Justin's been working around the house a lot. He ground down, patched, stained & finished the concrete floor in the extra bedroom. I think it's pretty cool looking. He originally wanted to do it in the whole house but decided against it & we're going to tile the rest. Justin has re-done lots of the plumbing in the house. I finally realized it's ok for me to paint so we're both glad that there's at least one thing I can help with. Soon we'll start working on the baby's room.
We've been gardening a ton - can't wait until our efforts start to bloom. We've planted 295 bulbs (callas, ranunculus & anemones) & a cutting garden at the side yard of sweet peas, poppies & some unusual flower that I can't remember the name of & transplanted several of our potted plants to the garden & started new plants in the pots. We started some veggies inside in trays. Justin re-seeded the lawn in late fall. That's a funny story because his brother Zeb helped him & when Justin went inside for a break Zeb thought it would look nice to fill all the planters with grass seed, too. Seems like we have more grass in the planters than on the lawn. My muscle man wrastled this snaggle-tooth monster of a weed from the back yard yesterday.
On Valentine's day Justin took me to White Forest nursery & we picked out an Alexandria Saucer Magnolia tree & a red-leaf Japanese Maple & planted them in the front. I was very excited (still am). Here's what it should look like (ours is rather bare after the wind storm):
We love College Heights Ward. We got a long vacation from callings but they finally got around to putting us to work. Justin is the Cub Scout leader & I'm the RS Enrichment leader & Primary pianist. If you know me, you know I'm not an accomplished pianist so this one's a stretch for me - I even have trouble with primary songs & hymns but it forces me to practice & I am getting better.
Here I am at 6 1/2 months. I thought it was cool feeling the baby move - it's even better to look down & see my belly moving.
4 comments:
Yay! A new post!! I'm so glad you put a pic up of you pregnant!! :) You are too cute!!! And sounds like your house is really coming along which is so exciting. Good luck with your new calling...I am thinking that piano lessons would really be a good thing for me but we'll see if I ever actually do it. Anyway, I'm so excited for you to have your baby already! :) Keep those blog updates coming...
Love the PG side view. Little Jacque is going to have a baby. Boy, I am getting old. Justin really looks like it wasn't his idea to have his picture taken with the weed. Sounds like the house is coming along very nicely. Can’t wait to see all the flowers in the spring. What fun times. I agree with Megi, your fans like the updates.
Yippee! So cute! So cute...that's all I can say! Glad the fetus and house are both coming along nicely! You're loved!
OOO...I love the trees you got...I hope they thrive. You are so lovely. I think I remember playing dress up together and stuffing our shirts to look preg...funny to be in real life. It is cool when you can see the little one move...but also a little like a sci-fi movie! Don't you think? Haha!
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