Call in the Reserves!

A few weeks ago we planted our garden. We planted some plants and some seeds. I took a lot of pictures but I am still having trouble with my computer transferring my pics. Anyway, we decided to take a picture of the whole garden but it looks really nice! We both said, 'well, if we don't grow anything at least it looks nice.' Last week I was out weeding the garden and watering it and I found...some shoots coming up! My onions, lettuce, peas, beans and spinach are growing!!! You don't really fully understand what this means to me. This is my first garden and I thought for sure the only thing I'd be able to grow were weeds. I'm still learning a lot and I hope that we actually have a harvest this year. A lot of my plants are doing well and growing too. So, yesterday I had one of those most embarrassing and shameful moments of my life! It was Memorial Day and so I had to get up early to go perform with the Lehi Chorale at our Memorial Day Presentation. This year they honored women veterans which I thought was really neat. Anyway, Jason's dad and brother were going to come over and help him dig trenches around the house to hook up this new blasted irrigation system that our city put in. That way you have the culinary water for your house and the irrigated water for your yard. Anyway, I get home and see that there is a parade of cars in front of my house and Jason's ENTIRE FAMILY is out there weeding my front yard and helping Jason dig. Ok, seriously, I was SOOOOO grateful...but I haven't weeded for like a month or more. I've been pretty good about the beds right in front of my door, but horrible with the other larger bed. I hyperventilate just looking at it! But even the beds right in front my house haven't been done for a month (maybe a little bit longer). I felt terrible that they came and spent their holiday morning working in my yard because I'm too busy (and lazy if truth be told) to do it. Our lawn is mostly dead as well because we didn't have a lawn mower until about a week ago and we haven't been able to turn on the sprinklers because we had to hook this whole thing up first. The sad part is that my house is just as bad as my weeds-overgrown and out of control! I nearly lost control of the tears right then and there. I was talking to Jason about it after everyone had left and I told him how grateful I was to them for doing that but how horrible it made me feel. He said, 'oh well, on the bright side it's done.' And I said, ya, but on the other side, now I have to keep it up! I sat there after they were gone and pretty much the whole day and thought, what do I do exactly all day that my house and the weeds could get so bad? I won't list them all here but I realized that I am actually pretty busy and hopefully things will slow down once school is out. But I'm sure I'll find something else to fill up that time! Anyway, if any of Jason's family are reading this THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!