spring break

I started my spring break out with Easter. My Grandma Doris was in Idaho visiting us for the weekend. We went to several nurseries and found some really fun plants. If you live in the area and haven't been to Boise's Edwards Nursery, you should really take the trip. It is awesome! We also explored some of Nampa's new quilting and fabric stores downtown. Grandma found some really awesome fabric.

On Easter Day we hung out at my mom's house and ate a lot of really delicious food. We had potatoes, beans, asparagus, bread, artichokes, fruit salad and yummy, yummy lemon meringue pie. After we ate dinner we played cards and had fun into the evening.

As you know, the next day I headed out for Tracey's house in Moscow. We had a lot of fun!

When I returned home and Johnpaul got off of work on Friday morning we headed

to Bend. We went to visit Johnpaul's parents for a couple of hours and then headed to my dad's house for dinner and a place to stay. We had a nice time chatting with all of them. The next morning we woke up early to meet Michelle at my Grandma Doris' house to put together her beautiful new greenhouse. This ended up being a very big project, only taking a break to attend my cousin Crystal's baby shower (she looks so cute!) and to visit my Grandparents Van Orsow. Here are some photos of the greenhouse project.

Here is Johnpaul and Michelle putting up the corner posts where we would eventually slide in the walls.

Look at this wicked awesome picture of Michelle and my grandpa's old electric drill. We really did use this at one point!
















Putting up the walls.









Finishing up....yes...it really is that dark out. We started at about 9:00 am and finished about 9:40 pm.

It was well worth it though, the greenhouse turned out beautiful and I got to spend a nice day with my fantastic husband, my wonderful sister and my delightful grandmother.






That night (at 10:00!) we headed over the mountain to Portland to visit Johnpaul's sister and her family. We got there after they were asleep and crawled into bed. The rest of the time spent in Portland was used to visit family and friends that we don't get to see often enough. One highlight for me was being able to see my friend Megan and her awesome family. We ate a delicious meal at her house and chatted about life.

We made it home Tuesday, just in time for us to each have a day of relaxing before we headed back to work.

xoxo, Stephanie