Ashlyn!! Yes, Ashlyn was the proud owner of 3 beautiful stitches in her head. She actually had the stitches removed tonight, she has had them for a week. Such a brave little girl! Although, I must say, I was quite surprised that she was the next kiddo to "earn" stitches. I honestly thought Gabriella would get them a few more times before someone else did. Besides stitches, we have been super busy around here. The days are flying by as we all anxiously await summer time. The kids can hardly wait to get their feet wet at the pool and head to the campsite. It's hard to believe we will be sitting around the campfire in just a few short weeks! Yay! Bring on the s'mores! Austin is finishing up soccer, has his first baseball game tomorrow and will soon be an official first grader! He has done awesome at school this year - and absolutely loves reading. It's so cool to see him excited to head up to bed so he can read on his own. It makes me smile. Ashlyn will soon be an official kindergartener. I can't believe she will be gone all day next school year. It will be so strange to have her and Austin both gone all day long. And Gabriella has grown up so much - and her hair has grown too!! And well, then there's Lucas. What can I say? He's ready for preschool, but his age doesn't get him in yet so he's stuck with me. I like it that way though. I'm not ready to send him off! He's too dang cute and I love when it's just me and him when everyone else is at school. I truly cherish those times. Shawn is working his tail off as always. And me? Well, I learned how to do some landscaping! There's been some things I want done in the yard and Shawn hasn't had the time to do it so I took charge. I had never exactly planted flowers and I started with that. And they look good! I also planted hostas (I had no idea what they were, but got some advice from my landscape extraordinaire friend) and they are actually growing! Then I mulched the area, and even went and got some free rock and edged it all out. I'm pretty sure Shawn was shocked at the outcome - as was I. Who knew? And I even enjoyed it. Our garden is in full swing - all my herbs are doing great. We've got tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, jalepenos, squash, zucchini and we even planted a blueberry bush that Shawn got me for Mother's Day (although it just looks like a stick Lucas shoved in the ground). So excited to get some produce going!! Bring on the homemade salsa. Oh and I have lettuce that is coming in like crazy - yay!! And that's about all we can fit in right now. Only one more full week of school and then bring on the pool and sleepin' in!!
