Yes, we are alive!

Sorry, it's been too long since we've updated! Today we have lots of pictures!

I took this picture a few weeks ago. We had a couple really pretty days. It obviously had just rained, because the sky was blue, not brown! This is our front yard view. Some days you can't see the mountains, but this day you could. Before the houses were built across the street, we had an even better view. At least there isn't a house right across from us, so when the flood control district fills up, we even have lake front property!

This is the avocado tree. We trimmed it almost 3 years ago. It never stopped producing. It has the best tasting fruit on it. Creamiest avocados you've ever eaten! DELICIOUS! There are still lots of avocados on the top branches. We have to wait until they fall themselves...too high to reach to pick. I think they taste better when they fall off the tree themselves!!!

The roses are blooming! This is the "big stick" rose Eddie planted last year. He likes them cuz they look like the Big Stick Popsicles! They are very pretty.

A fuzzy shot of another big stick rose!

The red roses are blooming too.

They look really velvety, even without the blurry pictures!

We have been working a lot in the back yard. Trying to get a garden in. We probably should have started a couple months ago, but better late than never. We have a lemon "bush" that was growing sideways! Eddie decided to cut off most of the bush and see if a branch that was growing straight up would continue to grow up instead of out. We'll see. Eddie actually wants to get rid of the bush, but I want to wait and see if it survives it's "pruning!"

The bush has been producing the best lemons these last few years. I'm sure it's Eddie's watering that has made them extremely juicy and the peels really thin. They're great to use in cooking and lemonade and making the garbage disposal smell good!

We also took out the red hibiscus. It has been infected with white flies for a few years, so we decided to remove it and eventually we'll buy some new hibiscus for the yard.

We also have this tree that planted and grew itself! Don't know what it is besides annoying! We've attempted to get rid of it several times, but obviously not very well and it was a very hardy tree.
Eddie took the chain saw to it!

This is what it looked like before the stump was removed.

The Missionaries came over and helped dig out the roots and remove grass and get the soil ready for planting! They've been very helpful. They live around the corner and we are always feeding them. They like to come over and do "service!"

They got the root out!

This is out under the avocado tree, next to the garage. My mom said she wants flowers out there. We've been planning this for a couple of years. Eddie went out a few weeks ago and finally got it ready for planting. We're going to grow impatiens! They like the shade!

We also got 3 new citrus trees. A mandarin, a Valencia naval orange and a seeless lime!

Eddie planted them! He doesn't like gardening or farming!

He just LOVES ME!

Here are the new citrus trees and the plot he made next to the sidewalk for my herb garden!

Here are the herbs I finally planted. We're calling it our Scarborough Fair garden. Yes, we have Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme! I planted them that way on purpose, so I could remember what they were. We also have Sweet Basil, Cilantro, Chives, Purple Sage and some sweet onions!
This is a photo taken this weekend during conference of our 3 sleeping people. Eddie actually had just woken up, but my Mom and Zena are still sleeping! We had a great weekend. Lots of family and friends, good food and of course great speakers!
So that's our update! I'll try and keep you posted. At least I'll have garden pictures to post!!