March Showers, Spring Flowers

Last fall I planted a bunch of bulbs. A BUNCH. This month I saw the fruits of my labors. The daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips have been so much fun to look at and the cut flowers have brightened my kitchen. I'm going to plant bulbs every fall from now on!




I wish you could smell these through the computer.




Last week I also mowed, aerated, de-thatched, and fertilized our lawn. Now all I have to do is sit back and watch the thick, green grass grow. Who ever thought I would find such pleasure in gardening? Next up, planting the vegetable/flower boxes. Just call me Farmer Cindy.

Birthday Week

Christian and Ashley's birthdays are exactly one week apart. I have been trying to decide whether to have one big birthday bash or celebrate them separately every year. This time I took the easy route. On April 1st, we had a mini celebration at home with some Sara Lee coconut cake (which is really good, by the way.) Christian just kind of poked at it, but was a lot more interested in his presents. Ashley, however, tore into her cake.
We headed down to Jen and Tagg's for Easter and Ashley's actual birthday. We opened more presents, had more cake, and made more messes. Once again, Christian wasn't that interested, but Ashley grabbed a strawberry off the cake and stuffed the whole thing in her mouth as soon as I set her down on the table for a photo op. Yes, that is the green stem poking out of her mouth in this picture.


Happy birthday to my two little pickles!

Guess who is 1?

And standing? And has enough hair for pigtails?
This girl!
Ashley continues to be an awesome kid. She loves to laugh, cuddle with Daddy, bug her brother, and most of all, EAT!

CA Trip

After a very fun week with the Evers crew in Phoenix, Ryan had to fly home. I took the kids up to visit the rest of the fam in CA. Of course we had tons of fun there too. Scott's kickball birthday party, pillow mountain, and visiting Papa and Pauline were among of few of the highlights.

AZ Trip

I am woefully behind in my blogging. So many things have happened this winter/spring that I just got overwhelmed with recording it all. Stay tuned for a flurry of posts as I attempt to catch up.
Up first is our February trip out to Arizona. We left the bitter cold winter of New England behind and headed off to the land of eternal warmth and sunshine to visit Jeff, Kelly, and cousins. We had such a fun time being outside, going to parks, jumping on the trampoline, the Phoenix zoo, and many other things. Christian had so much fun playing with Elle, Laney, and Ray. Here is the proof:

El Nino?

I remember when I was a kid and there was any sort of weird weather pattern, it seemed like it was always blamed on El Nino. I don't know what is going on here in New Hampshire, but this is what it looked like this past weekend.



That's right, Christian is shielding his eyes from the bright sun. Please notice the exposed grass and the driveway without one flake of snow or ice. It is FEBRUARY and this is totally unheard of! The only time we have had to use the snow blower this winter was on Halloween! It was so pleasant outside that both Ryan and I took our cars out to give them a thorough cleaning. I took this picture to document not only the rare event of me cleaning my car, but the crazy easy winter we are having!
We leave for a visit to sunny Arizona next week to visit Jeff and Kelly. We planned this trip last year when we were in the throws of a brutal winter. We figured we would need an escape by about now. While we are SO looking forward to 70 degree weather and playing outside, it has not been that bad at all. I am taking an extended vacation by flying with the tots up to Sactown after Ryan flies home from Phoenix. We are so pumped to see cousins, Grandma, Grandpa, aunts, uncles, the whole Evers crew! See you all in a few weeks!

An Update for the Fam

I am behind in my blogging. WAY behind. (You are too, Stacey. Even more than me.) I was pretty proud of myself for finishing my Christmas cards BEFORE Thanksgiving this year, but then I realized that I haven't updated my blog for over two months. There is kind of a good reason. My camera stinks, so it generally makes me really frustrated when I try and take pictures and they never turn out. Ryan bought me a new fancy camera for Christmas. Unfortunately it has been backordered forever. Meanwhile, we have been using our iphones and ipods to take pictures.

Here are just a few that document Christmas





And a few that are just cute, like Ashley with her first tiny pig tail and her first bite of guacamole (which she loved!)







And the boy playing with sparklers and holding his little sister




The new camera should be here next week. I'm taking a night class at the local community college to learn how to use it. Stay tuned for some awesome pictures!