The end of April sees sprouts galore!

I ventured out to the garden this morning with my tea to find hundreds of little seedlings rising from the dirt, so I went out this evening to photograph all our new garden sprouts. Ally will be so happy to see that we have watermelons, pumpkins, beans, lettuce, spinach, and carrots, especially since they were only planted last week.

God has been good to us with lots of gentle - and hard - rain, lots of sun, and a welcome respite from the pests who usually pick them off. There is at least one owl in the vicinity, and both he and our cat are keeping the bunnies out of the yard this spring. The bird netting is doing its job around the okra and new green sprouts - I've never had anything grow at ground level before that the moles, bunnies and birds didn't peck to death.

Preston will be proud of both his potatoes and tomatoes. The tomatos have grown three inches at least this week. New potato sprouts are popping up everywhere, too. I had added squash at the back of the bed that was bare, but I believe I need to move them to make more room for the tubers.

I had to include my new favorite pic of my man - Brent looks so happy in front of the newly painted porch lounging on his red swing with Aidan, our nephew. I also added in a few pics of our pets, and I hope to add a few with me and the kiddos sometime soon. I need to pull an adult out into the garden with us, as I don't trust the boys to keep it dry outside :) Maybe I'll actually get Dylan in the garden for a minute or two and get a good picture of him playing in his teepee. On Saturday mornings, he hides in there and covers the openings with the soccer goals - last week he barracaded Nika inside with him - she looked so tormented - that would've been a classic shot.