Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone had a safe Halloween. Below are some pictures from our day. Sorry to be short and sweet but I want to go get in the bed because I am hoping we have a busy day at the nursery tomorrow. Blaine was Spiderman but just wanted to paint his hair red and really loved it. In fact he said there was enough left over that my Daddy could use some on his hair too, but that did not happen. Brittney was Princess Giselle and may I say the prettiest Princess Giselle I have seen. Brent was the joker but really disappointed that the scars he bought did not work. Although I still thought he looked pretty good and he would not smile for the camera because he said he was being in character. Enjoy and do not forget to set your clocks back tomorrow. Boy do I look forward to that extra hour of sleep that my kids will most likely suck right out of me.

Just some quick pics

These are the pics from Brittney and Blaine helping Daddy decorate his pumpkin on Sunday. He finally gave in after the would not stop whining until he did it. I love the decorations he got from Kirklands last year if anyone ever sees any get them for me. Brittney is my scaredy cat and would probably run if someone made a face and noise at her.

Where does the time go?

Wow, I can not believe it has been over two weeks since I posted. Hopefully soon everyone will be getting back to normal. Brent is doing good with his physical therapy. This week he was supposed to start going twice a week but we (Brent) got the days mixed up and we missed the one on Monday. Last week there was not one day that I did not have one of the little ones at home. Brittney has a bladder infection and Blaine has a sinus infection and two ear infections. The funny thing with Blaine is he had a fever but never complained to me. While we were in the Dr.'s office the Dr. was saying how he had a lot of energy and it was probably just a virus. Then he looked in his left ear. His exact words were "Wow, I really did not expect to see that in there it is really gross." I had already told him Blaine was not a complainer but I guess he did not understand me.

On Saturday we had a pretty good day at the nursery. We got some new customers and we are always thrilled when we get repeat customers. We have been trying hard not to think about our neighbors who drive right past us to get their stuff somewhere else...LOL!! The pictures below are from the nursery the Saturday before.

How cool Blaine went to take a pic of the camellia and a bee flew in. We have sold almost all of the double blooming knockout roses. My questions is why do I not have one of these at my house?

Brent went to the homecoming dance on Saturday. It was a cute group of kids. Below are some pictures I took before they left.

The one in the green dress was actually the homecoming queen. Emily smiling on her way to the Limo.

Brent and Emily in the limo. They get to play DJ.

The rest of the limo. I am assuming Emily is thinking what have I got myself into at the point. When did the homecoming dance become such a big deal. Beautiful dresses and limos... WOW!!

Well I am off to do laundry and will try to do better from now on at posting!! Hope all is going well with you and yours!

Neat story

Today I had just got back from taking Brent to PT when Cathy called and said there was a lady dying to buy some pansies at the nursery. So of course I got my shoes on and went up there. The neat part is that I had sent out an email with the pictures of my pansies which you all got and someone had forwarded to these people. I do not even know the person who had forwarded it but they drove all the way from High Point to buy 4 trays of pansies. She said the pictures were what made her drive that far because they were so different from your usual pansies. When they went to pay though the daughter had locked her keys in the car so I got to spend a little extra time with Karen and Frances. Karen home schools her fifth grade son so we had quite a bit to talk about while they waited for Triple A to unlock the car. I just thought that was neat that because of a simple email I got some new customers!!

Pansy pics

This AM I stopped to take a few pictures of the pansies. Sorry they are not the best because of all the rain we have had and also I stopped before the dew had time to dry this morning. Also I tried mainly to take pictures of the different pansies but we still have the standards. If you know anyone who needs any please send them my way!!
You can click the picture to see a larger view!


The one on the left is light purple violas and the one on the right is clear blue pansies. My camera did not do the pansies justice. Do not forget Violas in your plantings because they will bloom in colder weather than the pansies.

The orange is what Blaine put in our box for the back deck since it one of his favorite colors. he also put some purple violas. I can not wait to take some pics of it once it starts to fill in. I think I may do me a pot of the orange and black pansies for Halloween. I forgot to get a picture of the black ones...oops!

More of those powerful violas!!

I can not wait to see what this purple cabbage grow!


The ones on the left are awesome. Sorry about the bad picture. The ones on the right have a light purple wing. Really pretty!
Just one of the pretty perennials we have to plant!

Cold, cold go away

Well I went back to the Dr. on Thursday and on top of my bronchitis I had a sinus infection. They put me on a stronger antibiotic and I am still waiting for it to really kick in. The month of September has seemed nonexistent for me. At the beginning my Nanny passes away and then Brent has his surgery and I have been sick the past couple weeks too. It is amazing to me that it is almost over.

We had an awesome day yesterday because the youth group from church came over. They are such a good, fun group of kids with awesome leaders. We hope they enjoyed it as much as we did. Mike vacuumed before they came and I enjoyed that. I will have to remember to tell his Daddy b/c I always see him vacuuming and tell I wish Mike would do it.

Today Brent goes back to the Dr. for his post op visit. I am not sure if they will take the staples out today or not. Also Brittney goes on her first field trip today and when they sent home the form Brent's post op visit had already been set so I was not able to go with her. Most likely it is a good thing but I still do not feel 100% but I am sure it would have been fun and I could have took a lot of pictures. She was really excited about it and I can not wait to hear her tell me about it this afternoon.

This morning I went and took some pictures of my pansies at the nursery. When I unloaded my camera I found a lot of "unique" pictures that the kids had taken, mostly Blaine. There are a couple of Blaine with the kitten that Brittney took. I am going to upload some below. Enjoy!!

How nice, Blaine's self portrait of picking his nose and yes he took this himself. We have to talk this afternoon.

It is really fun when I unload my camera because I never know what I am going to find. Have a great Monday!!