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look who came to play in the peonies.
  
oh she is such a cutie!
annie, talby, jenn and i were jumping up and down trying to get her to smile.
we must have looked so funny to the traffic going by.
miss london has brothers and a sister too.
and a daddy of course.
i forgot to share these pictures from a few weeks ago.
     what fun neighbors to have.
now…when do we get baby-sit?
talby and annie are ready!
that’s how long i wait for my favorite flower.Â
        the entire bush grows out of the ground in a month.Â
then huge round buds form all over it.Â
annie shouted “look we’re growing watermelons!”Â
Peonies are just the most feminine flower.Â
wouldn’t they make a wedding so beautiful?Â
i wait 11 months to enjoy their blooms.Â
and inevitably….always…every year…no matter what….Â
it rains within a week and they all fall down to the ground.Â
too heavy to hold themselves up anymore.Â
and in 11 more months we’ll see them again.
I agree with you (all). They are the most beautiful and fragrant flowers, and yours are just lovely. I remember reading somewhere that they’re the only flowers that can’t be grown out of season…I wonder if that is true. Almost makes them more special. I’m with you……they are my favorite! I just went out in the yard yesterday and cut some to fill a vase in the kitchen and they just bring a smile to my face! My sister just married and she had lots of them at her wedding….. these remind me so much of our wedding…nine years ago this coming june 5th…ooodles of peonies in the cellar of my grandmothers house…Lorel and I got to make all the table arrangements for the reception and I think that was pretty close to heaven. 🙂 Thanks for bringing back memories. I too think you should make a calendar! These are beautiful. Mine are blooming too. I want you to know that I’m using the one with the faded out background on my powerpoint for worship this week. It’s perfect. Peonies are my absolute favorite flower. Unfortunately, I live in Houston, TX which is not a spot where they grow well. I miss peonies, lilacs and old fashioned flags (irises) from back home in Ohio!!! They are the best aren’t they , you must cut them and enjoy them inside , don’t they last for ages when cut. Just gorgeous! Martha would be proud! I want some! You should pick them and make lavish and luxurious boquets and garlands to drape all over your beautiful house while they are still alive! 😉 such a worthwhile 11 month wait, the peonies are lovely! BEAUTIFUL!!! so pretty Meg…thanks for sharing… I also love peonies. Mine are getting there, but not yet ready to bloom….thanks for sharing yours…..Cut some of those and put them in a vase….little ants and all. Pretty, pretty peonies! Reminds me of how our azaleas bloom… so pretty but for such a short time. Great photos. 🙂 ~Jill Mine are going to pop any day now. And we just had a big rain today–so I’m actually glad they weren’t open yet! I love to look at mine on the bush, but I really love to just go cut all of them off and bring them inside in a big vase. And they WOULD be gorgeous in a wedding! Oh my goodness girl that’s my favorite flower also I was just out side looking at mine there not in bloom yet, but I’ll let you know when they are, do you cut your and take them in the house? These are so pretty, I think you should publish a calendar, so then while you are waiting for the next 11 months, you can be looking at photos of them. 🙂 those are beautiful! almost look not real! Those are beautiful pictures! Are all those peonies in your yard? Love them. I’ve had peonies before but I would get so bummed when they would fall to the ground and get overrun with ants. Maybe I should give them a try with a hoop. As as ex-florist of 17 years before becoming a mom, those, too, were my favorites – seeing I could have my choice at any time – oh, to have a flower shop again….(sigh) My favorite flower too!!! I just love them!!! meg- i love these flowers! my mom has a ton of them and you’re right, as soon as a rain comes they fall to the ground! those pictures are incredible!! i’ve never paid attention to that kind of flower before, but i will now…GORGEOUS!! those are beautiful meg. i don’t have any. maybe i should get some – are there a bunch of different varieties? I just love how bulbous and about-to-burst they look right before they bloom! those are gorgeous! perfect pics 🙂 my sister came to visit us for the weekend!
with s’mores…and neighbors and dogs…and beers.
saturday was perfect.
laid in the grass, talked with our grandma, splashed on the trampoline,
stuck stickers on maya’s belly, went for a long walk
we ate our treats on the steps of the historical museum.
