Family, Gardens, Projects, Beaches, and Easter!

Spring is in full swing. With it comes tornado warnings (this equals me sitting in my closet wondering what would really happen if one hit my house). Spring has brought many surprises into our lives. One of which was a surprise "save the day" trip by my mom and brother to Alabama. They stayed for a few days, and brought with them many miracles of love.

One of which was the help in building my garden. This is my brother Scott. I am humbled by the love he showed in never growing tired. He helped Jaren build this, and just kept going, and going, and going.

This is the finished product, well kind of. Jaren added a bunch of peppers in the corners after this. So it's even more full. Hopefully everything will have room to grow. First garden, so I have a lot of learning to do. Mom helped me rake the leaves in the back yard, and get things picked up.

These are the flowers they planted.... before the tornado winds and rains. Good thing flowers like to grow.

Finished product:

A close up of my cute planter! Love it! Look out Martha Stewart!

It was so wonderful to see my family and to feel of their love for Jaren and I. I am so thankful that they would sacrifice everything and just come out here on a moments notice. It made me so grateful to have the families that I do. I am a lucky girl.

After my family left, I was ready for another project. I decided to refinish some furniture. This is the before (including the mess in the guest room):

Refinishing means a lot of sanding. JOY!!!And then priming!

When that project is finished - I will give you some pics - along with that tour of the house I've been promising. Don't worry, I will eventually get to that.

Anyhow, after that there were a few more weeks of rain (lots of rain). We were feeling a bit of cabin fever, so we made our way (with some friends) to Panama Beach. It was gorgeous, warm, and romantic. I was so happy to be able to swim. Swimming just makes everything feel like home to me.

The next day was Easter. We enjoyed the sunshine at home, and had a good time at church. This is what the Easter Bunny brought us... I love our matching camo baskets. We are such dorks. (Mom, please note that the weather radio [aka tornado informer] is there!!!)