My Own Flowers

I've never had my own flowers. Although we don't have tons, there are a few flowering plants in our yard that are so beautiful this morning. I picked a rose for my dining room table. It smells so good! And I just LOVE the blue flowers (I don't even know what they're called)! It's a beautiful, sunny day today and I couldn't resist taking these photos.

Parrots Everywhere!

Each morning, a flock of wild parrots flies through our neighborhood. They are very noisy, but beautiful. This morning I decided to try to get some pictures of them because they stopped right in our trees. Several of them were in the palm tree in our back yard. There were about 30-40 altogether.The dogs went crazy! I wish I had a better digital camera so I could get in closer.

Leah's First Track Meet

Leah had her first track meet last week. She competed against about 50 other 6th grade girls from several different schools in the area. She came in 24th (3rd in her school). We were so proud. Here are a couple of photos of her during the race.



The Push to the Finish Line

Our New House!

We finally took a few photos of our house. We need to borrow Ryan's camera because he has a wide angle lens. We couldn't really show much in the inside shots.


View From Top of Driveway


View From the Street


View From Our Front Porch Looking Out


Our Backyard (see the patch of grass?)


Living Room


Family Room Downstairs

A Rainy Day

This is my first blog posting! Who knows how well I'll keep up with this, but I'm going to give it a try. When I get a job, I may not keep up very well.

We are really enjoying our first house. There is so much to do, but we are slowly getting things taken care of. This morning, our Jack Russell Terrier, Bristow (see photo below), fell in the pool! I was in the back yard checking on the progress of our newly-planted grass. I heard a splash, turned around, and saw her struggling to get out of the pool. I ran over to her and bent down to get her out just as she went under. It was scary, but kinda funny. You know that scared the doo doo out of her. She's never done that before. It's scary to think what would have happened if I hadn't been right there. She knows how to swim, but she doesn't know how to get to the steps of the pool to get out. We tried to teach her just in case something like that did happen when we weren't home, but today made me realize that she didn't learn the lesson.


Dakota and Bristow

Today is a cloudy, drizzly day in Lakeside. Gene is sleeping (he works nights) and the girls are at school. I finished cleaning the kitchen and did a little straightening up in the house. Now I'm going to eat some soup, curl up with a warm blanket by the fire and watch "Gone With the Wind."