We ended the week with a wedding! Our good friends Erin & Craig were married Sunday in a beautiful outdoor wedding. I was in Alpha Phi with Erin and Zach went to med school with Craig. We had a great night! It was a little bittersweet as lots of our friends, including Erin & Craig, will be moving away in the next few weeks! We miss them already!
Zach and the guys.
My cutie pie :)
Married!
What a handsome groomsman!
I got a sewing machine for Christmas and I finally opened the box Friday night. I have never used a sewing machine before so I was a little intimidated to start. By Saturday night Zach had a new robot apron. It was his reward for going to Hobby Lobby with me.
(I need to fix the neck so the apron sits higher up.)
It even has his initials and one really long pocket for grilling tools. Please don't judge my stitching yet. Everything I have done so far has been self taught and just winging it, but I am pleased with my progress.
Riley got a new bandana with dinosaurs and planets (both found in the scrap bin.) I have also made a little fleece sun blanket and a valance for our bathroom. None of my projects are near perfect, but I have really enjoyed this new adventure.
I love spring flowers! I planted these irises the first fall we moved in and I am amazed by their beauty every spring! I just love the ruffled look.
My rose bushes are going gangbusters. Unfortunately they lean over the driveway and scratch the car when we pull it into the garage. Zach is itching for me to chop them back, but I told him he has to wait until after this round of blooming. I just don't have it in me to chop all those flowers off.
Every year we steal/take a ton of peonies from a rental house up the block (we got permission a few years ago.) Here is this years beautiful bouquet. Our whole house smells amazing!
Our veggie garden has about three weeks of growth under its belt so far. This little guy is growing up to be a pickle some day.
Zach planted a bunch of lettuce this year. This one is my favorite. I think it is called Bunte Forellenschluss. We get all our seeds from seedsavers.org. I just cut a bunch of arugula and the spinach is looking ready for harvest too!
Here is the current overall view of the garden.
This year we are growing:
Asparagus, already picked
Rhubarb, we've used and given away a ton this year!
Five different kinds of tomatoes
Red pepper
Hot pepper
Green beans
Three kinds of sunflowers
Pickling cucumbers
Zucchini
Carrots
Ren and yellow onions
Six kinds of lettuce, including swiss chard
Lots of herbs: dill, sage, thyme, rosemary, mint, cilantro
Sounds like some yummy food! Let us know if you want any because we will surely have more than enough.
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