Mackay Madness: Spring keeps "tEaSiNg" me!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Spring keeps "tEaSiNg" me!

Today, it is snowing. I can't see the mountains, or the lake. I re-lit the fireplace, and put my sweats on! What the heck is going on???

Just last week, I was welcoming "Spring." Urghhhhh

My babies...as I like to call them, were poking their heads through the soil. Nothing makes me smile like my bulbs coming up! Especially this year because it was an act of love getting those stinkers into the ground. My arthritis, makes it very hard for me to plant! I dug the holes and weeded the soil with a spoon so my hand could grip it better! Ha ha ha...I sound like a pioneer:) NOT QUITE! But seriously, you try digging 150 holes with a spoon. "Act of love I say."

Look how fabulous my garden is doing....huge carrots are popping up!

Pansies make me giddy too!

More babies!

I got really ambitious and threw together this arrangement for my door! It looks stupid with the snow today! :(

I miss my chickens. Some idiot says I can't raise chickens on a golf course...what do they know? So these little cuties will have to do for now!
Gracious, I hope Spring stops "teasing" me, and settles in soon! I need it. I crave it. I am done with the snow!

10 comments:

Megan Zurcher said...: Hi Liz! Thanks for commenting on my blog. I LOVE your blog background! :) Your family is adorable. Your kids are so grown up. I remember when Hannah was just a little baby. It's crazy how time flies. You should definitely do some luminaria for your mom. It'd be a subtle way to remember her and yet it'd have a lot of meaning to you. Your mom was such a wonderful person She was always so kind to me when I'd go over to her house to play with Muggs. It's a hard thing to lose a loved one, but it's much easier to cope with the perspective of the Gospel. Have a wonderful Easter. Your decorations are so cute!; March 31, 2010 at 3:14 PM
jenn said...: 150 holes with a spoon?!? You are my little crippled hero. Arthritis ain't holdin' you down.

When I dropped off the girls after tumbling I thought to myself how stinkin' cute your house was! The flower arrangement on your door was like a little ray of sunshine in this gloomy weather.

Maybe someday you can come and make my house and yard look cute.

Please?; March 31, 2010 at 6:00 PM
jenn said...: ps- Raising chickens...only you. :); March 31, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Lisa Erskine said...: Okay now...you need to give me tips on growing carrots...those look great!! :) Your house always looks so cute! Now, could you please come help me??; March 31, 2010 at 6:49 PM
susan hall said...: melanie just posted cruise pictures..look at those and imagine you are there, dont look outside it just depresses you more...seriously I HAVE HAD IT!!!!!! with the stupid snow; April 1, 2010 at 9:18 AM
margo said...: Oh no -- so this spring I will need to get you a very strong spoon to plant my flowers again while I sit and watch! Maybe that's why you have arthritis... did it come on after you planted my beds???; April 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Natali Thompson said...: Cutest decorations ever! Did you take a picture of your "babies" after today? You are probably out there with blankets and heat lamps :) I LOVE spring and tulips-; April 1, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Bell Family said...: I'm in love....with your carrots!! Too cute!! Lovin' the pansies in the silver tub. I will totally be stealing that idea. If you were still my neighbor I'd just come steal your tub.; April 4, 2010 at 2:15 PM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: UUUM... CAN I PUT MY "WALKIE BLANKIE" JAMMIES ON AND DO YARD WORK WITH EASTON?!!; April 4, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Scha&Andi said...: i love the door arrangement. it's SO CUTE. screw the snow. and put up whatever makes you happy! i do love fires and sweats though. hmm! i agree i think pansies are the friendliest flower. they are so CUTE!

brandon is crazy. that freaking golf net thing. eeek. makes me so nervous when hubbys do that crap.; April 4, 2010 at 10:45 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!