nightmare.

The weather was perfect this weekend and I enjoyed every minute of it. (i.e. I did zero studying.)

Saturday afternoon I was laying out in the hammock enjoying the lovely weather. It was a little warm in the sun and a little cool in the shade so I got a light blanket, parked the hammock in the shade and decided to take a nap. The dogs were all laying under the hammock chewing on bones and it was just so peaceful out there. 

After about 30 minutes of being in a dead sleep, this sweet creature...

...decided he wanted to join me in the hammock. Well, his four inch legs just don't allow him to do that by himself, but they do allow him to catch the edge of the hammock and flip me out on the ground. 

I'm sure it would have been very funny to watch but I didn't think it was very funny at the time. 

Don't worry Gus is still living and I couldn't stay mad at him for very long. Who needs to take a nap anyway??

Happy Monday! 

Easter Weekend.

I haven't been a very good blogger lately. Honestly, I just don't have much to say. This weekend I picked more asparagus. I'm pretty sure I have eaten asparagus for every meal, besides breakfast, lately. I only picked Friday and for about an hour Sunday though.

 I planted my garden on Friday as well. Everyone always asks why I have a garden if I work in a big garden all summer. "Aren't you tired of it?!" Well not really... my garden is small enough that I don't really have to do a whole lot but watch things grow and then I can have as many tomatoes as I want. ;)  

I planted 11 tomato plants, 2 jalapeno plants, 2 sweet banana pepper plants (we love them on sandwiches), basil and some kind of weird spicy basil that I'm testing out. I also planted sunflower seeds and am planning on planting some green beans in the empty spot in the middle. Oh, and I planted a blueberry and raspberry bush this year. We will see how that turns out. :) The lavender and rosemary have been growing for a few years and they smell quite lovely. Now I'm just waiting for things to grow.

I also went to the Chiropractor on Friday and he was pretty amazed at how out of align my neck was. He fixed me up but my neck was so sore on Saturday that I was pretty much down for the count. It is soooo much better now though! My mom bought me the movie "We Bought A Zoo" so I watched that. Loved it!! I need a zoo now... 

My little cousins, Aunt and grandparents were at our house this weekend for Easter. Sunday we colored and hunted eggs! 

Adam

Some of the finished product!

We started to hide the eggs for the kids and I quickly realized we had a problem. Gus was going to eat them all if he could reach them. I spent the rest of the time trying to distract him and I feel like I said "Gus, NO!!" about 100 times. It was kinda humorous though.

He was determined! Yes, Brett is wearing Macy's Muck boots. He only face dived twice. ha

They were having a blast.

 I took pictures of some of the flowers in the yard while I was distracting Gus. 

Snowball bush in full bloom. I don't know what it is technically called...

Someday I will get a picture of him that is not blurry, but they are entertaining through the blur. 

See that egg?! Yep, he ate at least half a dozen. Even though I was trying to keep an eye on him. 

He also led the kids to many eggs. They just had to get them before he did. 

Worn out from all the hunting.

 Gus doesn't hold still very often... no typical basset.

Seriously, they had a blast playing. See that white blur? That's Cooper, he never stopped and Gus likes to take breaks and roll around on the grass.

 Cooper was a mess and he isn't supposed to have a bath for a week because of his surgery. He got his feet washed though. He was feeling back to normal!

Jake didn't want to hang out with us. He got bored and went and laid out in the sun so I don't have many pictures of him. 

I know there are more pictures of the dogs than people but I spent my time entertaining the dogs and, after all, they are my kids. 

I also spent a small amount of time trying to study but wasn't very productive so I should go do that now. 

I hope everyone had a blessed Easter and remembered the real reason for the holiday, that Christ died and rose again so that we may be saved! 

winter wheat.

When we walked out of church today, I think the temperature had dropped about 20 degrees. Goodness, it was cold! 

So, naturally, we still went on a walk with the dogs. We bundled up and headed out.

This picture cracks me up. Gus has head turned almost all the way around, looking for Cooper and us. ha

The only coat he had was his fire jacket... 

The wheat is really pretty right now. It's so green! Especially since everything else is so brown. 

The dogs had quite a time running around in it.

My camera couldn't keep up with Gussy...

Love these boys!

I couldn't keep up with Cooper either. He was like a little rabbit, hopping around!  He was soaked and tired in about 10 sec. 

Green! 

It was just a short walk since this is basically in my front yard but we had fun.

We laid around the rest of the afternoon. My dad started a fire in the fireplace and it was a very relaxing afternoon. :)

Kody and I went to the only place within 30 minutes of us for supper, Pizza Hut. ha It was a hot date. ha It was perfect to me though. :) We are now watching Beauty and the Beast (that's right... I said Beauty and the Beast) and I'm about to start studying. We are such party animals... 

Now for some fun news! :)

I have been looking for a fun linkup to participate in. It will be my first! :) 

I'm looking forward to (and slightly nervous about) the vlog linkup over at Erin and Ashley's! It should be interesting... hopefully it will help you get to know me a little better and you won't think I am a total bore.

Should be fun and you guys should join in! :)

Well I better get to studying!