Monday, November 15, 2010

Halloween Catch up!

Halloween this year was just about perfect except for Colbie and Alexis being sick. We made sugar cookies while listening to fun music, carved pumpkins, got delicious "daylight donuts", and drank apple cider.  Shaun made his homemade chili with some chili base I canned from our garden tomatoes he got creative and added chunky stew meat and a few other secret ingredients to make it super yummy! I got to go to Alexis's classroom Halloween party as one of the volunteer parents. It was really fun to see her walk around the school during the halloween parade in her costume. We went trick-or-treating at the church "trunk or treat" . We also went to an assisted living center to visit Shirley (an older lady that I go visiting to monthly). Alexis wanted to go to all the fun and scary looking houses. She was a sparkle witch and Colbie was a bee. Colbie loved her costume and would ask to put it on when she saw it hanging in her closet. She liked to run around in it making buzzing noises. The fall weather has been beautiful! It just started getting cold the last couple weeks. The foilage is always stunning this time of year. I love Halloween! What fun ages with my kids this year. I will cherish the memories!

















Thursday, October 28, 2010

New Pet

This is our new cat we got from the animal shelter. He is a black domestic short hair cat with big green eyes. He was already named Cade that is what we are calling him.

He is still really scared of being in a new place and is hiding alot under beds and in boxes. He really likes people though and likes to climb up on your lap to get petted. We are hoping he will adjust quickly.


A Halloween Cat just in time for Halloween!

Friday, October 22, 2010

Yard update

We got alot done on our yard this summer. We put in the rocks and planted all our plants ourselves. Here are some of the plants we chose and are considering. I am excited to see what it looks like in the next few years.

Our Althea Red heart or "rose of sharon" Is only a foot tall now but will grow to be 12' by 4'.
It is on the right side of the house
We have 2 single knockout rose bushes below the right side window

This is our thornless cockspur hawthorn tree

The "ole" shrub rose

Spirea "Magic Carpet"

Wiegalia "Wine and Roses" we have two on either sides of the ole rose bush

Northern Accents Ole Rose
Ole roses
What our rose of sharon shrub will look like grown
Burning Bush "dwarf compactus" we have this on the left side front of house
Two Red hibiscus Shrubs on east side of house
another picture of some knockout roses
Feather Reed Grass "karl forester" We have two on either side of the knockout rose bushes 

magic carpet spirea in fall
Berries on tree in fall
what the flowers on our tree will look like in spring

Other considered plants:

Maple "Autumn blaze"
Callery Pear
Tulips (my favorite spring flower) I like red and yellow ones.


Barberry
Russian Sage
Boxwood
Hosta

Nine Bark

Virburnum "judd"
Fountain Grass

Vinca (Ground cover that shaun likes)

Hardy Geraniums

Friday, October 8, 2010

Sand Bar

I don't know why I've never taken my kids out to the sandbar on the bank of the platte river. It was so fun to play in the sand and throw rocks in the water. I will definitely do it again!