Sunshine

 Today it was 86 degrees so Jackson and I played out in the water and worked on our suntan for Hawaii.  We played in the sprinklers and in his little whale pool.  I also spent about half an hour laying out in the hammock while Jackson took a nap. A beautiful day to soak up the sunshine.

Salsa Garden

Our first attempt at gardening is a salsa garden.  It consists of tomatoes, peppers, onions and cilantro.  We planted the seeds in the little pots and once they all started growing we moved them into a big pot in the back yard. I am hoping for lots of pico de gallo this summer!!!

We have also been growing a lemon on our lemon tree. There is one lemon in the tree and it has been growing for almost 6 months. In December the whole tree flowered and I thought we were going to get more lemons but all the flowers fell off.  Behind the lemon tree is a Bing Cherry Tree.  After we planted it we realized it needs another cherry tree to pollinate it in order to produce fruit.  So we need to go buy another cherry tree, and hope the bees get busy pollinating!  Maybe the lemon tree needs to pollinate, too.  A lady a work with told me to get a water coloring paint brush and next time the tree flowers to dab it in each of the flowers-maybe pretending to be a bee. I'll give it a shot..  

We also planted a few pots of flowers, its amazing how a little color can brighten up the whole back yard. 

Spending time with Jackson

Yesterday, Chis and I went to the Rockies game, we had a great time together! Jackson stayed home and had a sleepover with Grandma.

It has been so nice out, and we have been spending a lot o time outside playing, planting trees, flowers and vegetables.  Jackson got a new water table, he loves to put things in it, make big splashes and get soaking wet!

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Happy Easter!

We spent Easter in Cheyenne this year with hris's family. Grandma Donna had a whole day planned for little Jackson.  We died Easter eggs, which Jackson had more fun trying to eat the eggs than color them.  But we all got some good laughs!

The Easter bunny came and brought Jackson lots of fun things, one thing he got was a kite, he loved flying his kite with Daddy and Grandpa.

We had a very nice supper with all of Chris's family, and after we ate Jackson went on an Easter egg hunt.  He liked looking for all the eggs once he found out there were cookies and cheese puffs hiding inside!!

It was much different celebrating Easter without my family and I missed going to the Easter church service.  I was continuously reminded that the weekend wasn't about me or what I wanted.  And just because things were different, we were still celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior. 



Fun Weekend!

Jackson finally got over his ear infection and is feeling much better so we took advantage of the nice weather and took Jackson and Chris to the zoo-a first for both of them. Apparently, everyone else thought they would go to the zoo on Saturday, too. It was super crowded and not many of the animals were out. But we did get to see some-girraffes, bears, fish, birds, monkeys...so that was fun. We had a nice picnic, too.

 





We rented the new Footloose movie after the zoo and had movie night.

Sunday we went to Cheyenne so Chris could shoot his new gun. He really liked it, but he got an awesome bruise on his shoulder. I even shot it once, too. It has a nice kick to it!! Jackson was so cute, he had his camos on, hat, sunglasses and ear plugs.  I wish I would have had my camera. But he had a lot of fun playing in the dirt.

While getting ready for a bath, Jackson decided to unroll the whole roll of toilet paper, then when he got caught he acted like he didn't do it....

   

After 3 weeks of hating bath time, he finally decided he likes them again!! Yay!!



Pool Time

 

Today, we had a playdate with my friend Ally and her son Conor. We originally had planned to go to the toddler open gym at the Windsor rec center, but it turns out it is spring break so they cancelled it so the big kids could play.  So we went to the Greeley Family Funplex to the water park.  Jackson loved playing in the water, standing in the fountains, going down the water slides, playing in the waterfalls and floating along the lazy river. I don't know who had more fun, me or Jackson, I love being in the water!!! He even fell asleep before we left the parking lot. Swinning wore him out! We will definately have to do it again soon.



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