Noah's an 8th grade graduate!

little helper

what do you do when your youngest asks, yes asks, to vacuum the living room,

including all the chair pillows?

sit back, enjoy, and take a few photos, right?

what we did this weekend

After 11 years of sleeping on a futon, the Carmonas

are upgrading to a real mattress ~

7 more sleeps until it arrives at the doorstep

thank heavens!

around the homestead....

the cabbage is almost ready

the naughty dog sneaks through garden beds

the muscadine vines climb the fence post

the blueberries are popping out

the flowers are blooming

the potatoes are thriving in their neat and tidy rows

and the green beans too

the gooseberries are turning plump and pink

and the cherries are ready for nibbling

we are loving the many wonders of May~

hand carved spoon

This week our dinner table was blessed with a new serving spoon made by Nimuae. For the past few months we have been hearing weekly status reports after Nim's Tuesday wood working class with Mr. Crowe. She would tell us what tools she used, the progress she made, what grain of sandpaper she was on. Then last week (hurrah!) she got to bring home the finished product. Isn't it beautiful?

Nimuae's spoon, hand carved, cherry wood

Noah's birthday wishes

When we asked what Noah wanted to do for his birthday (14 !!!), it came as no surprise to us that it involved skating. So David planned to pick him and 3 friends up after school for an afternoon of doing just that. They started by shopping at the local skate shop, using the gift certificates we gave him that morning, then on to the skate park. When thy were all tuckered out (I am sure there is a cooler way to say that....) they went for dinner and games at the Asheville Arcade.

Although I did not get to see him until they returned home at 10:00 that night, he says he had an awesome birthday. And, being the sweet kid he is, he agreed to let the neighbors sing happy birthday to him over some root beer floats at our neighbors mother's day bbq. I just had to get a little birthday action in there somehow ~

(noah's wearing the green shirt)

Happy 14th Birthday, Noah

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