There are so many things happening just this month that are all so fun and exciting! The Atlanta Temple is reopening after having been renovated for almost 2 years. I have been so blessed to have watched it's progress over the last couple years, as I drive by it two times a day every day on my way to work. I am pretty excited about the activities surrounding the re-dedication, and President Monson will be here to do it. I hope we are able to watch the dedication, I have never seen one before. We are going to take a tour prior to the dedication though, and I'm pretty excited. If you're not a member of our church and would like more information, you too can visit the open house before it is dedicated. Click here. It's been interesting not having a functioning temple that we can regularly attend the last 2 years, it'll be nice to be able to go back more often.
My BFF Andrea from UT is coming to visit this week, which makes me as giddy as a school girl. I miss living close to her, and am SOOOOO stinkin' excited she's coming to see us. The last time she was here was when we were married 4 years ago- so it should be fun! We are taking her with us to the temple open house tour.
THEN... my sister Delinda will be in town for a short visit for an art conference at Emory, so we will get to spend an evening with her as well! And my brother just called and he is probably coming again next week for work! And I may have a couple of photo shoots this month as well!
THEN... We're going to Destin, FL at the end of May and I have a wedding to photograph the week before that. THEN... like two weeks after that (mid-June), we go to Utah! YAY! We get to see all sorts of friends and family (I hope!). We start off seeing our friends the Christensen's in Vegas and then from there on out I'm not sure what the plan is. But I hope we can see as many people as we can! I'm so super excited to see my mommy and daddy and to squeeze and hug them and kiss their cute cheeks, and go to my sister Shauna's resting place to see the new headstone we all chipped in for in person. AND of course, all my nieces and nephews.... oh and I guess my big brothers too!
THEN... no just kidding... but it will be the 4th of July soon after that and we get a day off for that. We plan on doing other various activities this summer. Hopefully some tubing in Helen? Or even white water rafting? Camping? YES PLEASE! We will be busy! But I think we function well with busy.
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| Tulips & Daffodils we planted as bulbs |
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| Who knew ferns could be so interesting? |
We have been tending to our yard lately. I took a special project on this year, the flower bed in the
backyard behind our bedroom. It has been covered with leaves for pretty much the whole time we've lived here and I just got sick of looking at it and decided one Saturday to clean it up. I've planted some bulbs that I'm not really sure when they'll come up; some bleeding hearts and some astilbe. I know you care right? But my point is, I'm excited to see how it all turns out to be, because it's mostly shaded so it should be pretty lush in a couple years with pretty greenery and the flowers from above said bushes I planted.
Our veggie garden is growing pretty good. I'm trying to feel as much motivation and excitement about it this year as I did last... I'm trying. We planted asparagus this year though, which apparently has to mature a year. We planted carrots and broccoli this year and no tomatoes. Ryan's parents usually have a forest of them (literally) and so I figured we'll just eat theirs! Our front yard looks pretty good too. Lots of new plants coming up from bulbs we planted, and we just put some new mulch down. It's getting warmer and warmer out and all of the spring/summer noises outside are getting louder and louder. We were just sitting out on the front porch saw some bats, listened to frogs and an owl in the distance... pretty soon we'll have lightning bugs! And boy, we're getting our typical stormy weather too. Last week there were severe storms (which translates to potential tornadoes here in the South) and tonight we're expecting another. Too bad they're in the middle of the night which prevents me from sleeping, because... well, I'm a worry wart. I love the Spring here in Georgia all except for the HORRIBLE pollen and allergies I get from it and the tornadoes, oh and traffic.
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| Pollen Eyebrows on my planter |
Well, I'm not feeling well tonight so I better get some rest before the storms come a brewin'.
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YAAAAAAAAYY!!!!!!
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