lasts....

last game night of the summer.

a normal sighting. daddy and maxwell. daddy is MOST likely sleeping.

produce????

earlier this year, in a moment of weakness, we decided to plant a garden.

again.

a garden TWICE the size that 'NORMAL' people can maintain. unless of course, you're my nephew britt and his wife, shana. but they aren't normal. :) they are SUPER gardeners. they even Can!!!

so my dear mother went and bought a mother-load (get it, mother-mother-load???) of plants.

and we got to planting.

in my/our minds, how hard can this gig be?

get out the rototiller.

throw in a few plants/seeds.

water once a week. (or bi-weekly??)

watch the fruits (or vegetables :)) of your labor.

oh, fyi. throwing 30 seeds in one hole will NOT and i REPEAT, will NOT produce squat!

or so i've heard.

if you could see the sad state that our garden is in, you'd wonder how ANYTHING edible could come out of it. really, it's so overgrown with weeds that i was too embarrassed to take a picture. and you know i don't have a whole lot of pride.

it's THAT bad.

forgive the dorky look on my face here but oh, the pride.

you just wait, next year i'm going to be begging you, just like my friend jill sipma, to come and TAKE all my extra produce.

it will be busting at the seams. i can just feel it.

plus, i have 8 months to read up on how many seeds is appropriate to put in one hole.

you're never to old to learn, right??

third times a charm.

coats too small

thanks to devin for leaving your coat with us. it fits us perfect.

thankful...

today i'm thankful for.....

1. my house is semi-clean. (i say this because it will NEVER be as clean in reality as it is in my mind. trust me, it's clean in THAT world!)

2. my 6th grader had shots today. THIS does not make me happy, however, he was brave. that thrills me.

3. my yard looks pitiful. again, that doesn't sound positive but trust me, if you saw my front flower bed before yesterday, you'd agree it's worlds better today.

4. speaking of, yesterday, for 4 long hours, my bff (kathy sue) worked her little bahookie off in the insanely hot sunshine JUST for me. she's been listening to me boo-hooing this flower bed for far too long. maybe she was just trying to shut me up?

5. i had a great conversation with the boys today about talents. it was fun to see their faces when i told them what i thought their talents were. tell your kids..they need to hear it.

6. my husband has a job. his company is busy. really busy. we are blessed.

7. don't know why i waited until #7 but...here it goes. THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL. did you hear me?? THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL. BACK TO SCHOOL. THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL. can you hear the angels singing? let me make this VERY clear...i love my kids more than life itself but people, it was time. there is a reason that summer break is 3 months and the school year is 9 months. i don't know who came up with that time line but i will bet my last dollar that it was a mother. truth be told, they were ready to go back too. we had a great summer but we all agreed (i lied, we didn't ALL agree but whatever) that a schedule in our family works better than no schedule at all.

this mama needs routine. that's how i roll.

8. i'm thankful for Lynden Christian School. after Convocation on Monday morning i was once again struck at how blessed we are to be part of this community.

9. the teachers that were chosen for the boys are the perfect fit for each one. i know that last years teachers gave much thought and prayer into who would fit with who. they chose well.

10. i'm thankful that in about 10 mins. the hub will walk in with pizza. need i say more?

11. more time for blogging.

12. i'm thankful for the Pioneer Woman. she's who i aspire to be. one look at her blog and you'll agree. i know that jealousy is NOT a good thing but i admit, i'm jealous. she's so good. hence the meatballs in my fridge. she makes her recipes so easy that even little ol' me can whip up dinner.

i'm out. i need to get out the paper plates for our fancy-smancy dinner. yeah me.