It's Lookin Like Spring!

Well, Spring has started to show it's pretty face around here. The jonquils and hyacinths and tulip tree are all blooming. The irises and lilies have begun to peek through the ground and the bleeding hearts are all up and cute-looking. We bought this house and 8 acres (now 5.5 acres...) in the winter. We noticed the next Spring that all kinds of flowers started poking up everywhere. The weirdest places, even. The people who we bought from were the original owners and they lived here for 38 years. They just put flowers wherever they landed, I think. We have decided that we love the flowers so much, we are going to dig most of them up and take them with us. Some of the irises are just huge and they are so pretty. We actually got some rooted trees from our tulip tree in the backyard and they survived, so we will be able to plant those on the new lot. When my new camera gets charged I will post a pic of it. The pics above are of A and E last Spring. I love those pics of them. So cute. Spring is my favorite season with Fall at a close second. Today we went to Lowe's and Home Depot and got some flowers for the front porch urns and also new shrubs for the front of the house. We chose 5-gallon gardenias. I love the smell of the flowers and they are nice and green all year-round. We will start re-doing the front yard this week-end, not a small task, but it will look great when we are done. Then after we do that, on to the back yard and then we will be done with this house and will be ready to put it on the market when we move. The girls have been a little wild today- they did not enjoy the trip to look at plants. I think they are tired and just ill. I kept one of my friend's daughters this morning (5 years old) and the 3 of them played outside all morning and now they are wiped out. Tonight we will maybe watch a movie together and just hit the sack early. I am making a yummy orange salad tonight for my mom's Easter dinner tommorrow and I will make a sweet potato casserole tommorrow to take, too. Marshmallows and all on top. My parents live about 45 minutes away, so to try to make it out there after church in time for lunch would be hectic, so we are celebrating tommorrow. I know I am going to eat way too much and then have to spend an extra 3 hours on the treadmill..... Then Sunday we will just be able to hang out here and hide eggs and relax. A and E have been talking about Easter and what it means and they get really excited when they talk about how Jesus was dead and then He was alive. I am glad that the meaning doesn't get covered by all the egg hunts and candy. I am so thankful for what Easter means. God truly does love us so much. Happy Easter everybody!!