This means blogging will have to be brief for the time being.
I wanted to take a quick moment to share an update! During the last couple of weeks:
We took a break from the indoor construction work during those nice, warm, dry days and created some flowerbeds and an herb garden. Don has always wanted some apple trees and we have the perfect spot here, so he planted four, complementary varieties. They are dwarf trees and don't look like much right now, but still - we're gonna have a TON of apples in a couple of years!
With the wedding only about 4 months away, we found an afternoon to go shopping for the girls' dresses. The Bon-Ton store is going out of business, so we went there to check out the bargains and Brook chose these dresses for Grace and Rosie, her 2 attendants. Then, she found her own dress while shopping with her mom a couple of days ago. Keep moving forward!
Nate and Brook are keeping their wedding very simple. Ceremony and reception at our church with only about 40 guests, between family and close friends. It will be early afternoon. Brook loves wildflowers and sunflowers, so the decor will be colorful, but simple. Having inherited a number of lovely flowered serving platters and a huge stack of pretty little plates, we will serve finger foods and punch while we visit on the huge garden deck attached to our church building.
And, Val, our sweet little barn kitty had her kittens! FOUR! On May 15th. All healthy and becoming more adorable by the day!
And, finally, Don moves forward on the indoor construction little by little. Keeping my fingers crossed that Grace is in her own room by the time her esthetician (skin care and cosmetics specialists) training program begins in mid-June. Rosie's may not be complete until July. We aught to have a big party when they are both completed! The girls are so excited to furnish and decorate in their own styles.
I hear we're gonna be blessed with some super weather this week, so enjoy, Friends!!!
