The Konrad Family: Mother's Day

I pretty much had the most super fantastic Mother's Day weekend; it was either my first or second best ever - I can't decide. I just love these two more than anything. It is my pleasure to be called wife and mom.

This is only my second Mother's Day, so I'm still a rookie fo sho, but Mother's Day has been newly crowned as my most favorite day of the year. There's something about feeling triple super loved by my wonderful hubby and whole handful of love two-year old, Eric, that just makes my heart sing. L.O.V.E.

My plants love this time of year, too! The trees and plants just seem to be at their happiest. Absolutely lovely. Hmm...I can see a few spots where I could squeeze in a plant or two or three or.....!!

We've added some new garden beds in the backyard - as it turns out, the old ones weren't tall enough to keep a bloodhound, german shorthair and two-year-old out! They were just a big, hot mess. Ben dug up and ate all the potatoes; Jake laid on all the herbs, and Eric took his shovel to everything else. It was pretty much an epic fail! I'm fairly confident - maybe even 60 to 65% sure - that the new beds are tall enough to keep them out. Fingers.crossed. But seriously, let's just cut to the chase here, we're out numbered and the odds are NOT in our favor. If I were a betting person, I'd bet on the two-year-old, hound and shorthair. Pretty much sounds like a safe bet. (Here's how confident I am - I've already signed up for the weekly Farmhouse Table produce pickup!)

Darin gave me "landscape green light" on Mother's Day - which meant that I could pickup some new plants without having absolutely any idea where the hell I would put them. As it turns out, I LOVE landscape green light! Here's my newest additions: Red beech tree, creeping thyme, oak leave hydrangea, blue flax, minnesota evergreen creeper, veronica, and a couple other things that I don't remember now. I guess it's about time that I come to terms with the notion that I might kind of have a slight plant addiction. I even tried a plant diet recently, and I made it a whole week, but pretty much only because I worked all week and that made it really tough to get to the nursery. I totally fell off the wagon that next weekend. It's like I need plant weight watchers; I have no willpower at all. And this is exactly why one of our landscape rules is that I can only go to nurseries with Darin. I need a calm voice of reason with me - otherwise I'd have 100s of trees! I'd pull out the driveway and fill it in with plants - it's totally wasted space. :)