Happy Easter!

Holidays are so much fun when you have a little one to share them with.  We had such a fun Easter weekend.  Last year we bought a bike trailer at a yard sale for $20 and we took it out for a spin on Saturday.

Daddy was a trooper and pulled the trailer.  It's the first time I didn't get left in the dust on our bike ride.

 My family had an Easter egg hunt on Saturday night and Charlie loved picking up the eggs and putting them into his bag.

 Charlie looked so cute on Easter Sunday in his cute new outfit! (I had a really hard time getting a good picture!)

 Charlie got some bubbles in a cute Easter basket from Ralynn and Toby and he LOVED the bubbles!

 He got this cute outfit from Grandma Rowland for his birthday and it's finally warm enough to wear it. Thanks Grandma!

I heart Pinterest!

 So the other day my brother said that no one really has time to do any of the things that they see on Pinterest.  I beg to differ!

This isn't anything new and exciting, but I found the instructions for covering a wipes case.  I made matching burp cloths and a binky chain and put it together with some baby lotions in a basket from the dollar store which made a darling baby shower gift.

 I turned this...

 ...into this! Jared's words: "I really like that table.  I guess Pinterest can serve a purpose aside from hours of entertainment for my wife!" 

 The Very Hungry Caterpillar cake for my nephew Benjamin's b-day party.

 A watermelon "cake" for our "It's Summer" party with my teacher friends.

 I made a cute keychain for my mom, since she just got a new car (finally, her old one was quite literally on it's last leg!).

I also make new recipes that I find on Pinterest all the time.  Some are better than others, I have to admit.

Okay, this one's not from Pinterest, but since I'm not teaching anymore, I've found my creative outlet in sewing.  I made this for our ward auction and it was such a hit, another ward member asked me to make her one too.  It was a lot of fun.  I also made Charlie's frog costume and a dress for me (which I hate, but I'm hoping to tweak so I will like it).

 So, this is to Andy (not that he will probably even see this).  Pinterest is awesome! And, well, I feed Charlie 5 times a day.  I need something to do with my time!

Mad Gardening Skills

I have had so much fun in my garden this year.  I guess I got a little bit of a green thumb from my dad who loves to garden.  (Jared insisted I posed for an action shot!)  Here are my tomatoes at the beginning of the season.

Here they are mid-season.  My dad might have helped a little in stringing them up.  He's got the system down.  I ended up with a lot of tomatoes.

I even got ambitious and canned some salsa.  By the end, I decided that would be the one and only time I canned salsa!  However, a friend of mine told me about a salsa mix you can buy and you only have to add fresh tomatoes.  So I tried that one too and it was good!  I even taught my young women how to make it!  This is me and my friend Stephanie making salsa the hard way the first time.

While I was in the canning mood, I also did a whole bunch of beans. Some were from my little garden, but I'll be honest, most were from my dad's. You should note that most of this happened BEFORE school started!  Now that school is back in, I don't seem to have much time for anything and my garden is suffering!

Here's the embarrassing part.  You know how EVERYONE can grow zucchini?  My zucchini didn't grow!!!  I guess I planted it too deep so it took forever to sprout and is now just coming on.  Luckily for me the zucchini fairy left a whole bunch on my front porch!

In fact, it was so readily available, I was looking for creative ways to use it.  Our favorite so far?  Zucchini pizza!  It's seriously good!

I really love working outside in the garden and in the yard.  The produce is nice too!