Spring is here!

Oh how I love spring! The runny noses of all the little ones, sneezing in my face and the precious bouquets of weeds that are so loving picked but make me sneeze. It's all good though because I get to go outside with those little runny noses and play in the bubbles, plant flowers and watch them laugh and play for hours.

It has become a tradition on Mother's day that we go and get flowers for all of my pots. I did 3 hanging pots across the front of my house, a large container on the patio and a smaller pot on the patio table. We also got a couple of strawberry plants for another large container. I love this tradition and hope that it lasts for a long time.

We made a little raised garden in Mimi and Papa's yard and planted a beautiful rose and another flower. Hopefully we can keep them alive! We take care of stuff around there and we didn't do so good with the sod that we planted a couple of years ago. It just didn't get enough water and it pretty much died. I felt so bad. Sometimes I feel like I do a good job helping and others I feel like I am no help at all. It can be hard to balance.

I have felt a sense of urgency in cleaning out the clutter in my home. It can start to take over everything and steal my peace. I hate to get rid of stuff though because "we paid good money for that and might be able to use it again someday". Oh, blah, blah, blah~! Why did I buy it in the first place!

Also with spring comes looking at the house under a microscope and seeing all of the work that needs to be done. Realizing that we talked about needing to do that last year and now it is here again ~staring at me right in the face, all of those tasks that we listed last year and I am going to have to list them again this year. Will they ever get done? Oh, maybe but I better not hold my breath!

I love Spring! I would have it no other way for Spring also reminds me that even though I am so imperfect, God renews and there is new growth! Thank you God for Spring!