Settling In For A Busy Summer

We have been very content lately to stay close to home and work in the gardens. The vegetable gardens are in and you can check out more at http://www.ourwoodlandgarden.blogspot.com/. Ceili has been helping thin the radishes and spinach and LOVES to eat the tiny radish sprouts.

Ceili has also been spending alot of time hanging out with her friend Natalie from next door. They enjoy drawing with sidewalk chalk and blowing bubbles. The other day they were swinging on the front porch and thought it was so funny to pose for pictures. They both hammed it up and kept saying "Cheeeeese"!

The weather has been great for picnicing. We had dinner in the yard on a blanket and Ceili got to have an ice cream treat because she ate such a good supper. She is vey fast and gets into everything. She constantly explores and has been very interested in a robin that is nesting on the front porch. Erin rolled up some towels and fashioned a bird nest for Ceili to sit on. Erin also dug out a few Easter eggs for her to try to hatch.

Sunday Erin and Ceili had art day. They started with water color paints in the morning and made a lovely painting. They than headed to the kitchen to cook up a batch of playdough. Ceili loved to help cook it! After it cooled, they rolled it out and squished it around. Lots of messy fun! Ceili decided to share half of the batch with Natalie. Sorry for the mess Joel and Shannon!

Minnesota Fishing Opener

Saturday, May 15th we traveled to Longville for the fishing opener. This was also the weekend that we celebrated Mother's day. Grandpa Doug got the boats ready and we hit the water for fishing and boating. Ceili really enjoyed riding in the boat and playing with the minnows in the live well. Grandma Burgers grilled an awesome beef roast with potatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower. After a filling meal we settled in to relax and hang out.

Sunday morning we made Erin's Egg Bake Spectacular for breakfast and went out in the boat for some more fishing and boating. Ceili got really hot in her life jacket so while we were floating around she took it off and played inside a tent she made in the bow of the boat.

Busy Bees

This Lovely spring has been a blessing! We have been able to spend much time outside. Ceili has been very helpful working in the gardens and working with our new honeybees. She likes to explain to people that the bees are making honey. For those interested we have started a blog about our gardens and bees. check out " Our Woodland Garden" on blogspot.

We have also been fortunate enough to be able to spend time with many of our Friends and family. This past week we got together with our family group from church, went to Ian McCabes birthday

party, shared a meal with our friends leaving to join the Peace Corps in Ghana Africa, visited with our neighbors Joel, Shannon, and Natalie, and are looking forward to celebrating Mother's Day a bit late over this coming weekend. We will be traveling to Longville to see Grandma and Grandpa Burgers and Grandma Otis. Hopefully Ceili will get to go boating and fishing (fingers crossed) because the weather looks amazing!