We had a busy, enjoyable weekend & are loving this beautiful Mother’s Day weather. Ryan made us a delicious brunch – homemade waffles with fresh blueberry sauce for me & peanut butter, chocolate, banana waffles topped with a dollop of whipped cream for him. It was so good that I literally stood in the kitchen & licked the blueberry sauce left in the pan off my fingers while we were cleaning up!

We did some gardening & got our container garden started for the season; we planted the tomatoes, parsley, basil, peppers, nasturtium, & marigolds we started from seed & will be adding several more plants in the coming weeks. The lavender & mint we planted seem to be doing well so far too.

We found a really great vintage, electric fan at Treasure Mart & a pair of beautiful Selig Kofod Larsen chairs which we’re having new cushions made for in this fabric at Rendel’s Upholstery & Interiors.

And this is what Melody looks like when she’s begging for waffles…

Thank you, to my Mom & my wonderful husband’s Mom, for loving us so much! Thank you for cleaning our scrapes and doctoring our bruises, for teaching us to say please & thank you, for helping us to learn the many lessons we needed to learn in life (even the hard ones), for all the hugs & kisses, for pointing us in the right direction for Pin the Tail on the Donkey at parties, and for so much more.

Happy birthday, to you, Dad!
You can fix just about anything, you play a mean guitar, and from the looks of this picture you would’ve killed it on the runway too.

2012: Week 18
Meet Ethel

2012: Week 17
Twisted

2012: Week 16
Let’s talk about our feelings…

2012: Week 15
Spring blossoms

Happy Easter! My dear friends, Steff, Ken, & Averie gave me this beautiful Easter Lily & it was in full-bloom in time for Easter.

Also, a couple weeks ago we started some plants from seed in our window & have quite a few that have sprouted little seedlings up from the dirt; we’re excited to watch them start to grow, in anticipation of our summer garden soon to come! We’ve planted several different tomato varieties, jalapeno, anaheim peppers, parsley, basil, lettuce, nasturtium, & marigolds from seed & are hoping that they all grow so we can plant them in our garden in May.

Also, on our patio garden outside, we already have lilies coming up & our 2 strawberry pots have lots of green leaves & even a bloom; we’ve had such a mild winter & record highs this last month or so, which the plants are loving.

I even got some treats from the Easter Bunny (a.k.a. my darling husband) myself!

Oh, and Melody says, “Happy Easter!” One of her favorite things to do this time of year is lounge by the patio door, taking in the fresh air coming in through the screen door & napping in the warm sun.

Spring bulbs make me happy! Here are some daffodils & tulips to make you smile…

2012: Week 14
Play ball!

2012: Week 13
Positive reinforcement.