Spring has Sprung!

We have had one major case of spring fever these past few weeks.

The birds are singing, the wild flowers are blooming and the beetles and moths are emerging and driving Loki absolutely insane. We have especially been enjoying the wild flowers -- look at these bluebonnets. Aren't they gorgeous?

With a little encouragement and lots of advice, we set up a little garden in front of our apartment. (Thanks C & G!) We now have window boxes full of Thai Basil, German Thyme, Chives from Mom's garden and Flat-leaf Parsley. I've already started the habit of eating a chive on my walk to work (sorry co-workers!). And our herb garden has already been utilized for many homemade vinaigrettes. (That basil is SPICY!).

We also have "Big Jim" the New Mexican hot peppers and "George" our Roma tomato plant. I'm so excited to use my new food processor and start making some pesto. (Dan says he is excited for that as well.)

This week we *finally* got around to organizing and unpacking the remaining boxes from our move.. 9 months ago... Getey, you have created a monster. After showing Dan how to hang a cabinet in the bathroom, and floating shelves in the kitchen -- he has been walking around with the power drill looking for projects.

I better wrap this post up; Dan has tied the leather pull from my purse onto a string -- the boys are running up and down the stairs and smashing into walls.

I'll end with my April Fools day baking.

You make a lot of work friends with 5 lbs of dirt dessert.

Hope all is well at home. Can't wait to visit in just a few short weeks!

-K&D