A walk through the yard... May 2011

 I took a little walk yesterday morning through the yard with my camera. See this pretty lady in the bush?

 She's been busy sitting here for a few days =) So excited, her nest is near the deck, in the grapevines. I have been checking it morning and evening for babies!

 You can almost see this lady, see her tail on the left? She is near the kitchen door in the wisteria vine, a bluejay. I think she may have a couple babies, it's hard to tell, but I think I hear faint chirping the last couple days.

 The wisteria is beginning to bud! I cannot wait to see how pretty it is!

 So many interesting things popping up everywhere! Since this is a new house for us, we don't know what most of the things are that are planted. Any idea what the above plant is? I am headed to the nursery later today, I am hoping they can help me with a few of the plants I have growing.

 This one?

 I really love the blue and yellow together. Makes me smile when I see it.

 This is the birdbath the previous owners left at the house, it leaks, so I planted pansies and they are so happy here!

 I noticed only a handful of tulips, this one is gorgeous! I will be planting more this fall.

 Not sure what any of these are.

 Or this, it is a huge bush though!

 The apple trees are loaded with flowers! Four trees in all. I had forgotten how beautiful apple blossoms are =)

 The potatoes I planted are growing.

 Ferns unfurling.

 I think these may be blueberries near the chicken coop. I had planned on planting some, or stealing the ones I planted at the old house, but I may not need to.

 Can't wait to see what this is!

 Another plant on my list to ask at the nursery. Love the bright orange color.

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed my little walk though the yard. Sure wish the sun would join us a little more this year!
I am waiting for some pictures from my sister in law, somehow when my mom, sister and sister in law were here, I kept forgetting my camera! So I am waiting for pictures of our visit to Pikes Place, Abby Tea Garden, and a few more.
Have a fab day, thanks for stopping by today!

More of our visit with Scotts mom and stepdad.

I use my blog as a sort of journal, these next few posts are family visits... thanks for understanding =)

 After a full day Thursday of tulips, LaConnor, ice cream, Deception pass and a late dinner at Skylarks (our favorite place in Fairhaven) we had a slow morning Friday, plus the hubby had a couple flights scheduled =) so Friday afternoon we headed out to lunch at Bayside Cafe then headed north to Birch Bay. 

 We pulled into the state park and saw more people than we have ever seen on the beach before. Once we got out of the car to walk on the beach we realized it was clamming season!

 Look at the huge bag of clams these two had! We haven't tried clamming yet, but really would like to some day! Friday ended with a stop at the C Shop in Birch Bay to get fresh made candy and ice cream =) before heading home and having a delicious salmon and oyster dinner made by ME! Ha! I LOVE to cook, so I always try to cook at least one meal when we have visitors.

 Saturday morning we woke up to gorgeous sun! So the hubs took his mom and step dad up for a flight while I cooked breakfast of blueberry waffles. YUM!

 Scott and his mama =)

 Flying over the islands, the water color is just gorgeous!

 The ever popular cockpit picture.

 They flew over Deception pass... which we had visited Thursday.

 They also flew over the tulip fields.

 A clear day to see Mt Baker. The last time his mom and step dad visited it rained the whole trip so they didn't get to see much.

 Lake Whatcom.

 After breakfast we split up, the boys went birthday present shopping for Scotts birthday at the local hardware store. The girls went to the local Farmers Market for a little shopping! The girls also snuck in a quick trip to the nursery for a surprise Easter present for the hubs from the Easter bunny.
We all met back up at the house and headed to dinner at The Cliffhouse. The day was just to AMAZING to not go to the most amazing view in Bellingham for dinner.

 We had a wonderful dinner to celebrate the hubbys birthday.

 Then he and I headed out for a sunset flight, just the two of us!

The end to a PERFECT day =)
Easter sunday (the hubs birthday this year) we enjoyed breakfast sandwiches and fresh fruit which the hubby helped cook, Easter gifts for everyone, it was a rainy, lazy day of reading for everyone. For dinner Scott asked for prime rib with garlic mashed potatoes and chocolate cake with buttercream frosting.
Thank you so much for visiting us Jeanne and Gene, we really enjoyed the time we shared. Hope to have you visit again soon.
On Monday I drove back down to Seatac to drop off Scotts mom and stepdad and pick up my mama! BUT, I had about two hours in between, so a trip to IKEA was a must =)

Sorry for the long, family related post! Thanks for stopping by today, hope it's feeling more like spring where YOU are =)

A few more tulip pictures =)

 I wanted to post a few more tulip pictures, I just didn't feel like I had posted enough in the last post! Ha!

 Do you have tulip fields where you live? If not, I highly recommend seeing them at the Skagit Tulip Festival, so worth the visit!

 I loved this one with the single yellow tulip in all the purply-pink ones!

 A picture from Deception Pass. Beautiful!
I'll be back with more soon! Thanks for stopping in this morning! Have a wonderful day.

I'm baa ack!

 Guess I took a little break from blogging! Oops! Didn't intend too!
We have had family visiting the last couple weeks, it has been so fun to show off this beautiful area we live! Our first visitors were Scotts mom and stepdad.

 I couldn't wait any longer to see the tulips this year so Tulip Town was our first stop the day after they arrived. Gorgeous as always! Cold as always too! Ha!

 I thought for sure with all this rain it would be really muddy, but it wasn't bad.

We decided Tulip Town was enough tulips for one day (really cold) and headed to LaConnor and Deception Pass with a stop for huge ice cream cones on the way!