Just a Short One!

Greetings from the windy state of Oklahoma. Just wanted to check in and let everyone know what is going on around here. We spent the weekend working in the yard and our red faces show for the work we did. We dug up the flower beds and planted all new plants. We had to do this because every thing we planted last fall died. We have discovered that the soil here is horrible so we are trying to only plant native plants in the beds. I am doing a lot of container gardening so I can control the soil. I also planted a rose bush in a container and here is a picture of my first rose. I am quite proud of it. I have about four other roses ready to open up. I have always loved growing roses when I was a kid in our backyard so this is just up my alley. I am also trying to grow strawberries which I also grew as a kid. Hopefully I will have pictures of strawberries in the coming months.

Marie started tball practice tonight. We are very impressed by how she has improved since last season. I was a little concerned about playing her in the kindergarten/1st grade team this year, but I don't think we have any need to worry. She is gearing up for her recital in dance and I think that will be a lot of fun to watch again this year. They also started working on their program for gymnastics which will happen next month. She is getting excited about starting kindergarten next year. I bought a book to work on with her over the summer and she keeps trying to take it and work on the pages. I am going to have to hide it from her until it is time to work on the pages.

JJ is sore and tired from all the work he did in the yard. Next week while Marie and I are gone he will have to work in the garage so we can actually get in there again. He has been working out at the YMCA every day so he is pretty much sore all the time. Hopefully the soreness will pass as he works out more.

Now speaking of Marie and I being out of town...My mom is having foot surgery on Monday so Marie and I are flying out on Easter Sunday to take care of her for the week. Nobody needs to worry about Marie missing school, her school is closed for the week so all the teachers can go to a teacher conference in Atlanta. So we are going to spend the week playing in Houston! Roman is going to spend the week with his daddy. He had a very busy weekend with helping us dig and plant and run around. This is a picture of him stealing my little shovel and trying to run away with it. He got so tired on Sunday that he was laying down in Marie's chair resting. We are still having trouble getting him to go to the bathroom outside. At least he only does things in his room and he did go twice outside over the weekend. Next week JJ is going to try and get him going outside more often using puppy pads. We are going to keep our fingers crossed that he trains easily. However his breed is pretty stubborn so we shall see.

Well I should go now. I need some time to relax and then practice my flute. I am playing at church on Thursday, Friday, Saturday night, and Sunday for Easter. I am going to be tired after the weekend. Love to all and I will write again later. Happy Easter to all!