Ten on the Twelveth

My baby is 10!

I can't believe it. Just 10 years ago, he was born on the kitchen floor. Yep, you heard that right.

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This past Saturday (March 12th) Ev turned 10. It was wild! He had 4 friends come home with him on Friday after school and spend the night.

That's 5 boys total, plus Grace and her friend. The volume was unbelievable! No one went to bed before 3am. Well, except for Ev. He's my sleeper. When he's tired, he's out, no matter where his head falls. The boys couldn't believe he was sleeping through their loudness. I couldn't either.

His birthday theme was Pokemon.

Don't even ask me to explain anything about Pokemon. I try not to let my eyes glaze over whenever he tells me details about all the Pokemon and their types, and whether or not they are a fire Pokemon or a thunder one, etc. The boys were all just talking in their Pokemon lingo the whole night. I'm glad they understood each other, cause I sure didn't!

He had a great time opening their presents...

and watching movies like Lego's Hero Factory and Despicable Me. They enjoyed pizza and even a Pokemon cake.

We crashed on Saturday when everyone left. He took a 3 hour nap. Couldn't help the fact he was fighting a nasty cold too, which Grace and I ended up getting as well.


Just 10 short years ago Brent and I were in the hospital with a newborn baby at 4am, and we had an unbelievable story to tell. No one believed us. They thought we made it up. Who could have a baby on the floor because they didn't make it to the hospital in time?


I guess that would be us.


I just have to say, Evan's personality is EXACTLY like it was on the day he was born. He was 4 days late, but when he was ready, there was no stoppin' him. Today, I can say the same. If he doesn't want to do something, it's like moving a brick wall, but when he's ready, he's ready, and he'll complete anything. In his own time.


He's my cuddly, incredibly artistic, funny, a little weird sometimes, and utterly honest boy. This boy cannot tell a lie without it eating him up.


He told me the other day he wants to grow up and be a preacher, and he'd like to use the Veggie Tale movies to preach his sermons. (not sure how this would go over...but it's the first time he's said anything about being a preacher...)


We couldn't be luckier to have gotten to spend the last 10 years with him.


We love you Evan!

Has Spring sprung...YET?????

Ok. It's March 11th. Surely Spring is just around the corner, right? RIGHT??!!!


In the midwest, not so much. We're still enduring cold, cloudy, rainy days. Yesterday there was even SNOW! Ugh. I'm through with this already!

BUT, today, ah, today, the sun shone ALL DAY! I've been taking Vitamin D supplements since it's been so dreary here, but today, the real deal was outside.


Even the animals were excited.


You can't hear them, but the hens were clucking loudly!
and producing 12 eggs for us today. {Ah, the daylight does wonders for egg production too!}



The ewes (and Rambo, the only male) were delighting in the sun too.


Even our new puppy Marley was overly excited...oh wait, that might be just because he's a puppy!


By the way, isn't he adorable. He's in the with sheep now. His "job" has begun. He's getting used to the sheep little by little. Rambo is the only one he seems to have bonded with. We've witnessed, on two occasions, Marley licking all over Rambo's face, while Rambo stands completely still! Unbelieveable!

King of the pasture! {looks real tough, doesn't he?!}



After chores, I walked around the house looking, {and hoping} for some sign of life, some little "green" tidbit. This is all I got. I guess it's somethin'.


What I really can't wait to do is visit my favorite greenhouse, Prairie Trail Farm. You can find their website here.


Just look at her greenhouse.
This is where I got all my heirloom variety vegetables last year. They were GOOD! And not genetically altered in any way.


And look at all the arrangements she has in her greenhouse and around her shop.

Gorgeous!


So, with my tomatoes in boxes in the kitchen window (started from the tiniest of seeds), I'm ready to begin spring. Come on baby, let's get the show on the road!

I'm hooking up with Amy at Verde Farm's Farm Friend Friday. Come over and join me!

{Trip of my dreams}

I met my friend Kerri in Kokomo this past Saturday. I haven't seen her for months and months.

She and her family moved to Indianapolis about 3 years ago when her husband got a once in a lifetime job offer.

I miss her.

SO MUCH!

We decided to meet an an antique mall she had been to once before.

Three stories of brick bliss! {for those of you in Indiana, it's the Original Treasure Mart in Kokomo, IN.}

True to the fact that Kerri knows me so well, it was everything I had been dreaming about for weeks.

I really liked this bed/canopy.

The canopy is made from an old lampshade and LOTS of tulle. Grace would LOVE this! {I'm totally tryin' this.}

Right around the corner was this great set of nesting boxes for hens.

{NEVER thought I'd be perusing antique farm equipment and liking it!}

I did buy this, which caused an eye roll from Brent...but I plan on planting my red and pink geraniums in this once spring rolls around and putting it up on the porch.

There was booth upon booth of eye candy for me.

These were my actual purchases for the day. I was pretty happy with what I got, AND with what I spent. {There is a white picture frame down in the bottom that you can't see, and that silver looking this is an old towel rod.}

This is what I did with my purchases, minus the galvanized tub and the scrolled bracket.

I have a little bit of a globe/old map collection going on in my craft area, so this fit in great with what I already had.

The old tennis racket found it's way to the "game wall" in the living room.

The towel bar...oh yes, the towel bar. I thought long and hard about this one. I originally was going to use it in our downstairs bathroom as, well, a towel bar, but then I changed my mind.

This little bar inspired, an eclectic at best, little corner in the living room. The white picture frame I also purchased is what is hanging from the towel bar.

Everything else for this corner came from other areas of the house. I didn't have to buy anything.

I had a great time on my little "getaway."

I want to go again....soon. With Kerri.

How 'bout tomorrow?