Garden Galore

So my flowers that I planted last year are sprouting up and the tulip that I planted even bloomed, Yay! I like buying tulips that are wilting from Kroger, because they have them for really cheap, like $1.00 or something, and I bring them home and replant them because they are perennials, and will grow back. Supposedly, and I usually wind up killing my indoor plants, but since this one's outside... it lived!



These are my gladiolas or gladioli, also called sword lily. One bloomed last year, but that was unexpected since I planted them from bulbs last year and they usually don't bloom the first year- so said my father-in-law who gave me the bulbs. I have a lot more around the yard.



Irises that were here when we moved in, but never bloomed...



Irises that I planted last year, along with a new set of wilted tulips from Kroger, which I hope the irises will bloom this year since they get plenty of sunlight..



And last but not least, my little veggi garden. I'm trying to get them to sprout so I can transplant after frost. I realize that I will prolly have to put them in bigger containers, but I have never really sprouted anything but alfalfa and I am excited! Adam built an AWESOME raised square garden container and I'm so psyched. I'll post pics of that later.

Pictures I promised...

Tripp had his birthday party and a not so homemade cake, but he liked it!



He is also my little musician. Erick likes to play on the piano too, but I think Tripp has more of an interest in the music than just the sound.



I took them to the park yesterday, and they had a really fun time.





Tripp's shirt says, "It's my brother's fault". Thanks Michelle ;P

I'm the 4-leaf clover whisperer...

Something you may not know about me, other than you Michelle, is that I find four-leaf clovers... and five and six and sometimes even seven-leaf. It's something I've always done, and sometimes amaze those who I'm with. Like on my mission in Finland, there were big fat clovers in one particular neighborhood, and I found at least a dozen in a few minutes. My companion, Sisar Holopainen thought it was pretty cool (they are called neljä apila in finnish).

There is a knack to it actually, I just have "trained" my eye so to speak to find them. There is an extremely lucky patch of clover in my front yard. I don't always pick the four-leaf clovers that I find, sometimes I'll tell other people, "there are some in this area here," and it's fun to share it with others and to hear them say, "I've never found one before"!

I really like this purple shamrock as well, even though it isn't technically a clover. It's scientific name is Oxalis triangularis and someone very cool once batiked for me a shirt with these clovers and some yellow mushrooms, thanks Michelle!