My Little Garden

I took the day off and my Dad came over to make a little planting space for me in the back yard. It was a really fun day. We went to Home Depot together and got all of the ingredients (or I suppose you would call them supplies). Then I hauled bags of soil and dug the trench while my dad cut and connected all of the pieces to make the box. Then we went to Bachmanns together to pick out some great things to try to plant, followed by a trip to Dairy Queen in recognition of a hard days work. ;)

This year will be tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, snap peas, peppers, cilantro, garlic chives and curry. We never gardened much growing up so this will definitely be an experiment (especially the whole idea of growing something from seed- it's hard for me to believe something as little as a seed can get to grow into a nice plant). Wish me luck. And if there are any tips out there I'll definitely take them!!!

By the way, wasn't it gorgeous out today?

Happy 1st Birthday Leah!

It was Leah's first birthday yesterday. The whole family got together, all grandparents as well as her aunties and uncles were there to celebrate. She had fun being passed from family member to family member and walking around exploring the front yard. The adults had a fun time catching up-- especially my parents! Yup, they're back in town for a bit. It's really nice to have them around.

We had burgers, beans and salad for dinner. For dessert, cake. I found out that you can get a free birthday cake from either Lunds/Kowalskis/Byerlys for your child's first birthday as long as you bring in their birth certificate to prove it. Neat huh?!

Leah thoroughly enjoyed her cake, immediately had a bath and was back out in her pjs by the end of the night.

Scott is 30!

These are a few pictures from Scott's birthday celebration. The guys went to brew some beer at the Vine Park brewery and the gals went down the street to share a bottle of wine and have some appetizers. Kim did an awesome job planning a fun afternoon together.

Da Fence

Dear Henry,
For your 5 month birthday we are giving you a fence so that you may run free in our back yard. Mind you, this gift could've easily been:

• A back packing trip to New Zealand. (For your parents)

OR...

• A lifetime of dog food. (Your lifetime Henry)

But we decided to give you a fence because of your sad puppy eyes and adorable ways. Here is the transition for you to look back on...

BEFORE:
The the buried concrete wall that must've been fashionable at one time (otherwise why do it?)

AFTER:


And look at how much fun you have playing fetch with the hanger that you stole off our bed! It must be really nice not having to run with a rope attached around your neck.

HAPPY FIVE MONTHS HENRY!
Love, Casey and Megan

PS You're a lucky dog.

Casey is 32

We celebrated Casey's Birthday this weekend....and last weekend. We did quite a few activities in honor of Casey turning the big 3-2. The festivities began on April 17th with the family. Casey's parents, Katie, Adam, Annie, Marceah as well as my brother, Angie and Leah came to celebrate! Casey made some amazing chipotle burritos and we had some yummy banana cake for dessert.

Here Annie and I are sorta helping Casey blow out the candles.
(Credit goes to Annie for doing a fabulous job putting the candles on the cake--we put the whole box on! Also, notice the plume of smoke in the lower right hand corner. We had to open up the windows after the candles were blown out!)

Leah really liked the cake, she was taking fistfuls!


Day two of the birthday celebration we enjoyed one of Casey's favorite activities-baseball. I was mostly excited to have one of the famed Kramarczuk brats. YUM! It was worth every penny. Casey had a steak sandwich and then round 2 of food was empanadas and chicken fingers with french fries. The Twins unfortunately lost (boo! :( ) but we did enjoy seeing our first game in the new stadium! I surprisingly got pretty into the game too!

Yesterday was the final birthday celebration. We celebrated Casey and Britta's birthday with all of our friends. It was a great afternoon with friends, babies and puppies. I unfortunately didn't get any pictures at this event but there are some good one's on Britta and Kim's blog. It was really great to see everyone and am looking forward to the next time we can all hang out.

And of course it wouldn't be a blog post without an update on Henry's antics. Henry helped me clean the fridge on Saturday. I think he enjoyed the experience thoroughly.

Daycare for Dogs? That's Silly!

But it's true and it's amazing! We have never seen Henry so pooped out by the end of the day. He barely responded to us the whole night and often looked like the picture below. (In that picture he was trying desperately to keep his eyes open to watch us but failed). Today we are planning on spending the day getting the house cleaned up and preparing food to celebrate Casey's birthday. So I brought him in for the day so he could get some good playtime in before all of the kiddos come over. He was so excited when we walked into the daycare, his whole body was wagging when the handlers greeted him and brought him in the play area. It made me laugh. He's such a good dog.


Oh and the second picture was while Casey was using the blender. Henry was trying to hide behind me so I picked him up and had him just hang out on my lap to watch. Such a scardy cat! The vacuum is even worse, when I roll it out of the closet he disappears. His "safe spot" is the first step going down to the basement. He peeks out around the corner to supervise the "chaos" from there. Lol!

Bon Voyage

Today we had a going away party for Aunt Pam & Dave as well as Katie. Katie will be deployed in May for about 3 months. Pam and Dave are picking up and moving out West to Montana. We wish them all safe travels and lots of love.

Here is Pam, Katie and Annie playing with the balloons.

Here is a cute video of Annie counting with me by the garden.