Mallory's Sports Banquet

Last week we went to Mallory's sports banquet at her high school. She really didn't want to take these pictures but when she is 30 and looks back she will be glad we did :)

Oh yea I am taller...only because the shoes...

Freshman girls above and the Varisty team below

Garner Trip

A while back we went to Garner state park for the day...it was wonderful and nobody was there! We almost had the whole park to ourselves.

Chase in action...noticet the splash in the water.

Lazy Afternoon

The mighty palm...and book club

The picture above is a little blurry but I wanted to post it anyway. Friday night I hosted book club at our home. Everything went great! We had 10 girls here and the food turned out very yummy. I made for the first time, hamburger sliders with jalapeno and cheddar cheese. I used Sister Schubert's frozen rolls for the mini buns. I also served tomato and mozzarella pasta, spinach salad with berries and New Age drink cocktail. If you haven't heard of it, New Age wine is the new greatest thing. It is a white wine from Argentina that you serve over ice with key lime. It tastes similar to a margarita but not anywhere close to the calories. I served it with key lime and blueberries and it looked similar to a white sangria. Yummo! For the non drinkers I made homemade strawberry lemonade. Oh, and I served banana pudding for dessert!

Picture above is the mighty palm we were given by Ryan Grandad Leon. The palm made the trip from Deer Park very well and seems to be adjusting to it's new home. The plants in the back of this picture look a little bad but they are just coming back from the Winter. The palm fits perfect in this new spot! Thank you again Leon!

This is a madevilla (sp?) that Ryan planted close to the fence. I LOVE these vines and they grow very fast and very hardy. I am ready for it to take over the back fence!

Other views

Half the walkway is darker because Ryan had just finished watering the yard...

This is the small flowerbed that's at the left of our front door. We planted the same disanthus here that is in the large flowerbed. Also planted another one of my favorites, sweet potato vine. Simply love the stuff...

Our front porch pots with petunias large and small and tall grass. This is the first year I have planted petunias and surprisingly love them. They are super hardy and bloom very well.

Flowerbeds continued...

I can only add four pictures at a time through picasa so that is why there are multiple posts. Picture above is what we started with....

Ryan planted inpatients and ferns in the shady area of the flowerbed. Every year inpatients tempt me with their beautiful color and by end of summer I am sick of them because they need attention. The yellow and green plants are ginger, love them and they are seen everywhere in SA. They do well in sun or shade which is great for our flowerbed where part is sun and part is shade.

It is really hard to tell in this picture but the plants to the right are disanthus. Not sure on that spelling...
They have a bright red flower when they bloom and grow to a shrub. Mom said that Mamaw (my great grandmother) had them all over her yard. I remember her HUGE hydrangeas... There are also purple growing moss in the front and purple onion plant in the back. I have seen the purple onion plant around town and have always wanted to add it to our yard. I still need to get a sun loving plant for right in front of the ginger but haven't found the perfect thing yet...

New flowerbeds

This weekend we worked on one of the flowerbeds in the front of our house. I also replanted all of our pots and everything is ready for spring! Picture above is our cart at Milbergers Nursery...I love that place! A man who was shopping there asked me if we carried veggies, guess I looked the part :)

This is our side porch coming from the garage that Ryan and i use. The pots on the steps get a lot of sun but the area around the white chairs is pretty much shade. In the shady area I chose begonias, cyclamen and maiden hair fern...my favorite.