once upon a time...

once upon a time... i had a beautiful little garden. i planted corn and peas and spinach and all sorts of fun stuff! it sure was pretty [until summer came]. after that i moved away... and my poor little garden was used no more. it sat there silently waiting for my return.... well, that day has come. i officially started the garden revamp project today! its gonna be amazing. we really need to rent a bobcat or some other piece of big ol' machinery in here to get it all leveled out and blah blah blah... but my lettuce has sprouted and in a few weeks we will be ready to plant. before, we only had one raised bed, but this time we are going to do two big beds on each side of the garden area... then do a flagstone path leading down the middle. and... we are going to be getting shade-cloth... which should help protect the plants during the hot hot summer months. im getting really excited for all this to come together! i love doing this kind of stuff! :)

then...

 

now...

 

it wasnt really that hard to take it all down- the bricks were just stacked... so it was really easy to just unstack them. and as i was doing so... i kept getting startled by all these little geckos hibernating in the bricks! 4 of them were these itty bitty little mediterranean house geckos....

and one was this cool looking western banded gecko- like this one... [it kept making this funny squeeking noise]...

anyway. i successfully moved them to a new location in our backyard without making their tails fall off... i hate when that happens. high five to me! 

i also found these cute little gecko eggs. kinda fun, eh?

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welp. it sure has been a productive day.
and its not even over yet... 

:)

a few things....

so im working on starting up the "family" garden again this year [ive already planted zucchini and summer squash, cucumbers, lettuce and beans... just waiting for them to sprout.]  we've been doing some planning... the garden area needs quite a bit of help. well... this is what we found when we went out there....

...its kinda pooping creepy. our poor little shooshy pup has been gone almost 2 years [im sure ill blog a memorial when the time comes...] anyway. how weird is this?! bah... it creeps me out. it looks like he getting ready to rise from the dead... you know like that guy on hocus pocus who has his lips sewed shut? their graves look the same to me. haha... im definitely gonna have to do something to fix this. lol...

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hayley was out in the backyard having fun with grandpa [mark] playing in the mud and eating dirt... and we taught her stick out her tongue!! [adrian was not too happy with us!] haha... but it sure makes for some funny pictures and a lot of good laughs! and i really am loving her new hair do! too stinking cute!

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and recently, adrian and dustin redecorated their bedroom and bathroom. [be checking adrian's blog... she's supposed to be doing a post about it pretty soon!] they had a painting that i had done hanging above their toilet, but it didnt match the new shower curtain... so i offered to do a new painting. and this is the final result...

not too bad right? i hope they love it as much as i do! :)

photo shoot with larry...

larry is 91 days old today... how old does that make him in plant years? 91 years? haha... maybe. he looks like hes an old man now... with his graying grass hair! how how he makes me smile! 

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also... i planted my little acorn seeds! yes... i said seedS (multiple)! i have a dozen soon to be acorn trees! i suppose it is a little lame that i get such a kick out of this... but whatev. i love it! :) 

+ happiness...

alright... first of all- happy valentines day, friends! i love you all!

second of all... i planted some happy little plants of saturday. i got some pansies going for mom [for the front and back yard]. i re-potted [and thinned] the basil and cilantro and my 3 little baby sunflowers and a strawberry plant. and! my yucca have sprouted and looking all types of cool... so i planted them too! and!! the jojoba have some wicked huge roots developing so i got those in a pot too! [i tried to take a picture, but im afrain it didnt turn out super well.]

and here is the most exciting news of all! are you ready for this? i have one little tiny acorn root starting to form! woot woot! that means someday... i will have a little baby oak tree... and then many many somedays after that i will have a big oak tree! sigh. that just makes me so happy! im pretty sure my mom thinks im insane.... but i dont care... i just love this!

yay! :)

punxsutawney phil day...

happy groundhog day y'all!

[and apparently we still have 6 more weeks of winter... haha]

so my family does one family home evening a month with our friends the collett's... last night it was our house [oh and by the way... i dont stay. i go to the one for my ward, lol.] but for dessert my mom and austin made punxsutawney phil cupcakes... and they sure did turn out awful cute, dont you think? i just had to take a picture of them! and they were pretty yummy too! high five to the mom and little brother...


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my cilantro has its first true leaves! :) and the basil i just barely getting their first true leaves too... this means i need to transplant... if only i had a garden to put them in... sigh.
ps... this is day 26.

+ edmond...

once upon a time... katie nicole & i got a pet fish for our goodman apartment in thatcher [he matched our decor of reds and blacks haha]... we named him edmond [after edmond dantes... the count of monte cristo, because lets be honest... he is one hunky dude]. edmond survived the wrath of angela [who poked a hole in his fin and often aggravated him with pencil erasers], many other random people who would try to get him riled up [he sure was a spunky little dude... and he was ready to fight you in a second. he would puff up his gills and charge your finger behind the glass], a couple trips and then a move to tucson, a move to utah [where he got a window seat of all the snow and utah scenery], and another 12 hour drive back to arizona. so... ive been taking care of edmond for 2 and a half years. ive grown rather attached to him. and i got a little teary eyed last night because i just knew he wouldnt make it through the night. there has been a couple times that i really thought he was going to fishy heaven, but then he would pull through. but since utah he kinda just laid on the bottom of his bowl most of the time. he was an old fella in the end... he was allowed to be lazy [despite what austin may say]. anyway... this is the end of my tribute to edmond. he will be sorely missed, indeed.

i sure loved this little fish.

silver beaver...

"the silver beaver award is an award given by the national council, boy scouts of america, upon recommendation by the local council, to persons who have given outstanding service to youth over an extended period of time. the local council may make a limited number of recommendations each year, according to the number of registered units. this award is bestowed only upon those persons who have given continued, unselfish and effective service through programs of the boy scouts of america. only those persons who have been nominated by their scouting peers are considered."

my dad got nominated for this rather prestigious award not too long ago and tonight was the awards banquet. he was one of 9 nominees for the silver beaver award this year... and we are so proud of him! grandma & grandpa farr also came to town to support their son [and they bought him a wicked sweet pistol]. it was really cool program and im so happy that we got to be there to support him! we love you dad! youre amazing! :)

we tried to have kelsey here with us in this picture [and instead adrians finger is a little oddly placed. hahah...] we did miss you kels! :)

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this was the news clip from kgun9... jennifer waddell was there as a master of ceremony... all types of pregnant and all types of cute. haha... anyway.... she had to leave early to get ready for the ten o'clock news! lol!