Remember that '1' cherry? Sigh....

Remember my previous post on my excitement over discovering our '1' cherry and waiting for it to ripen?

I've been checking on it everyday and it was getting a beautiful blush color. Must mean it was soon to ripen!

Neil and I were going to 'share' half and half of this harvest!

Hmm, afraid not!

The birds seem to beat us to it! Sniff, sob! :o(


I hope they enjoyed it!
Next year....netting! Har! Har! Birds! :o)

Our Cherry Tree Harvest!

This is a semi-dwarf Bing Cherry tree. We planted it in April or May 2009. It has really gone through a growth spurt.
Can you find my little yellow cherry in there? It's there!
Ahh, there it is! It's trying to ripen. Perhaps dad and I will split that beautiful little cherry will it ripens, that is if the birds don't eat it first!

I was told it took 3 to 5 years for fruit trees to bear fruit. I am sooo excited when I found this one single cherry! I hope next year to find at least a handful!

Cool Shades...real cool!

Kirsten had to have an eye exam today because of a new seizure medication she is taking. She has to go in every 3 months and have her eyes dilated to check the optic nerve and her retina. I took this picture of her when we got home. She was tired and not in a photo op mood! Her eyes will be dilated for a few more hours. Her appt. was one hour long. The actual 'doctor' visit time was only 10 minutes!

One cook chick! :o)

She just needs to be holding a guitar! Ha! Ha! Ha!

She probably looks drugged! She's not; she's just tired! We found out that she is 'near sighted', just like her dad! Her doctor said that the condition of her eyes was very good and everything looked great! I was a little concerned about 'dry eye' but she does not have that.

One interesting thing he told me, and I had never been told this before...always learning something new, she has an extra line of eyelashes which he said is a common trait among trisomy children. He said that is why she has such thick and beautiful eye lashes! Now we know! He said that her lashes were long and that sometimes is also a factor with these children. He said that Kirsten looks very good and complimented me on her 'care'. I said, 'Thank you!' He was surprised to see a trisomy 18 child her age, actually she is an 'adult' being 21.

Happy 4th of July America!

Today is Independence Day - July 4th - America's 235th birthday! Happy Birthday America! At the end of this post I expressed my sentiments of this holiday.

Neil and I and Kirsten went over to David and Angela's house so that dad could cut some of the very tall grass growing in their yard. David and I are very allergic to outside pollen and grass. They were not there when we arrived. Angela's family had holiday plans. That was fine with us. David felt really bad he could not be there with us. We're just glad they had some time off' to enjoy some fun activities. Dad and I did not mind doing 'service' for them that they really needed.

Because of my allergies I worked 'inside'. I worked on the kitchen area. I'll leave it that. Anybody that knows me will know that I have 'busy hands' that like to do 'service' and I enjoyed myself!

Dad working in the yard.

The first half of the pictures are the 'AFTER' results.

He did some weed whacking in the planters.

The gravel and plastic is an area David wants to extend his patio with concrete.
It was over grown in grass and now we can find it!

This area, all the areas, was waist high in grass.

This is behind the house. The fence area is a kennel area. They do not have an outside dog.

Their dog Nala is a little Chihuahua and inside dog. They use the kennel area to store trash cans, etc.

Neil did not get quite up to the trees. This area looks so much nicer!

Inside the kennel, all clean and neat!

Coming around the side of the house.

This send half of pictures are the 'BEFORE' look!

This is inside the kennel area.

The entrance of their driveway.

The plastic and gravel area, overgrown, where David wants to extend a patio.

The planter under the porch. Yes, it's overgrown too.

Coming around the back side of the house. The grass was so tall it was laying down.

Just getting started with cutting the tall grass in the back.

Last Thursday I went over to help David watch Avery as he painted his basement. She opened one eye and took a peek and decided to go back to sleep!

Isn't she just the sweetest little princess?! She's such a little doll!

Today is Independence Day and it means a lot to me. I want to 'thank' our forefathers for their sacrifice in bringing freedom to this country and breaking free from the oppression of England. We also wanted religious freedom. I am so grateful for the beautiful country we live in and for all the freedoms we are privileged to have. I personally had ancestors who came to America on the Mayflower and ancestors who fought for freedom in this country. I get nostalgic every time I see 'Old Glory' waving. She is beautiful! When I drive around throughout our town or the next town I find so few flags flying. It doesn't matter what holiday it is, hardly any flags fly. It pains my heart. We have a flag and I love it and what it stands for...freedom!