New Summer Love!

Every summer I have a new love for life.  I think it is the sun, the fact that no one is in school, and the feeling of starting something new that inspires me!

Last summer my love was California.

The summer before that it was... that was too long ago.. I can't remember.

But THIS SUMMER it is my new GARDEN!!

Here's the story.

One fine day, Danny and I were walking through Target looking for rank gifts for our doTERRA team training.  We couldn't find exactly what we were looking for until we got to my favorite part of the store where they have a maze of aisles that hold everything magical.  Everything is one to three dollars and they are such fun/random things!

So while smiling through this maze, we found the perfect gift.  A kit to grow your own plant as a metaphor for growing their team!  They came with the cutest pots and you could choose strawberries, sunflowers, or basil.  I was ecstatic!! I bought two sunflowers and a basil for me (the strawberries were gone after we took the last of them for our team).

About two days later I planted them in their adorable pots, tucked them in all nice, and talked to my flowers every day while watering them.  YUP I am one of "those"!  I love talking to my plants and firmly believe that they can feel and grow off of the energy you give them.  Look it up, it's real!

My plants grew!! 

It made me so happy to see them grow because I did that! I helped them become something beautiful!  

I then started reading up about outside gardens and vegetables because that would be amazing to see more plants grow and even produce food!  A couple weeks later we found ourselves at Home Depot buying my garden.

I got some starts from my mother and made my first garden!

Before we got started...

6 hrs later...Finished!

Chives and Mint

Strawberries

My favorite Sunflowers!

Raspberries, Kale, Oregano, Tomatoes and Basil are also coming to a garden near you!

I do want to make a shout out to my wonderful Husby!  Without him, I could not have done all of this! His expertise made it so beautiful! It definitely pays to marry a man who can do EVERYTHING!