

You were awesome!

 Jordan took this picture too!

I hope you get to finish your book!

If you want to see more pictures of the shower check out my mom's facebook.