Whoops! It's been almost a month since my last post. There really isn't much to write about these days as tax season is still in full swing and Jon spends most of his time at the office.

Tomorrow Julianna and I are leaving for Michigan to visit with Oma and Opa and the aunts and uncles and cousins. There happens to be a new cousin in the bunch and for once it's a girl! Jon's brother's wife had her baby on the 15th, earlier than expected, and after having 4 boys, they finally got their girl. It's very strange to think of them with a girl. It's strange thinking of anyone on that side with a girl because Jon's sister also has 2 boys. It will be fun for Julz that there is another girl she can play with when she gets bigger. We are looking forward to meeting the newest addition while we are up there.

Otherwise, the only exciting thing around here at the moment is our new mailbox. =) Because we live on a busy road, our mailbox has been hit a few times. Only once since we were living here but clearly its been hit a few times before we purchased the house. We aren't sure how it gets hit because the post is just fine but the box, not so much. But either way, we purchased a new one on Saturday so hopefully this one will keep my mail dry and it's plastic instead of metal so maybe it has a better chance of surviving these little hits. Who knows! If we need to replace it again in six months, it didn't cost us much.

Jon also purchased a plow and disc thingy to start our garden in the back yard. We aren't planting yet, it's still to early, but he has begun to play with his new toys so our backyard looks interesting at the moment. We purchased seeds of things we want to plant so we are ready when it's time. This year is more of a trial year to see how things grow and how bad the deer will be. Next summer we will try to do more serious growing.

Anyway, that's all for now. I will write another post after our adventure to Michigan! MUCH LOVE!