FAR!
lorel i am so happy you came to visit. grandma thank you for coming too. I meant to comment before but forgot…The Grover on Sesame Street reference cracked me up! I used to be able to the best “Near/Far” impersonation. I’ll have to try it out on my family tonight. 🙂 what a wonderful weekend treat – time spent with your sister. her kids are adorable too. i love the look of your street. such pretty houses with wonderful front porches. very welcoming. WOW..you can have bonfires in town? Jeepers that would be fun but here the fire dept. would be here in 10 mins..lol wow! great blog! fantastic photos…love time with family 🙂 Looks like you had a great family weekend… Near…far! So funny! I want to jump on the tramp with water! Everyone looks like they had a great time. The little one with star stickers on her belly reminded me of Dr. Seuss’s “the sneetches”—too cute ;)! time with family… nothing better! nothing! Seeing you both together made my little heart ache, you have such a great gift in eachother. It makes me wish so much that I lived closer to 1. my mom and 2. my brother and 3. Lorel. Super fun & yummy food to boot! Sisters are great to share adulthood with! I am so glad I came too! I (mostly)enjoy the roller coaster ride of raising kids, and I enjoy our sisterhood. Sat. was a wonderful day. Our ride home was mostly really nice – both girls slept for almost 2 hours, so I drove the “cowboy trail” thru Cottonwood Falls. Just beautiful. When Macy woke up though, her right front tooth was really loose and bleeding (whine, whimper -“It tastes gross!”-then Maya says,”gross” too.) It finally fell out last night at 8:55! thanks for everything. See you in June. Looked like a glorious day! Looks like a fun weekend! Smores, ice cream, waterplay… just makes me want to go outside and soak up some sun. 🙂 ~Jill looking at these pictures just makes me feel so blessed.
another outing with annie
craig was out of town so dinner was a picnic in the yard.
and bald eagles in their nests.
and bike rides around the driveway. its all SO good. You know I love a good dinner picnic! No crumbs to clean up inside! I love the costumes! a picnic complete with costumes – how very enchanting. cute pix. You are such a fun mama! You inspire me!!! How those everyday moments bless us! I love all the costumes involved in the picnic, and the outing with the arms full of babies. So sweet! fun, great pictures!! 5 kids??? wow!! i bow to you!! your children are beautiful!! I’m still drooling over those dad gum biscuits below… ~Jill 🙂 Life’s precious moments!! Wonderful memories… ~Jill Posts like these that you create always feel so “magical”. I enjoy reading them. soooo good! Megan, I love it!!! Great picture’s we should all be thankful,I know I am…
this recipe came from a friend of a friend. start by cooking your chicken however you’d like
place it all in a 9×13 pan.
add it to your chicken in the pan.
now for the best part of the recipe.
place the biscuits on top of the chicken & sauce.
remove from the oven once the rolls are golden brown.
