Shout out to Coop Dog...

Being busy with five children's activities I nearly forgot to say........

Happy Birthday to Cooper....

He turned 12 on May 11th, the day after my birthday.

Instant gratification

Back at the beginning of the month, Eric had said that he wanted to go to Home Depot to look at what they had for our garden.  Up until this point we had only tilled under the area we wanted to plant in and fertilized it.  We had discussed what various plants we wanted and were they would fit best. When we got there I was grabbing plants left and right, throwing them in the cart. "I want these, and these, and ohh some of those!!"  He was putting them back on the shelves as fast as I was tossing them in the cart.  He had to explain to me what his intentions were, which was all seeds, no starts. 

Me "Umm.. NO.  I need starts" 

Eric "Why?"

Me "I need instant gratifications.  I need to SEE it all"

Needless to say I had a small baby tantrum in the Home Depot Garden Department because I wanted to see greenery.  After he brought me back to reality, he gave me his reasoning as to why it all had to be seeds, the price.  It's quite a cheaper to purchase the seeds than the plant starts.  Fine, I give in. 

So, on the 7th of May, Eric planted my garden all from seeds, minus the tomatoes and strawberries (I wouldn't budge on those).  Six days later this is what I got....

 Thai Radishes

 Spinach

 Corn

 Sugar Snap Peas

 My strawberries already have green heads on them!!

Since then my carrots, chives, bell pepper, jalapeno peppers have all sprung up as well. 

When one of your weakness's is patience, God gives you plenty of opportunities to practice it.  I am now extremely grateful for the wonderful garden that I have in bloom.  I just can't wait until they all come to fruition..

Welcome Baby Scotlyn

On May 16th, Eric's little brother's wife finally went into labor with their 4th child.  Scotlyn Camry Reel graced us with her presence at 9:53am weighing in at 8lbs 3oz and 20 in long.  She was due to arrive on the 5th but thought she'd hang on for 11 more days...

Trent refused to hold her, I had to beg him.  After I got some pictures he asked me if he could be done yet.

Caitrin and Tarren couldn't get enough of her. 

This is grand baby #17 to the Reel Family.

F-I-V-E

Happy Birthday, Caitrin Mae!

I can't believe you are 5!!!

Conversations...

Setting: On the way home from Trent's baseball game. He played catcher (and he LOVES it!), this will be his third year playing that position.

Dad: Son, you did awesome out there tonight.
Trent: Hey, how much do you think I'd get paid if I played like I did in the Majors?
Dad: Well, let's just worry about the next game. I don't think the recruiters are out yet.

Those people...

On the first Sunday of every month, our church has a meeting called Bridge Builders. It's about the direction of the church, leaders and ministries group up and discuss what's going to happen next and it's a HUGE potluck with yummy food. Eric and I attend because we are apart of two ministries, and let's face it, it's a night I don't have to cook dinner and have an awesome meal all for free.

Last Sunday was no exception and we attended. As our pastor was about to open up in prayer, my brother in laws phone went off. He hurried to ignore it and shut it down. Eric and I just chuckled. Not even two seconds later my phone goes off. I scrambled to shut my down as well. Not only did I get a dirty look from Eric, Pastor Brad thought he needed to shoot one my way, too. No sooner did I shut my phone down and Eric's blew up. At that point, Pastor Brad stopped and came over to our table and asked if everything was ok. He looked over to Tarren and said, "Honey, is your phone next?" With out missing a beat, "Nope, mine's in the car."

It was my mother just wondering what was going on and why she couldn't get a hold of anyone. The only reason Jonnie's didn't go off was because her phone was dead.

Yeah, we were "those people" at church....

Conversations...

Setting: Trent had found a 1952 wildlife book. It talks about animals and their habitats. He found the pages on armadillos and read to me the expert.

Trent: Mom, it says here that they have four to six babies and all the same sex. Why would they say "sex"? That's not a good word to put in a wildlife book.

Mom: In this case son, it means gender. It means that babies will be all girls or all boys. Not a mixture.

Trent: Oh, why all the same?

Mom: I'm not sure. Sounds like a conversation to have with God. (I always say that when I don't know the answer and don't exactly have time to research it)

Trent: Or.. I could just Google it.

Yes, yes.. Why didn't I think of that?