Boring old Laundry

moving dirt

Jack helped get the clumps of grass separated from the dirt and leave the dirt in. He helped get the rocks and roots out. Grace helped lay everything out, the weed sheets, hose, etc. They both worked very hard. Dad did all the digging!

Blackberries

2 blueberry bushes. They need 2 different varieties to pollinate

Baby broccoli. We had a slug problem that we had to fix early on. Saved the plants though. You can see the slug bait, little white spots on the ground. We eat a lot of broccoli Romaine for caesar salads. Raegan and Grace eat a lot of this stuff Onions in the back, and garlic. This is the spot we put all the leaves for a couple of years.

We planted a peach tree where the willow tree used to be. It has baby peaches on it. The plum has a lot of little plums, the cherry tree is loaded down with babies, enough to make 100s of pies, the apple tree has a few little guys started. It takes a few years to get everything going, but you sure do learn a lot while you go.

the cove

Grace's Debut

Our budding artist won a spot in the annual spring show. We are very proud of her. The reception was cool. They had 3 tables full of cookies. Jack and Grace didn't care about the art. They immediately loaded up plates. Then we walked around to see what was there. We have some good talent in this area.

Her's is the crazy face above her head.

We celebrated by going to our favorite pizza place, the mellow mushroom.

Pizza is always better with a dragon.

Poor baby was starving to death

Easter

Spring is here. Great weather, everything is blooming, we got one of the gardens going, onions broccoli romaine garlic. We are building a box for the side of the house for the rest of the stuff, while the seedlings are getting going. Easter was a very good day. We took it easy mostly, aside from a few hours on the trampoline. The kids are old enough now, that I can hide the eggs good, and they can find them all. Luke is really good at finding them allready. He picks up things in the yard to look under them, and finds eggs. The yellow ones were for him to pick up only. They were right out in plain sight. Once he got the idea, he took off

Jack found the Golden egg again. He has for 4 years straight, and is very proud of himself. Grace knows it's all about the chocolate.

Lost sea adventure

On Saturday, the Girl Scouts went to Lost Sea Adventure. It is a GIANT cave in a mountain. It has been used by the Indian Chiefs for many things, the confederate army, and was a fallout shelter. It has the largest underground lake in America that you get to ride on in glass bottom boats. There is another lake in a cave next to it, that they can't get to yet. It is 3 times as big, making it the largest in the world. We only took the day tour, but you can take an overnight tour, where you sleep in the big chamber that they used for dance parties, complete with moonshine stills and live bands way back when. You get to explore the many rooms and crevices on that tour. We have been wanting to go here for a long time. Now that we know where it is, everyone who comes to Tennessee, be prepared for it.

Spring break

We had Me-me, Paw-paw and Aunt Makenzie, Ethan, and Lawson over for the weekend before spring break. It was a short, but good visit. The kids had a very LOUD time. We are really bad about remembering to take pictures. The only ones we got were from the bounce house. That place has been awesome to us, especially in the really cold, wet months.


Here is Paw-paw saving Luke from the next slider, most likely it was me. Luke slides down, then stands up, and yells for me to come on, as he stands right in the way.

Look at those Pearly whites.

That boy is full of beans!

That face about sums it up.