Summer is here

And Lillie is telling everyone she sees that she's "officially" a Kindergartener. "Officially!"

Terry and I worked our butts off in the yard today....putting down 680 lbs--yes, six hundred and eighty pounds!-- of top soil, fertilizing, planting, watering, taking out a dead tree, putting in two new trees (Happy Fathers' Day early, honey!) and creating our veggie garden for the summer. We will have zucchini, 3 types of tomatoes, purple peppers, hot peppers, chives, blueberries and catnip, of course! The cats have already done the "seek and destroy" on the catnip, but I'm hoping it will keep growing, for their sakes! Our new trees are Chinese Mormon Apricot and Bartlett Pear.....I really want fruit from my yard sometime in my life.

Other than that, there's no news to report. Unless you count the fact that I'm losing my mind more and more than ever before. I had to go somewhere twice the other day because I completely forgot the reason I was there in the first place the first time I went--and it was only to do ONE LITTLE THING! Then I went to the library to return a book which I had lost between the house and van, so that took me two trips (and wouldn't you know, the book was in the back seat, just where I had left it, but I didn't see it until after I drove home to look for it). I had to really concentrate on my grocery list this week and take my time so I wouldn't forget anything. I guess I'm in serious need of a break. I'm counting down the days until we leave for Disney....it's 4 weeks away! We are getting sooooo close! And I'm getting more excited by the day. I think the kids are more excited about being out of school with no early wake-ups right now, but I give them a week of sleeping in, and they will be counting the days til vacation with me. In the meantime, we are trying our hand at camping again this weekend, the boys go on a scouting weekend camp out next weekend and we are just plum busy! I love it! Hope I can remember to do everything in the meantime.