It's Raining...It's Pouring!

It's keeping us out of our garden...We love the rain it's really great, but we only have half of our garden done. This weekend was reserved for the other half of planting and for our worm farm/compost, but the rain caught us. It did allow me to make another batch of soap. I can't wait to be able to cut it to see what it looks like. This batch is floral, but not overly sweet, a little powdery, and rose clay was added for color.

Celebrating Earth Day

Yesterday was Earth Day. In honor and celebration we started on our gardening adventure that is one step closer to becoming more self-sufficient. We spent the whole afternoon outside filling pots and planting our first vegetables and herbs. We used this as an opportunity for school learning about the plant structure and what plants need to survive, grow and produce seeds and fruit. We also started our seed beds for several other vegetables and herbs in order to see how a plant can start out as an itty bitty seed and grow into a big plant(this is science for my preschooler). Now the big question is can we do just as well in pots as in the ground? Stay tuned to see our progress, pictures next week.

What A Week!

We just got home from a wonderful, relaxing week that allowed me time to step back and reflect on everything going on in our lives. It is nice to have time to see and appreciate all the blessings in life. My mom came up for Nathan's First Communion and we went to Evansville, Indiana to the Daughters of Charity Convent. We spent the entire week on the grounds visiting my great aunt, who is a nun living there. It was really great to visit with her. Since moving to Mississippi we missed her annual trip home twice, and have been planning to visit her for about 5 years, so being able to go was a blessing and a gift that I will never forget. The time there with her and on the grounds was priceless. We had time to relax, fish, play with the kids, visit with some of the residents(most were in retreat and not talking), saw lots of wildlife, visit the chapels on the grounds and spend lots of quiet time walking the grounds. From every angle there was a beautiful sight. It was so exciting ,while we were there the earth actually moved under our feet;we had our first experience with an earthquake that shook us out of bed at 4:30 Friday morning. Saturday we drove home and Celebrated Nathan's First Communion on Sunday, then in the afternoon on we went to the zoo to have a little more time with Granny before she went home.