A few more photos..

Here are some photos of Asher before and after his first hair cut...

One of the mystery shrubs.. any ideas? The flowers look like mini daisies with yellow centers. They covered the whole stem before there were any leaves, and now there are more flowers and just a few leaves.


A pretty forsythia, and another photo of a quince.
This is one of the mature plum trees. We assume it's just for decoration, but of course we have the faint hope that it might produce fruit :)

This is Micaela with Sally the kitty kitty.

This is Micaela modeling some of the daffodils. She informs me we have thousands, and that is good since she has picked hundreds.

This is Micaela with Striper, the shy kitty. It is really strange that Asher can catch Striper, but Ian and I can't.

Gabriel wanted his picture made too. He is always accompanied by his dumptruck, hoe and shovel.

Here he is swinging. I love the grin ;0)
I'm not posting a photo of me, but I still have a ginormous belly.

Except for the haircut, all the pictures are from today. I'm using this to help me remember when things bloom, and where they are. So far I've given away about 25 clumps of lillies from the lilly bed. I'm trying to make room for strawberries and peas. There's at least 50 more clumps in that bed, and they can all be divided about 6 times I think. The irises are in very bad need of division. I've never done any flower gardening before, and I'm afraid to ruin them, but they all need to be moved to make room for vegetables. I'll keep a few, but I don't need 100s and 100s of bulbs! Chas, if you're reading stop by any time for lillies or irises. I can't promise you a certain color, but I can promise a profusion :)

While we were outside today, Asher was catching up on his sleep. He hasn't run a fever at all since the hospital, and his breathing is sounding 100% better. His cough is not bad at all now unless he's mad. Nathaniel didn't want to come out- he was working puzzles.