HERE’S WHAT’S UP: SO we PLANTED A GARDEN

Yes that’s the kind of garden we planted in front of our house. We had planned to garden this year. We pictured our front door blooming with flowers. We imagined neighbours passing by and admiring it, drooling and wondering how we did it. Then when spring came, it took us forever to purchase seeds and sow them. The picture you see above is that of when we just planted. We put already blossoming flowers which we purchased in one pot. Then the rest have seeds which were nursing at the time. We are too ashamed to show you a picture of how they look now but we will go ahead and tell you what is going on with them.1. The former blossoming flowers are now withered and look totally unappealing2. The seeds in one of the bigger flower pots germinated. Yay! BUT they are all green stalks that keep growing taller and taller like they plan on getting to the window of our house. When will the flowers start showing forth??? They look more like “elephant grass” right now.3. The seeds in one pot refused to germinate. One stem is trying to shoot out to give us hope.4. The seeds in another of the big pots germinated and we can see green leaves which are now turning yellow. No flowers yet.5. The seeds in the silver pots are germinating gradually. We'll have to transfer them to a bigger pot to grow.Each time we pass and look at our “garden”, we feel so disapointed in myself. How can we fix this? We need to see flowers!Here are some other things happening in our life:Homeschooling
Mr N and we officially started homeschooling the girls today. We planned on doing it at the beginning of the next academic year in September, but we read a blog by a homeschooling mom who said she home-schooled all year a previous year. We were like, why don’t we just start now? We are nervous about homeschooling but the girls totally loved day 1. Let’s see how it goes.July 4th
Today is celebrated at American independence Day. We spent a great part of the day at our niece-in-law’s. On our way back from there we watched beautiful fireworks.Learning to use the camera
We're still learning how to use our new camera. We feel like we are taking a university course without paying tuition if you know what we mean. Using that camera is a whole world on it’s own. We can’t wait to fully understand it.One thing
In church, we learnt about the one thing that can make a difference in your life. Our pastors said, application is everything! It is not enough to know the right thing. You have to apply what you know.Here’s wishing you a beautiful week and a very blessed rest of the year!Do you have any suggestions for our miserable garden? What’s up with you?23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. James 1:23-24