Planted

Alright, so our garden is planted and seeds are started.  Now comes the waiting game.  Cyrena LOVES helping David with the garden.  She doesn't love getting her hands dirty but she'll water all day long if we let her.  

Carrots, zucchini, watermelon, beans, cucumbers, etc!

This is my favorite.  Of course Cyrena wanted to water 'all by herself' but you can see David's hands coming in to rescue his seeds from being flooded!

We've planted some tomato plants since this picture was taken.

Firewoman in training.  This is another awesome neighbor of ours.  Tammy helped spread some top soil for us in the yard.  Have I told you we have amazing neighbors?  We're lucky.

New digs

This last Saturday our neighbor helped David rebuild our garden box.  We decided to replace the wood with concrete blocks.  It turned out great, mostly because our neighbor does this sort of thing for a living. :)  Here's the extent of their conversation:

David:  "What can I do?"

Jersey: "You just mix."

Haha!  So David mixed the mud for him and did some stucco repair in the meantime.  It made me smile.  And I also smiled at their lovely, stocking-cap clad assistant.  She was definitely an asset to the team, being sent inside for tape measures and what not.  Who dresses her anyway?

He thinks he looks like a hunchback in this picture.

*I have videos I want to upload but blogger won't ever let me!

We're alive!

Ok, so I apologize for the lack of updates lately. There's been a lot going on with getting ready for Christmas, starting preschool again, and taking care of a crazy baby! Here are some pictures of what we've been up to the past little bit.

We finally went to check out the 'Glendale Glitters' hype.  We loved the lights, but didn't love the crowds.  It was like we were on a moving walkway in the airport because there were so many people.  

The bus ride to and from the parking lot was the highlight of the evening for Cyrena.  She has always wanted to go on a bus!

Cuddling with Daddy.  We still haven't caught any of those award-winning smiles on camera yet.  Soon I hope.  She sure is a cutie and looks so much like her sister!

The proud gardener.  David harvested this awesome looking broccoli and we ate it with dinner that night!  Yum!!  He sure loves his garden, I'm glad he has this hobby because we all get to benefit from it!

Yep, we are ashamed to admit it but we took a 5 week old to a Suns game.  We kept her bundled and protected the majority of the time.  We needed to get out!  Cyrena was in heaven!!  In this picture she is pointing to the gorilla mascot on the court who does many, many tricks during the timeouts.  Everyone around us loved watching Cyrena's enthusiasm, I think her hands were raw from clapping so much.  

Natalie is 6 weeks tomorrow and we are able to see little improvements everyday.  She seems less fussy in the evenings and is sleeping pretty well at night.  She just LOVES to be held, who wouldn't??  Cyrena is going to be 3 in a week, I can't believe it.  She is such an amazing little girl.  We leave for Christmas vacation a week from Saturday.  Woo-hoo!!!