Back from the Dead!

So... This is going to be a picture overload... I haven't posted on our blog for about 10 years and at least once, maybe even twice a week Devin asks me when I am going to post again. So I'm finally doing it! We are still alive! I would normally say that nothing exciting is going on in our lives, but that changed in the last couple of weeks. We saved up our pennies and had the opportunity to fly over to the United Kingdom with Devin's parents. We were there for a little over a week and we got to see some pretty cool stuff. It was my first time out of the country and we had a great trip! If you care to see, here are a few pictures from our trip.

Spotted Dick and Custard

Charles Dickens' Birthplace

Salisbury Cathedral (they have one of the original copies of the Magna Carta housed here)

Stonehenge

Bath Abbey

Castle Combe

The London Temple

"London Baby!"

Big Ben from a distance (this is the square where all of the students were protesting)

Buckingham Palace

Westminster Abbey

Tower Bridge

Tower of London (those Crown Jewels are awesome!)

Les Miserables

It was definitely fun to see the sights!

On a side note, I can't believe that Christmas is in 2 weeks! Is that weird to anyone else? I hope that everyone is doing well!

Devin's Firework Extravaganza (And Garden Pics)

Devin absolutely loves to play with (I mean light) fireworks. I think I would even venture to say that the 4th of July is one of his favorite holidays because he gets to light fireworks. This year he got the big pack and invited everyone over to my parent's house so that he could put on a show. It was pretty entertaining to watch all the boys take their turns trying to make flower bombs and lighting off other various fireworks.

Here's Devin lining them all up so he knows what order to go in - saving the biggest ones for last of course. I'm glad that he enjoys it so much. I just have to tell myself not to worry as all the boys light the fireworks in their hands and then throw them before they explode. I like to think they know what they're doing...

His garden is absolutely taking off! These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago so it's grown even bigger since.

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He told me on Sunday that we can't move because our contract starts in August and that's the worst time because that's right when all of his produce is coming on. We'll have to try to figure that one out for the future.

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Well, we had a great 4th of July weekend with lots of fun, family and food! Of course we missed all of our family who couldn't be there! I love this time of the year! But I can't believe we're already halfway through July. Unfortunately the summer is flying by!

Facelift

Our blog really needed a makeover. I'm hoping this will encourage me to post more often. I just needed something new to look at. So I finally sat down at work today and got it all figured out. I'm glad it's something new and different.

On another note... I feel really lazy lately. I am just finishing my second month of P90X but I think that gets cancelled out by watching tv (stupid tv shows that suck you in!!). I need more motivation. Any suggestions?

I am loving the warm weather but our swamp cooler doesn't work very well - this is not fun especially when we are trying to sleep. We need our landlord to take a look at it. It has been nice to enjoy many nice days, hanging out with the family, and we can't wait for the Gardners to finally get here so we can enjoy even more!

Well sorry this post was all over the place. One final thought - I think I need to get me some of these pants (the chick second from the left that is...). I know you all want some. ;)

(Sorry the links weren't working before. Hopefully this fixed it...)

And So It's Begun

Devin got some of his garden planted yesterday. It was the perfect day for planting and his garden looks awesome!

His tomatoes and peppers look great - he started these ones from seeds and has them growing up in our office right now.

Devin had a hard time getting his tomato cages to go far into the ground last year so he decided this year to dig up the rocks. He found quite a few down there. He didn't know what to do with them so he decided to put them around his tomatoes. I think they look pretty good. So here he has broccoli, tomatoes, onions, peas, beets, carrots and zucchinis planted.

He is also going to plant our neighbors garden and part of grandma's garden. We love summer produce!! And I love that Devin loves to garden!

We've Upgraded!

Devin and I have been saving our pennies for quite a while now and we finally saved up what we needed. We've had a decent sized TV since we've been married thanks to Devin, but we felt it was time to upgrade. Here is the TV that we started with. A 32".

And here's what we have now! An AWESOME 55"!

And just to give you a size comparison... The old and the new. :)

Our tv stand is another IKEA purchase so here's how it stands right now. We just need to adjust/add some new decorations to our living room and then we'll be set!

Needless to say, we LOVE it! You are all welcome to come over and watch movies whenever you'd like.