Spring Time

So, it's been a while since our last post. The weather has been nice to us and we've been spending more time in our yard. We bought two new trees that we hope to plant this Sunday. In the meantime, here's what's sprouting in our yard...

No, that's not snow on our clematis...

...they are sweet little fragrant flowers



jonquils aka narcissus


been waiting all Winter for these to bloom...


these too.



this tulip was a nice surprise -
didn't know there were tulips in the backyard!





grape hyacinth


King Alfred daffodils


hana and the bleeding hearts


and our Japanese Maple is sprouting new leaves

So much for our early Spring!

It has been snowing, hailing and sleeting for the past couple of days. Hard to believe it will be Spring in 11 days!

first signs of spring...

it's been a long cold winter here. the sprouting of this little crocus is a beautiful thing.
temperatures are on the rise (on some days) and the days are definitely getting longer!

Point Defiance Zoo

We took Tulip to the Zoo for the first time. We didn't make it past the Aquarium but we had lots of fun exploring all the sea creatures!

Touching starfish, anemones, and crabs

Checking out the seahorses

Hello...

Been forever since we posted an entry. A couple of weeks ago it rained for 3 days straight - literally. Never stopped pouring rain. Our basement was starting to flood so I went over to my mom's house to borrow her sump pump only to find that she already had 4" in her basement.

We scrambled to save what we could - mostly sentimental items. At it's worst, there was about 12" - and it covered the entire basement. It was like a swimming pool down there. We worked until 4am getting the water out.

I wish I had my camera to docment the experience but it really wasn't on my mind until after the fact.