Regan's Garden

I have never had a green thumb, I always longed for one and would dream of a beautiful garden with vegetables a plenty and my front yard flowing with beautiful flowers.  With my bright white teeth, sassy gardening hat and tools I would tackle my yard to have the most beautiful flower beds and garden on the block.

Instead mine always looked like this  :(  I did everything the books said and took advice from the gardening experts yet I never was a success.  Not even the topsy turvy tomato planter from QVC that my mom bought me with the money back guarantee that anyone can grow tomatoes.  Sadly, that didn't even work :(

not one damm tomato, they all died and I did everything it said.  If I can't even grow a veggie with the topsy turvy, there was no hope for me.

Regan has decided that she wants to be a gardener and has great aspirations of a beautiful garden.  I don't have the heart to tell her mommy will probably kill it.

She insisted on these plants from the dollar bin at Target and excitedly wanted to start on them the minute we got out of the car.

Regan was very serious about her gardening.

 She was very careful and followed my instructions

( for once :))

We started with a few basic flowers, a veggie and some herbs.

Regan every hour asked if they had grown yet and I realized it was going to be a lonnnnnng day.   Every morning she checked to see if her flowers had grown and one morning she got a nice surprise.

The flowers had started to sprout ( this was taken today, so they weren't this big a week ago) and her basil, chives and mini tomatoes are starting to come along as well.

She is so proud and we have already bought more veggies and flowers to try some more.  Hopefully she got the green thumb in the family and I wont have to explain why none of our crops survived :)

on a side note.. who dressed this kid today??

6 years or does it feel more like 60??

Today is my 6 year wedding anniversary to Clint.  After everything we have been through the past few years it seems more like 60 years but we are still happy (sometimes), and still  madly in love as ever ( ask him that when "aunt flo" is in town) and his answer may be different.

If you ask Clint he will tell you I told him we were getting married and that he really didn't have much of a choice. There is some truth to that because had I waited for him to bring up marriage, 6 years later we would still be living together most likely.

We had a beautiful church wedding and an incredible reception that was one big party and tons of fun.  So much fun I forgot I had to be sewn into my wedding dress because the zipper broke right before we left for pictures and Clint had to cut me out of it that night ( talk about romantic!!)  That is also the reason in most of the wedding pictures my boobs are practically up to my chin.

Clint is the most patient, kind, giving, gentle and sweet man I have ever met.  He puts up with alot and dealing with me can be alot.  He still reminds me I sold myself as low maintenance when in reality I really am high maintenance.   I also apparently sold him a "bill of good" that expired after we said I do. ( if you don't know what I am talking about, I can explain it later)

After being together over 8 years, married for 6  with 2 kids + Kyle later, we have survived alot of ups and downs and as much as we get on each others nerves ( which is ALOT) I know that there is no other man for me.  I can not imagine my life without  Clint and as much as I probably complain ( because I do complain, ALOT) and I still don't quite get his sense of humor , Clint makes me so incredibly happy and I am very lucky he didn't leave me years ago :)