Serena is 18 months old

My baby is growing up...fast! She is in nursery at church now and I miss her! I love the age she is at now though. She does the funniest,cutest things, she is learning so quickly and understands so much. I'm trying to get some good video of her that I can post. The only thing that's not cute is when she screams, either because she is frustrated because she can't get her way, or because she doesn't have something to eat. Seriously, she eats ALL THE TIME! If I didn't know better I would worry about her eating habits later in life, but I know it won't last.

I bought her a set of princess figurines to play with since I realized she doesn't have many girl toys to play with! She loves playing trucks with Connor. Now her princesses can ride in the back of the truck!

I love you Serena!

Decompression

Thursday evening I taught a gardening class at the church for the ladies which I was very excited about. I don't claim to be an expert gardener, in fact, don't use my garden this summer as an example of my gardening skills, but in preparing to teach, I learned a lot. I'm excited to now use those things I learned to plant lots of veggies for fall. I started composting a little while ago and am learning the importance of rich soil (and less stinky garbage!). I came home after teaching and decompressed. Since the beginning of May I have had one thing after another to do and not much time in between. There has been a lot of time also spent on home projects because a few times within the past two months we have found houses that we love and thought we would try and buy. But we have come to the realization that it is not our time yet, and we still have lots to do here. The beginning of June is always a busy time for me because our anniversary is on the 10th, Mike's mom's birthday is the 11th, my dad's birthday is the 13th, then Father's Day is the following Sunday. Plus this year we had a family reunion on Father's Day that my dad and I were in charge of. So now it is summer and all I have to do are my regular activities and home projects. Right now I am sanding and painting the windows in our bedroom-I hate that job! THat's why I haven't done it in the past 7 years! There is a lot of sanding and painting of trim around the house that we have to do this summer. At least it will look good when it is done. And I have to give so much credit to my husband. Since school has ended he has worked his tail off around the house. Our back porch is nearing completion, our front porch is finished and looks great. In fact, we spend a lot more time out there. We got a roofer to fix a leak so that Mike was able to put up dry wall this past week on our landing-something I have anxiously awaited for 2 months now! Once that project is done then we can move on to the kitchen-the BIG project! We may not finish that until next spring depending on resources and how extensive our renovation will be. I am grateful for all the events of these past two months, but I am also grateful to not be so busy right now! Happy summer!