It's Official!

Here it is! the RING............ The Happy couple having lunch at the Davis house

Coming in the front door. Jeremy was playing the wedding march- it was cute!

I stopped this morning and picked up a bride and groom duck for the cookie cake and also some new stationary for Victoria with the "D" monogram on it. Then of course this cute Bride shirt.

Cristian's nick name is "Ducky" so, how could I resist. I just hope they don't put it on the real wedding cake.

We are thrilled and look forward to Victoria becoming part of our family. They have not set a date yet. Victoria will be leaving in 2 weeks for a missions trip to Africa. She will be there for 2 months. Cristian will be at home continuing his schooling and working. I pray the Lords blessing on their future.

Zapatos Paro los Ninos

Here we are in front of the sign to the entrance of the squaters village. It was another great time handing out shoes and little toys to the children. The woman to the right of the picture is my sister Letticia who tagged along with Debbie and I. View looking down the road

This house was next to the house that we were at.

Los Tres Amigas! Here we are on our way to the Island. You have to ferry over from Cancun. I will post more pictures once I get them- I plan to do a youtube video just like last year.

Score in Lancaster!

I have been looking for one of these antique scales for a long time. Most of the ones I found on Ebay were out of my price range. We were at a flea Market in Lancaster when I came across this one! At first I wasn't sure if the color would work in my kitchen ( I was looking for a white one) but for the 22.00 price tag, I wasn't going to let it go. I brought it home and the color was perfect- In fact, I think I love it even more than a white one.

Here it is on my hoosier cabinet. It is just the right amount of distress and chippy!

Happy Birthday Mark

Today is hubby's birthday. I truly love this man. He is my best friend and as the years go by my love for him grows deeper. I never thought that would be possible but it truly is.

My spring to do list

My computer is not allowing me to download pictures from my camera, so I borrowed this lovely picture from the Graphic Fairy. I am not sure when my love affair with chipped paint began. It is just one of those things I cant explain and one I am sure my hubby never wishes started. As I think about all the things that I want to do this spring and summer I thought it would be a good idea to make a list. For me, many of these things will be a first time adventure. Some are extended projects from last year.

1. Replace plantings that died last year from my swing garden. also paint the swing! I love chippy paint but my swing took a real beating this past winter and needs an entire new coat of white paint.

2. power wash swing set and stain (ugh! -think I will pass this one on to the big boys)

3. Plant my very first vegetable garden. I have already laid out the raised bed and started some seeds inside.

4. get some fun containers at the junk shop to start my herbs in. I decided to do them separate from the veggie garden.

5. Look for an inexpensive fence for both my gardens. Bunnies and deer are already thinking they are at an all you can eat salad bar!

6. paint the boys room (sigh- I have been putting this off for way to long)

7. Make a bench out of a twin head board that has been sitting in my garage. (think I will need some help with this one)

8. try and do some canning this summer. I bought all the supplies last summer but did not get a chance to try it out.

9. Loose 20 pounds. (ugh) I am hoping that all those fresh vegetables from the garden will inspire me to loose some weight!

10. Grow closer to the Lord. That's the best thing we can ever hope to grow, cultivate and harvest.

Spring Gardening

I have never grown any kind of vegetable garden. This year I decided it would be a great project for the kids and I. Unfortunately, with the deer population that I have in my yard I cant do a large garden so instead we decided to do a small raised garden right next to the house. I will show you my raised garden structure in a future post. Today's project was to try and start some plants inside and then transplant them outside when the weather is appropriate. I did this more for Isabella's enjoyment. I plan to buy most of my vegetable plants from the nursery But I thought it would be fun to try and start a few. In the picture above we have carrots, cucumbers, basil and pansies.

Here is little Miss Isabella putting the dirt into the pods. It was fun putting the seeds in and watering them (her favorite part) we ran out of seeds so I am headed to Target to get some more seeds, dirt and a mister. Where were the boys? Outside jumping off our fallen tree onto the trampoline! (doing flips) way "funner" than planting seeds!

Happy 18th Birthday Joe

Yes, my baby boy (the biggest of all my children-weighing in at 8lbs 6 oz) just turned the big 18!He passed his drivers test on his birthday and is now officially on the road to independence. The day of his birthday (April 7th) we had friends over. Danielle and Michelle made him this awesome guitar cake and some cup cakes.

Later in the week (Friday) we had a big party for Joe and Billy at Billy's house. Joey and Bill have been the BFF's since they were about 6 years old. They have been celebrating their birthdays together for a long time! Happy Birthday JOE!