Check Out Our Green Thumbs

Our flowers are blooming like crazy! While mom and dad Christopherson were here visiting we planted a bunch of flowers in the front of our house and in pots on the porch. They did the hard part, digging up the flower bed. I did the fun part, planting the flowers. They have really grown and look so bright and happy. We love to come home and see our cheerful little house now!

We also bought 4 little seedling papaya trees which have grown like crazy. It was so amazing that dad started measuring them each day to see how much they had grown. They are now almost big enough that Ryan can nap in their shade (haha). We are looking forward to the day when we get basketfuls of papayas from them.
The other day one of our friends in the ward called to offer us a few banana trees. We have been wanting to plant some but couldn't find anywhere selling them. So for family home evening we piled in the car with our shovels, went over to his house and he let us have 4 apple banana trees and 1 tall papaya tree. Woohoo! We are carefully tending them to be sure they get enough tender-loving-care! They wilted a little right after we transplanted them, but they perked up after a few days and are now looking strong.
Now if we could just get our vegetable garden planted...