It's Summer!!

Or at least it feels like summer! Either way, I'll take it. Friday was so nice, we went to the zoo. I picked up one of Abby's friends from her school and off we went. I bought a family season pass because it's not only good for Potter Park zoo (in Lansing) but it also gets us into Binder Park and the Detroit Zoo at half off. And we get into the Toledo Zoo for free. Since my parents are pretty close to Toledo, I figured that we would go there a couple times this summer. In fact, we are planning on going at the beginning of may. Anyhow, it was so warm on Friday afternoon and since this was the first really nice day of the year, I forgot to put sunscreen on the girls. I was so used to the cold dreary weather, that I didn't even think about it. And, of course, none of the trees at the zoo had leaves yet, so it was really sunny! But we still had a good time checking out all of the animals. Here are a couple pictures...


Saturday, we went to our niece's Make a Wish Party. For those of you who don't know, Alasen was born with a heart condition that I wont even attempt to spell. She is doing very well now and was granted a wish by the Make a Wish people. She wished for a swing set and so on Wednesday, 2 guys spent 6 hours putting this awesome swing set together. Then on Saturday, there was a big party for the unveiling of it! It was so wonderful to see Alasen so excited. All the kids had a great time playing on it until the rain started. But the party just moved inside and everyone had a wonderful time.
Alasen - we are so happy that you are doing so well. We love you very much and hope that all of your wishes come true!



Today was spent getting stuff done around the house. We also bought some plants to create a container garden for the summer. Abby and I planted the tomato plants this evening and tomorrow we will do the strawberries and green peppers along with planting the seeds for the herbs. We haven't grown any herbs for a few years so I'm looking forward to that. And we have never done vegetables or fruit so I'm hoping that it works. If all goes well, we are hoping to make a lot of salsa this summer. But we don't have a good recipe, so if any of you do...please forward it to me! I'll pay you back in salsa! :)