The Beginnings

It's been so rainy lately. In fact yesterday I was caught in a torrential down pour without an umbrella on my way to my car from the court building. But all the rain has been doing my garden good.



I have 3 zucchinis already growing!

 Do you see the tomato?

Of course my lemon tree...

 My blueberries are ripening. Hopefully I can get them before

the birds do!



Living Area Update

I found some old pictures of our home that were from the listing when we bought it that I've never posted. Quite different from what it looks like today.

See here for my BEFORE post.

See here for my UPDATE post.

Here are a couple pics from my last update.

Here are a couple pics from now. I put some baskets on the wall.



Just a little update on my latest project!



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A Special Weekend

This past Sunday we had an apostle from our church come to our stake and speak to us. We were also lucky enough to eat lunch with him afterwards. It was definitely a special experience!!

Learn more here http://www.mormon.org/ or http://www.lds.org/.

Also, I thought I'd put a couple pics of my garden up.

Below we have zucchini, tomato, basil, verbena  and our lemon tree.

Here we have our blueberry bushes, 2 tomato plants, 4 green pepper,

2 jalapeno, lettuce, spinach and radishes..and some flowers.

Hopefully this year brings some produce :)

Have you planted your garden?

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LEMON!

So the day has come that we could finally pick one of our lemons...woot woot.  We had my dad over for Sunday dinner today. Perfect time to use our freshly picked lemon.

 First I used the lemon zest for this yummy pasta dish. One of my favorites. I could eat this all day long. It paired nicely with the grilled chichen we had. I got this recipe out of my red and white cookbook. I tried to find a link but I couldn't so I've typed it out at the  bottom of this post.

For desert I made a Creamy Lemon Pie which used the lemon juice. This was probably the easiest desert I've ever made. The filler is 3 ingredients! I used cool whip on top but you can also use your own whipped cream.

Click here for the recipe.

Ronnie agrees...yum!

Here is the

Lemon Cream-Sauced Pasta with Asparagus and Squash Recipe

8 ounces dried mafalda or rotini

2 cups asparagus cut into 2-inch peices

8 baby sunburst squash and/or pattypan squash halved, or one medium zucchini cut into peices

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon butter

1/2 cup whipping cream

2 teaspoons finely shredded lemon peel

1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions. Drain. Keep warm.

2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook asparagus, squash and garlic in hot butter for 2 to 3 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Remove vegetables from skillet with a slotted spoon; add to pasta.

3. Combine whipping cream and lemon peel in a skillet; bring to boiling. Boil for 2 to 3 minutes or until reduced to 1/3 cup. To serve, pour cream mixture over pasta mixture; stir gently to coat.

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Easter Weekend

This weekend was beautiful. My mom and I started out the Easter weekend by going to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. It was so nice to go. I had been wanting to go to the gardens to see the azaleas and spring flowers for a long time now so I'm glad we finally got to go.

 Here are a bunch of pics :)

Cherry Blossoms

Azaleas

Dogwood and Azaleas

Rododendron

Easter Sunday

Ronnie and I...not a great pic but I was excited about my dress :)

Hope you had a wonderful Easter!

Watch this video about Christ:

http://youtu.be/bAuaSpJ7zGs

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Just Another Weekend

It has been so beautiful lately! On Saturday, it was so nice. We decided to go the Wildlife Refuge and take a walk around. When we got there it was all cloudy and windy...but we still spent some time walking around outside. Of course, by the time we got home it was all sunny again!

 There were some driftwood stacked up and we decided to take a 

driftwood photo.

 I guess this is were all those helium balloons go....

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

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Looking to Expand

Ronnie and I are looking to expand our family!! We're hoping to add a little one to our family through adoption. Please feel free to give out our adoption blog to anyone you think may be interested!

slavenadoption.blogspot.com

We also have an adoption email: heatherandronnieadopt (at) gmail.com.

We're hoping to spread the word so that we can find the little one that adds (in many ways) to our family.

P.S. Thanks for all your help and support. It's not easy to throw ourselves out there like this but we know the results could be well more than worth it!