This may look like just a pile of dirt.....

.....but this is going to be my garden this year! :) Ben had decided to use our front yard flower bed as our garden. We have already planted corn and peas in the two rows. (Parker planted the peas!) And, he has tilled up beside the drive way, so we can plant tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, squash, and maybe some more veges. I am way way way excited! We have tried to plant our garden in the backyard, but with our huge trees back there, there is no sunlight. But, since we cut some limbs down this winter, we are trying to grow grass back there, and really shouldn't be tromping back there to weed the garden! So hopefully, if everything goes as planned, we should have grass in the back yard (yeah! a backyard that we haven't used in the past 4 years!!!) and enough veggies to be considered "self-reliant" this summer and fall!

Can I just say how much I LOVE the smell of the charcoal grill grilling, the sound of the lawn mower mowing, and the sunlight warming the house? Ahh...it feels {a little bit} like summer!