Gardening and Family Pictures

I received a phone call one day from my mom asking me if I wanted money to buy plants for my garden for my birthday. I of course said that would be WONDERFUL! So I got money.

Today, I went to the store and bought all of my plants and then the family went out to our garden spot to plant.

First we had to work hard to dig up all the weeds and get them out of our garden. The kids did really well and they helped take them all to the compost container and then they were getting frustrated so after they finished helping with the weeds we let them play in the sandbox.

This is a community garden area and we were part of it last year as well. It is so much fun to work around so many wonderful people.

Anyway back to the garden. My husband and I continued working and got the garden tilled and planted. Then we watered it and were finished. It looks great! The kids are excited to see the plants grow.

We also planted strawberries on the back porch of our apartment.

My flowers are growing that I planted about a month ago and they are starting to look great. It won't be long until they are so beautiful.

Today was also happy because I finally got our family pictures back. They are so beautiful and I love them all. I think that our photographer was able to capture our personalities and still manage to have some pretty awesome pictures of us!

I am so thankful for the opportunities this life gives us. We are truly blessed to have a place to grow a garden and we are blessed to have such great friends and family.

Today was a Happy day.