Yesterday was a fun day working outside. The kids only had school till lunch time and that gave us the whole afternoon outside!!! Matthew helped spread some organic fertilizer and lime on the raised beds. Then we planted lettuce, spinach, radishes, red beats and herbs!!! It's going to be so much fun seeing these plants grow this spring!!!
This little miss is our gardener! At a very young age she liked gardening plants and picking tomatoes and peppers and it excites her to see things grow!!! She helped me pick out seeds for the gardens and couldn't wait to plant them!!!
We have four small raised beds. We planted all the lettuce and spinach, radishes and red beats in this one bed. And as you can see, we have spinach still in the garden from seeds of last fall!!!
We are going to have lettuce out of our ears if all these plants survive and thrive!!! :))) These were the lettuce plants Mike bought for the raised bed garden photo shot the other week. Now, they all got planted in the ground!!!
Here is my herb box. It got restocked with rosemary, oregano, parsley and thyme. The basil seeds need to be planted yet. I also have a new box this year. It's the one you see behind the herb box. I want to plant some meadow tea roots and teas in there!!!
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Playing outside is so much again!!! I forgot how nice it is to have the kids run and jump around outside!!! Matthew and Ashlyn have so much fun together. When I heard Matthew say to Ashlyn, "Sweets, go get a helmet on." That's when I knew it was time to take a look at what they were doing. This is what I found!!!
This is Ashlyn stuffed with pillows and blankets and wearing a helmet.
And they are off.
Then the next time I looked out the window, this is what they were doing.
In sleeping bags going down the slide. :))) Ashlyn was going from her thick winter jacket to a tank top all afternoon.
We also got the lawn mowed and cleaned up from winter. The kids loved to have a mower ride again!!!
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Ashlyn's class at school did the chapel yesterday morning and we went to watch it!!! They did such a great job!!! I loved it!!!
And at the end, they did a skit where they were sheep. It was so cute and these are some of the cutest sheep I ever met!!!
Spring is here and we are loving it!!!
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Update on Dad Lapp:
Tuesday and Wednesday were really rough days for Dad!!! His stomach hurts and the doctors are saying that it's 10 X's bigger than it should be. By now, you would think it would be the size of a pea for the tiny amount of foods he's eaten for over month now!!! Dad is still not able to eat. The doctors are not sure why not??? There is some sort of blockage happening. Dad is on IVs and nutrition but really needs to start 'eating' again!!! Please pray that this would heal!!!
Dad had radiation done on his tumor in his pancreas also this week. They hope this will help shrink the cancer and then they can help his stomach issue!!!
This is a very hard journey for Dad and Mom. They are well cared for at the Envita Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. The miles seem so far away and we really miss not being with them! Dad was given more pain meds to keep him comfortable and now he's able to sleep better. Please keep praying for them!
