The grass is always greener....

when the weather warms up.  We have been seeing so much green this week with all of the rain and some warmer days.  Flowers are blooming and the days are getting longer.  Makes me wonder why I even think that I like all of the seasons.  As much as I love the beautiful fall leaves, the picturesque snowfalls and the scorching hot sun at the beach, the spring always seems to feel the best transition.

We've seen more activity on the wildlife front as well.  Unfortunately, not all encounters involved living creatures.  We were moving some furniture around in the den/office this weekend (we're still not done).  We remembered that Jean (the previous owner and builder of the home) had told us that mice would get trapped in the return vent.  We decided to take a look and found a poor little mouse sitting at the vent with nowhere to go.  We thought he was dead, but when we took him outside he showed signs of life.  Of course I am nuts and I couldn't just put him outside as weak as he was, so I built him a little house with water and food.  People set traps to stop the little guys from their pest-capades and here I am trying to bring one back to life.   Weird, I know.. I can't help it.  I am sad to say that he didn't make it.  We're going to have to find a solution for this.  I can't handle a bunch of dead mice.

For Mother's Day, we went up to grandma's house in Ashtabula.  She was sweet enough to give us a few pieces of furniture (pictures will come later).  An antique bedroom set, a table with a built-in sewing machine and a few miscellaneous things.  The down side was that we had to rent another Uhaul.  I am so sick of seeing those trucks!  Regardless, we were so happy to spend some time with her, mom, Jim and Jimmy.

The only thing that would have been better would have been to give Martha a big hug!  Her present from us is more pictures of flowers <3  We are also so excited that Margaret was able to spend this holiday with our beautiful niece, Mara!  I can't wait to meet her and post a picture of us with that cutie.

We should hopefully have a fun update sometime this week.  For now I will share a teaser picture.  We hope that everyone had a great weekend and a Happy Mother's Day to the moms out there!

Small Rodent Watch Team

Just chillin'

Happy Mother's Day, Martha.  Our Bleeding Heart goes to you :)

It may not be the best looking lilac, but I was beyond excited to see this beauty.  I have to smell it every time we're outside now.

Ahhh, my favorite.

There is green everywhere.  Good thing curb appeal doesn't really apply to us... we can just let everything grow!!

One of our hops are starting to grow.  We don't have high hopes since we won't get much sun in the summer.  Total bummer.

Green, green everywhere!  Can't wait to see what grows on the Deadly Rose Bush (the huge one in the left bed).

Our view of the pond from our living room windows is dwindling away.  It's going to look so different when the trees are full.

Hogan doesn't understand the concept of taking pictures.

Not cool, Hogan.  Not cool.

Can you spot mama and baby?  Perfect for Mother's Day!

The poor little mouse who didn't make it.  I have a rough time with furry friend death :( 

Now I know for sure why I have to fill the bird feeder every single day.  What an adorable jerk.

3 generations and 2 lovely mothers.

We found old home movies with an old school projector.  Older technology is so interesting.

Teaser!