Adventures at A Knot

The herb garden

Mom's idea of relaxation!

Joel's artsy picture of us.

Elianna insisted that Joel put his arm around her!  So sweet!

So pretty.

We think Uncle Wiggily (and nurse Jane) lives here!

This is a leek going to seed.

She was pretty impressed

The rose that was almost as big as his head!

Just a few minutes ride from our house is a working horticultural farm called A Knot In Thyme.  What a beautiful morning we got to enjoy it!  We started with a stroll through the rose garden (50 varieties), and then the patterned (quilted) garden with herbs, vegetables, and flowers.  Joel took our picture by the unique vertical garden.  Joel got a kick out of the whimsical miniature garden where Uncle Wiggily and all his adventures happen of course!  The kids enjoyed seeing it all, but were super excited to take a wagon ride pulled by 2 huge black Percherons (French draft horses).  One horse weighted a ton!  In the middle of our ride, we stopped in a holly orchard to hear some teenagers who sang a couple Celtic tunes.  Browsed through their gift shop last...I know where to go now if I need a gift for someone and am in a hurry!

Eli's Place

My Treasures

Happy Mother's Day all you mommies out there!  Treasure and celebrate your special, unique gifts from the Lord.  

Sit 'n Spin Teamwork

The kids have just started to really enjoy playing (nice even...at times!) together.  Joel plays hard and Elianna talks and giggles! 

A Week With Grandma & Auntie

We had a lot of fun while Grandma Susan and Auntie Jess were visiting here for a week.  The Tulip Festival in La Conner was the main attraction.  Made it to Roozengarde and Tulip Town.  We met up with my aunt & uncle and caught up a little.  We were so blessed to have great weather the first 5 days.  We also took time to paint some ceramics in Oak Harbor at Paint Your World.  Mom made a yellow mug, Jess a green lidded box, Joel (another) speedboat bank, and I made a striped napkin holder (since my pretty one from Italy got broken last year by a cute lil baby who pulled the tablecloth off!).  We had a great dinner at Rock Fish Grill in Anacortes and ended our meal (later that night at home) with some guilty pleasures from The Donut House!  I enjoyed relaxing with good company.  The kids were very blessed to have so much love and quality time from Grandma & Auntie.  Elianna was full of happy chatter and Joel loved having an audience, people to play games and do puzzles with.  We were not ready for them to go by the end of our week together, but are looking forward to a fun summer ND visit in a few months.