Will the tulips freeze tonight?

The tulips are beautiful this year! We have them in front of our house, behind our house and in the garden areas surrounding our house. Against the green grass they are bright and beautiful. Thomas has selected many new varieties. I wish I could really do them justice with my photographs.

These are my favorites. They are bright yellow rimmed with red. Then red comes up from the center. I think they are just gorgeous!

Tonight I picked several bouquets as it is supposed to freeze tonight! Will these beauties survive? There's no way we can cover all of them. So what will they look like in the morning? I guess we'll find out!!??!!

We have planted our seeds for our veggie garden. As they sprout in the basement under the lights, we will transplant them and acclimate them to the outdoors. It's a great time of year watching everything come to life. It's also a scary time as storms and tornadoes have been quite prevalent. We got in on some excitement at my Mom's in central Illinois several weeks ago. Thomas' hometown, El Reno, Oklahoma, had tornadoes last night. Brother Carol said family was OK. Not sure about the amount of damage in the area. Ick!!!

Keep warm tonight....and tomorrow enjoy the beauty all around you!!!

Dirt.....at Darwin & Norman

Four yards of dirt were delivered to our driveway this week! We created a new flower bed in the back of the house and needed dirt to raise it up plus some other areas in need of a little help. SO, the truck dumped...and Thomas carried with his trusty cart all of the dirt to the back bed and other areas.






Shelby was here and thought the pile was really huge. I'm sure Thomas thought that as he worked to redistribute it in our yard. Pictures will follow on the "new bed".





Here's a few "grandchildren" pictures taken on Palm Sunday. Papa finally got to hold William. He had an allergy reaction or cold or something when William was born and didn't want to risk "sharing" it with young Will. So here they are getting to know each other....but William is sleeping through this moment!!





And the girls were posing in their yard. They have an area where sillia bloom in the spring.
They are bright blue and very pretty against the green grass. Makes a nice background fo a picture. But, I'm not sure about the face Shelby is making.

A sleep-over with Shelby

Last week when Shelby had to have the ultrasound, Riley spent the night with us because Shelby's appointment was early in the morning. Miss Shelby let me know that Riley got to sleep-over - when was she going to get to have a sleep-over. Tuesday night was the night. Riley's choir at church is done practicing for the season so they had a family potluck. I had bell choir practice so the plan was for Shelby to come home with me after the potluck/practice. For those of you not familiar with Aldersgate, there are glass windows between the worship area and the narthex. Our bell choir practices in the worship area. When Shelby (and Riley and Jenn and Scott) arrived, Shelby was pulling her overnight case. She came to the windows and waved, big, making sure that I saw her and her traveling case. As soon as our practice was over, Shelby came busting in very excited about coming home with me. As we were leaving the church, Shelby was pulling her suitcase. Riley said, "Shelby, I am going to miss you!" Shelby and Riley hugged and Shelby said to her sister, "Riley, I have you in my heart!" What a kid!!

Shelby is my popcorn eater. So she and Grammie snuggled in with popcorn and a movie, "The Incredibles." Shelby was very excited that she could stay up late because she had taken a nap in the afternoon. Well, Grammie's bedtime was fast approaching. After a little convincing, Shelby decided it was time to go to sleep about 10:30 p.m. One thing about sleeping with Miss Shelby......she is a snuggler. She was pretty much right next to me most of the night. When it thundered, she snuggled closer. Whenever she would wake up, she would throw her arm around me and kiss me or put her hands on my cheeks and kiss me. Precious moments!!

Breakfast was a special request of chocolate chip pancakes. From there we watched part of another movie while playing with the toys, played games, and "worked" outside. Shelby loves to pick up rocks. Well, Darwin and Norman is a great place for rocks. We are sure that there were small rocks dumped on here years ago as they continue to work up to the surface. So Shelby and her little yellow bucket picked up rocks for Grammie's "rock" walkway. Then it was lunch on the deck before heading back to Shelby's house.

Me and William

I got to spend the last two nights with William. Poor Momma (Heather) has had a couple of infections and has been a sick girl since the weekend. Daddy was worn out doing night duty with both Momma and William and then working all day. Grandma Peggy is spending her week off helping out during the days . Grandma Cori got called in for some night relief for Daddy. William and Grammie settled in the great room and got all cozy.




Doesn't he look relaxed?

He was great for me and I enjoyed getting to know him better. He's so much fun to watch! I'm ready to have great conversations with him...with him responding!!!





Here are some pictures for Uncle Tony and Aunt Julie of William in his cool swing. It's pretty fancy. I think you need a license to operate it! William thinks it's a great place to take a snooze.

He's a cutie!!!







I'm glad to report that both Momma and Daddy looked much better this morning and ready to resume night duty again. I hope William is as good for them tonight as he was for me the last two!!