May Flowers 3

Japanese Cherry tree.

















Bradford Pear tree.














Can anyone tell me what these glorious purple flowers are?

May Flowers 2

Long John Silver keeps watch over our belongings in the garage. haha He's leftover from the old Long John Silver's restaurant.
















This is a Clematis vine that I just love.

















This is a lilac bush according to our landscaping map....?
Also there are some roses growing up the fence.

May Flowers

Having bought our first house less than a year ago, we're slowly getting to know our first lawn. The family that lived in the house before us did a GREAT job picking out plants and landscaping. Our hope is to keep it up and enjoy it as much as possible. Here are some photos of the beautiful flora in our yard. I'm not sure what all of their names are, so please tell me if you recognize something.

This is my first attempt as potting a plant! haha I found the pot at Big Lots along with the soil. The plant itself was transplanted from a gift given to me last month when my grandmother passed away. I think this plant would do well indoors, but I'm terrified of what the cats would do to it and what soil would do to my carpet. Eeek!

Pictured here you'll notice Tyler mowing the yard with our rotary mower. The violet flowers are Phlox and I like that you see them from the road. They were even prettier last week before all the rain hit.

I don't have a clue what these white flowery bushes are, but they are all down one side of the house and I love them. There were some big orange/red tulips nearby, but I failed to photograph them before they died.

More pictures to come. Enjoy!

Many March Birthdays

Birthdays!
In March we celebrated several of them: Chloe turned 5, Ben turned 6 (okay his birthday is in January, but we missed it so we celebrated by visiting him in March!) Tandy turned 26, Johnny turned 27 and both of Tyler's grandfathers: Elroy turned 82 and Alvia turned 99! Can you believe it?

Here are several pictures. You should be able to decipher them for yourselves. Chloe's party was in a gymnastics facility and her cake was Diego (from Dora the Explorer). We didn't get pictures of Alvia's party because a certain brother-in-law of mine refused to lend a hand. Maybe I can barrow someone else's pictures of the event.

I made one cake for Tandy and Johnny's little party and we went out to dinner at Rigatta.

Happy Birthday, All!