A little bit of this...a little bit of that..

This last week has been a whirlwind...but I'm ok with that. I like to keep busy and I like to feel that I have accomplished something once and a while.
The kids and I worked outside almost all last week...weeding and trimming and planting. We don't have much land ...but man it takes a lot to keep it looking nice...and we don't live in one of those neighborhoods where it doesn't matter what your backyard looks like...unfortunetly we are lined by people on all sides and more often than not...welcome neighborhood friends in our backyard rather than our front...so ..there is no slacking off...everything needs to look at least halfway descent....so finally...it is...well almost...I have to weed the kids play area again....note to all who are doing any "play construction" in the future...the black plastic and stones does nothing to keep out the weeds...eventually they make there way through no matter what....
But anyway...we also have planted our own little garden in the back by the shed...I call it my salsa garden...because it only has cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeno's, chives and basil in it...we tried for parsley but the rabbits ate that up pretty quick....and even after catching them....I think the plant is still done for. But, we are excitedly watching our little plants everyday...Even though the kids and I have always gone to my mom's and helped with her massive garden and have always recieved fresh veggies from our neighbors gardens as well..it's kinda fun to have a little plot of our own...now I don't have to go to my mom's for fresh herbs either. :)
We hit a wedding this weekend of a co-worker of Keith's ...it was the first non-church wedding I think I have ever been at...in fact....God was not spoken about nor even mentioned. It was kinda sad and although everyone looked beautiful it was missing something for me. But, the food was amazing and the location was fancy and beautiful so I gotta give them props for that part. On our way home Keith and I surveyed the damage from the tornados...unbelievable that something could hit that close to home and be so severe....it was like a scene out of twister and I was ready to get home and hug my kids when we were done.
This week has begun pretty good. We've been keeping busy and taking bike rides every night to strengthen Lucy's legs and gross motor skills. She's doing pretty good. We've been told it will take awhile for her to learn to ride bike period...much less years before she will be able to ride without training wheels but we figure if we work with her on a daily basis with it...the chances are greater that she will overcome this at a faster rate. We rode all the way to the meat market today and she did really well. Sometimes with Lucy we forget how behind she is until something reminds us...that's usually Ella. At 2 and 1/2 Ella is now dressing herself better than Lucy and she is riding the trike that Lucy just learned to ride last summer at almost 4 years old. It's frustrating to feel that she has come so far but see how far she has to go yet. We just keep helping, hoping and praying.
So that's the scoop on us....more later..

Make'em laugh...

We returned from PA and Maria's Graduation on Monday night. The trip was as always relaxing and great. I LOVE going there...many times Keith and I ask ourselves on the way home why we do not live there...half of our friends (who are in the states) live there and so does a lot of the family. Oh...and it's be-autiful there in the mountainessness.....but we live here..in our little village....how exciting :) :)....no but seriously it was so much fun and had lots of laughs.
I don't know how many times I was introduced to friends of my cousins and they thought I looked like Grace...they could see a family resemblence....so weird...seeing as though she is Greek/Lebenese/American....dark skin/eyes/hair and I am as Caucasion as it gets with my blond hair/pale skin/blue eyes...oh well...the funniest thing that made me laugh was when one of Maria and Grace's friends found out I was their cousin and said...and I quote "That's so cool you're greek"....ahhahahahahah!!! I look soooo greek...obviously this 19 year old has never been to greece...so funny.
Then there was Lucy talking to Traci's belly...saying Hi baby, Hi Baby...I'm Lucy...Hi baby boy...so cute!!! and Keith getting in an accident on his way to Lancaster and the people in the car behind trying to convince him that the guy that hit him was drunk...so Keith calling 911 and keeping them on the line like 10 minutes only to find out the guy was not drunk and there was no damage to the car...
We also had some laughs about Grace calling a local winery a wienery...hahahahah...still laughing about that....and of course Paul scaring the crap out of us when we were sitting in the kitchen at 1130 at night when he reached his hand in the kitchen window with no warning screaming at us to unlock the door....I've never heard Maria scream that loud...:):):) Laughing with my aunts/cousins and grandparents is the best...that's why I love em so much.
Now that we have recovered from the weekend my kids are starting to relax and become their fun selves again...Gideon was talking to Lucy today about heaven...he was telling her how there will be a castle for her in heaven and she'll be a princess and "there might be a boy there in heaven for you that might play with you".....ok????? so confused where he pulled that out of...but funny just the same...and just a few minutes ago when they were playing on the floor Gideon told Lucy in the most seriousness of voices..."Lucy...you can NEVER trust a mermaid"....ok......well I thought it was hilarious!! But I just may be tired... :) Keith comes home tonight from the Ark so relief cometh......oh and fresh strawberries from my mom's may revive me....YUMMY!!!!
More later :) :)