lean-to and the garden growing

matt's been wanting to build a lean-to onto our shed for a year or so now and he is finally getting a chance to do it! he wants a place to keep our tractors out of the weather and maybe even the lawn mower so that he'd actually have room in the shed to move! he's doing a great job!

 

be careful up there!!

 

green beans, sunflowers, snap peas and limas

the garden seems to be doing pretty good so far too! we've noticed the return of some potato beetles, which we had pretty bad last year, but hopefully we can get them under control before we get too many...we are seeing that they are not completely partial to potatoes.

 

squash, sunflowers and tomatoes

 

lil claire

 

such a nice day to be outside riding lawnmowers or carrying tractors...

 

cute bubs, he's getting so big and steering really well these days!

photo fun

 

it was such a beautiful evening! we were all outside enjoying the weather...and the tractors! :)

babysitting

today we got to babysit our sweet little neighbor madelyn! having a 2 month old next to my baby...definitley makes my baby not seem as much like a baby!! she is only 17 months though!! just goes to show how FAST they grow!! cute little girls. 

outside

just a fun evening outside playing! :)

our garden grows

front garden

we were out playing today and i thought i would take some pictures of the gardens progress.

green beans

sunflowers

limas

the back garden, snap peas, squash, zucchini and lots of tomatoes

the playing outside: wyatt and claire getting soaked and soaking each other with the water table.

beek!
(that's what we say instead of "peek-a-boo"...not sure why...more than likely i started it, that's what matt always says anyway! ;) )

lucy sneaking some sips!

monkey see, monkey do!

Happy 3rd Birthday Wyatt!!

happy 3rd "birthdate" wyatt daniel renfrow!

wow, i can't believe that my little guy is 3 already!! how time flies when your having fun...and we HAVE been having fun! just take a gander at all he/we were able to do for his birthday...

first we went strawberry pickin' with grandma!

ok, so, not all of them made it in the bucket!!

claire did her best to help with the pickin', but most of the ones she grabbed ended up smashed, smeared or swallowed! ;)

"look at all our strawberries!!"
(i love this pic...so good of both grandma and wyatt!)

me and my munchkins!

after we dropped off our filled baskets of strawberries, we picked up some chick-fil-a, then headed to the park.

synchronized swinging!

he seems sort of proud of his new wheels! thanks grandpa and grandma!

after the park, we headed home for naps. uncle jay, auntie ree and eli came during this time and daddy got home early! when the kiddos woke up, it was time to open presents!

"i have a train set!!!!"

we gave wyatt this train set and rug...it's from IKEA, so cute.
uncle jay and auntie ree gave him a set of extra
tracks with a tunnel (which he loves!) to add to it.

sweet wyatt, we hope that you had a wonderful 3rd birthday!! we love you soooo so much and are so blessed that God would pick us to be your parents. we pray that this year ahead, and many many more, would be full of His blessings on you and that you would grow up to love and serve Him.

early birthday

we are making our trip last! we left delaware today and are staying at matt's parents, which is fun and breaks up the long trip from DE to NC. matt's mom (nana) has sure had an eventful weekend! not only was saturday grannie and pop pop's 60th anniversary celebration, it was also her birthday, followed by mother's day on sunday and then this evening we celebrated wyatt's birthday with them! one celebration after another!! here are some pictures from our little birthday time for wyatt! (...can't believe that he is going to be 3 in two days!!!)

yay, a new veggie tales cd to listen to in the car!!

yummy, yummy cake made by auntie ashley!

excited to get to blow out candles!

yum!

(i can't remember what it was called, but it was ice creamy and wonderful!)

tractor and truck heaven

farmer wy :)

whenever we are in delaware, wyatt LOVES going to uncle chris and aunt crystal's farm to "drive" all of the tractors! (and they are so sweet to let him.) i think that he got in every single big truck, tractor, combine they have!!

standing with aunt crystal as one of the big tractors is moved...for him!! :)

"driving" with uncle chris

"see ya later, i have work to do!"

PopPop & Grannie's 60th Anniversary!!

Happy 60th Anniversary Grannie and Pop Pop!

what a blessing to be able to make the trip up for this sweet celebration! how awesome that everyone in the family was able to make it too! they really wanted a photo with everyone, so it was able to happen! matt's mom and his uncles (or maybe his aunts!?! ;) ) planned a really nice celebration for them at this awesome seafood restaurant–known for their crab cakes. it was such a nice time and the food (best crab cakes ever!!) and company were great!

wyatt and claire meeting their third-cousin madison

claire sucking on a lemon...she loves them.
(we know, not good for the teeth, this is only the second time we've let her do it.)

pop pop and grannie cutting their 60th anniversary cake!! :)

grannie and pop pop with their great-grand children!