our trip to Boston and our random photos.

landon and i just got back from a married trip {sans lons}to boston. 

it was AMAZING. 

to have time together. 

to wander the City, explore our history, have a quiet dinner together and hear music we love {the Weepies and Irish music.}

somehow though, we never end up taking the amount of photos we would like. 

i don't know what it is. 

we both really enjoy taking pictures....

but, it's like we get caught up in the moment and what we're seeing/doing and forget to capture our time together. 

so, we naturally took photos whenever we would remember. 

so, instead of these photos telling our story of our time, they end up being a random compilation of photos from when we remembered, 'oh yeah, we have a camera on us' 

so, here's our randomness. it does not at all share very well what we did on our trip, but they're fun, none the less! 

our cute little top floor studio we stayed at in Beacon Hill. 

oh my gosh. WAGAMAMA. i didn't even know this was in Boston and when I discovered it I literally screamed!  i've had it several times in England, and LOVED it and apparently this is the first one in the States. Woo hoo to a great British Restaurant.

 getting ready to board the Water Taxi on the harbor. 

 landon's creativity. 

Old Ironsides. Longest floating war ship in the world.

When Mama's Away . . .

[Guest post by Rachey's husband, Landon]

Rachel recently roadtripped it to Chicago with one of her best friends. So it was me and little babes (Lands and Londs) just chillin' from Friday to Monday night. Oh, what fun we had! I am no photojournalist, but here are a few pics from our adventures together.


Fun at the park . . .

 
Fun brushing our teeth . . .

 Fun at the farmers' market (who's that creepy guy behind us?) . . .

  
Fun playing on rocks . . .

 
Fun working on her pose for senior pictures in 17 years (this looks a lot like my senior picture, apart from the pink, floral shirt that is . .  wait, actually I might have had something similar) . . .

 
Fun eating (throwing) dinner on the porch . . .

 
Fun playing in the garden (taken through a hole in a broccoli leaf) . . .

Fun trying to convince me that dirt is good to eat . . .

Fun playing hide and seek. . .

 
And fun sticking out our tongues . . .

While it sure was fun to have a three-day daddy-daughter date, it was great to welcome Rachey home.

p.s. (this is rachel talking now)...in other news I only have 10 more tee's to sell to reach our goal by Friday!!!!

this is amazing. thanks SO MUCH for the support friends. :) 

diy: GARDEN STYLE.

we decided to finally plant a garden this year. 

it can be a big process. 

here are some BASICS we learned in the process.

i hope it's helpful.

1. be sure to till the ground before laying down anything. we rented our tiller for $85 for a couple hours. well worth the cost.

2. Once the ground is loose, add your soil. Apparently there are TONS of different kinds, but find one that suits your needs.We chose an all natural kind.

3. Find out what cold weather veggies/fruits you want and begin to plant in March/April. Our local hardware store had a great list of when to plant what. 

4. Find an attractive man to plant your lettuce ;)

5. Pull up any weeds. They will ATTACK your garden later if you don't.

6. Dont' pull up the actual plant. You will need to re-plant it if you do. :)

7. And... be sure to plant broccoli. because it's good for you ;)

ta da. a garden! 

well, it's kinda more work than that, but you get the basics.

have any other tips for us new gardeners ?

the waiting game.

so, right now we're waiting on a lot of things...

at least it feels that way.

homestudy sent off.

can't go active yet because we don't have all the funds.

waiting to hear on our grant submissions.
(don't they know we're on the edge of our seats?)

it's hard being patient.

but God's timing is perfect. i must remind myself of this a lot.

happy weekend friends. see you here next week.

thanks for listening.


and just for fun, i came across this picture of my man and i when we FIRST starting dating.

this was actually taken at the K-State Union at their bowling alley.

on a side note: i finally talked landon into smiling with his teeth after we got married :) before then, he thought he looked goofy. i had to prove him otherwise.

so dating= smiles with mouth closed