if you make this maybe you will have a meal that is so loved
go make this. YUMMERS. Oh NUM! Thanks, it is cold, dreary and rainy here today, that looks perfect for dinner! I have a rotisserie chicken in the fridge that I was trying to think of something to do with! Thank you so much for this easy and yummy recipe! I am my husband’s new hero. okay–I will :)! 1st time on your blog and I love it. Wow ~ You made me want to cook … that’s saying a lot! Oh comfort food! My mom makes this but covers the top with the smaller biscuits (and adds a bag of frozen veggies), but I bet the big flaky biscuits are much better. Thanks for sharing your dinner ideas. I think we all need help sometimes. This looks so good! Please email the recipe – thanks. Looks delicious…my family loves chicken and biscuits…but have never found a recipe that keeps everyone happy! Will have to give it a try (could you email me the recipe?) I think we will add the corn! Yum! Please, please, please send the recipe. I love easy and my family loves chicken. I would LOVE the recipe, thanks! 🙂 That looks great and easy, my kind of cooking. Looks delish!! I’d like a piece of that watermelon right now… Yum! ~Jill 🙂 This looks super easy! I’m gonna give it a try next week! (We are leaving for sunny Arizona on Saturday!) But I’m for sure doing it…next week! Thanks for sharing! I want to make this tonight but I’m not finding the recipe???? I looked in the sidebar under recipes and unless I am blind today I don’t see it. HELP!! My hubby is going to be so grateful to you! Although I might take the credit. 😉 Right up my alley…quick and easy..and I was so afraid the cremay part was gonna be creme of chicken soup that stuff gives me the willies…but is not…its a delicious gravy…so yea…send it on over. Thanks Meg…oh yea…heart the basketball plates too…I have been eating of ladybug ones for a while now. I would love this recipe! My husband would love this! Thanks! I want to make that tonight! My husband would freak out if it came out of the oven. Chicken and biscuits are his favorite and there is no good Southern eating around here. Please please pass it on. oh my heavens! I thought my family was THE only ones that made that! we love it too! sooooo dang downhome cozy 🙂 better yet… i’m heading over… have leftovers? 🙂 yummmmmmo! I would love the recipe. Wow! That looks soooo good! I love to cook & getting new recipes! I came to check you out on the perfect day!! So glad you stopped by my neck of the woods the other day! I have an Annie too, in first grade…as well as 2 boys, Jack is 5 and Sam is just about to turn 3. How old are your kiddos?? that looks so good. i am going to get the stuff for that right away. my son will probably try to eat the whole pan himself. thanks! would love the reciepe for this but it is not on the side bar? did i look in the wrong spot? thanks for your help that green camper isn’t looking too bad now! OH…can you imagine that life? don’t worry craig… but something about it sounds wild and dreamy. my camper would be decorated to the “t” and i would be so thankful for a family of three! I adore the indie spirit.. but i KNOW I wouldnt cope with that whole thing.. I would love to see the movie of some who did though. My mom bought her motorhome from a family that spent a year traveling around in it and seeing the United States. My mom said they all looked very tired and the kids wouldn’t stop picking on eachother ;)! You’re right though, it does SOUND nice! hhmmm? I posted a comment but it disappeared… ; ) Thanks for the comment yesterday…fun finding your blog! There is something appealing about it. Maybe some of us having gypsy souls. 🙂 i would have no hair!!! Whoa. I remember hating going camping in our pop-up … but we werent even close to this. 🙂 You know, 10 years ago I would’ve laughed and said no way. Somehow, it sounds strangely appealing to me right now. I have many dreams of escaping. That is kind of scary. Maybe buying a camper is a good solution. you know, it does sound appealing in a “lets try it for a week or two” kind of way…but maybe its the kind of thing you’d have to commit to for at least a few months to really “feel” like you were living the spontaneous life. Enzo would love it, Lilly would love it, husband would hate it. Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Nice to “meet” you. I’ve been reading your blog and really enjoying. You have a great family. I’ll be back. so…all my kids would be in the “other” camper right? I think it would be fabulous. We have gone TDY with my husband and spent 8 weeks with 5 kids in a hotel room. I brought an electric skillet, had a microwave and small frige, and cooked in the room. It was a blast. We applied to go to Germany. I wasn’t planning on taking anything furniture wise. I wanted to just rent and buy functional IKEA furniture and spend our money traveling. I would love it. I have always dreamed of traveling the US in a RV. Come on, we could go together and put the bad kids in the “other” camper- or tie them to the roof! Oh… how did you find this? I need to see this! I’m the baby of seven children and I can’t imagine living in that small camper. We lived in a decent sized house and it was still crowded. What am I saying… I was the seventh and last, way behind the others so I was like an only child. I only lived with my two youngest brothers. 🙂 I won’t to see this documentary!!!!! You post the coolest things. I’ve got blog envy. 🙂 Hugs, Jill 🙂 LOL..I would need a MUCH BIGGER camper than what that guy had…jeeeesh, thats a lot of kids in a tiny space..yowzers. I am with you, part of me is like “that is it! let’s do it!” and part of me is like “well, maybe we could at least go camping more.” But I love the indie spirit, was raised with some of that myself…Thanks for sharing – can’t wait to see it! some pretties from my mother’s day…
craig and the kids made lunch for me and craig’s mother. hope everyone else had a day to relax and feel blessed. Well, we kind of celebrated Mother’s Day. Not as lovely as yours, though. We kind of put it off until another day as we had too much to do! I started moving my bedroom upstairs to our third floor. It really was like moving to a new house. My daughter’s stuff going downstairs, couches going downstairs, and our bed and clothes going up! It was exhausting, but I love it up here away from the kids! Things are still in chaos, but it was fun to work hard and get all of our stuff at least on the right floor. I got the same gift! Lunch at home (I hate nothing more than crowded restaurants and hungry children) and a LONG nap! Who would have guessed something so simple could make a mom SO happy! Glad you had a nice day. happy mother’s day! i love the card that says “you rock mom!” that’s when you know you are loved. Sound like you had a perfect mothers day….well deserved. So glad you had a good one! |
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Grandpa and Grandma Lehman - Great pictures again.
Adorable, doll, beautiful, cute, edible, awesome, Miss London is all of those.
Great family pictures too.
Thanks for keeping us up to date with the pictures.
Do you have a camera permanently attached to
your hand? You seem to have a camera ready
at just the right times.
amy - Meg, these are awesome! I can’t decide on a favorite… the first one? the feet? Russ and Konley? The are all perfect. We defintely need to sign up with your studio! 🙂
Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land - Those are beautiful pictures. Babies and flowers. Two of my favorite things!
Gini - Dang she’s cute. What a nice addition to the peonies!
Suzanne - one word…PRECIOUS!!!!
julie - She is edible! Even more beautiful than the gorgeous peonies! Love her fun and sweet little name too. Fantastic pictures! I linked the chicken and biscuits on my blog because we are obsessed with it here.
Jill (One Wired Woman) - Cute, adorable family!! ~Jill 🙂
Jenn - Megan – these are sooo cute! I was surprise when I went to your blog this morning and there was London! I am very happy there are some good ones. The grandparents will be very happy. Thanks for all you do and being such a great neighbor! I owe you a lot. Talby told me the other day that I needed to find a day to go shopping so she could baby sit London. Mmmmmmmmmmm I am working on that.
Jenn
CJsmom - Megan,
You don’t know me but I am Russ’ sister. I love your blog and keep seeing some of my favorite people. Especially in these pictures. That little niece of mine is the cutest little smoocher. I have kept up with your blog since Jenn’s shower that I missed. I love your pictures. I am sure Russ and Jenn are very glad they posed for these. And as for my older niece and nephews, they are just the greatest kids. Love ’em to bits. Thanks for the smiles!!!
Shelly - Those are great pictures!! I love peonies and babies… very pretty together!
Lee Ann - Oh so cute! Beautiful. Love the family head shot. They all look so happy!
April - Love the last photo…so creative GREAT JOB !!
carissa - oh how fun! great pics! pretty family too!
love the last one… ugh… too awesome!
traci - she is such a doll. the pictures are beautiful – i am sure they are so happy you took them. great job.
Lanny - Megan, I’m sorry you misses it, maybe next time. Where do you live? E-mail if you want or just leave me a comment… I Love the picture’s what a big family they have.
Lanny:)
jes - oh-so-adorable!
Jennifer P. - That first one is so adorable it should be on a fabric softener bottle! And I loved the one of the whole fam. on the blanket. I’ve seen that pose before, but you make it look all fresh and new! SO cute ;)!