Im My Garden - Holding My Breath

The past 2 years, my garden has been a terrible bomb. From pea eating rabbits, to strangely rotting tomatoes still on the plant, it has been one disappointment after another. This year we changed a few things up, and Goran was convinced it would all be ok.

"You'll see!" He said with confidence.

And then (insert swear word here) bunnies got in and ate my peas. Right down to the ground. 3 rows, all in one night. *sigh* I was so discouraged.

But something told inside me to me to get on it with it. So I did. I ripped out those stubby chewed down peas, (really I didn't want to look at it)  and planted, peppers, and lettuce, and broccoli. Swish chard, and carrots (2xs) and I planted tomatoes in pots. Zucchini, and cucumbers, and squash, and onions....

And it has rained, and rained and rained.

HOLY COW!!!

Ive gotten lettuce to eat, and everything else is growing so so well! But I'm kinda holding my breath yet. Every morning when I go out to see, I'm greeted with this flourishing, healthy garden. No wilting tomatoes yet!  

 And now I'm feeling SO confident, I'm going to try to those peas again!! I'm going to plant them, and put chicken wire around them inside the garden!

Wish me luck!

New at Our House....

I'm being reminded, constantly, they are growing up!

After the whole tooth fairy bringing money thing (which she remembered at 5:00am - and Grace forgot about completely!) Bryan is now trying to wiggle his teeth in hopes of making some extra money!!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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his fingers, the only one of 5!

riding her bike, I know, right?

Blessings - Remembering

Sometimes it happens that we get overwhelmed and exhausted.

Well I actually think it happens in cycles for me.

The to do list is long, and keeps getting longer. And the harder we work on the list, the less connected we are to each other, to the children, and the more arguing, and crying, and begging for attention from every one around.

And then something - usually something small, insignificant really, but behind all the pressure, seems so huge - resets it.

We stop. We exhale. We reach out. The children climb into our laps. Arms around our necks. Breaths in our faces. Closed eyes.
                                                                                     

                                                                                                                   

Breath.

Reset.

We are reminded what matters. 

The people in our lives, the luv they feel, how we care about them, and how we feel about THAT.

*sigh*

That is all.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

 Inspired by SouleMama. 

Beautiful Day

The weather is hot. The pool is full. Homemade iced tea, and flip flops.

Recipe for a beautiful day.