Gosh - time to actually blog this morning! How did that happen? Wait, I know! That's what happens when Allison wakes up at 4:30! Silly girl! She is nice and chipper this morning. We'll see how long she stays that way. She will probably be a cranky bear this afternoon.

Here are a couple of pictures of the yard area I cleaned up this weekend, with the help of the boys. There wasn't much left after the freeze this winter. The day lilies are already coming back out, and the roses are beginning to start sprouting as well.


I took Alli shopping for new shoes this weekend. Her teacher called me Friday and said she had been tripping a lot (again) lately, and her ankle was rolling when she tripped. I had stopped putting the brace on her ankle, because she was tripping even more with it on than she was before. So....we went shopping. We got the cutest high top sneakers for her! It is hard to tell the color here, but the laces are black and pink - very cute! Hopefully, the higher top will help support her ankle better. Her old shoes were pretty worn out, so even new low top sneakers would have helped!