Jen's Popperie

We had one peony that opened up on Saturday morning, and now the entire bush of them have opened and flowered, leaving a wonderful spring scent in the air!

I know this is a little late in posting, but on Mother's Day weekend, the entire Johnson Family, cousins, aunt and uncle included, took Grandma Edith to the Twins game. It is one of her favorite thing to do. Here she is sporting her Hunter autographed jersey, thanks to Uncle D. A great time was had by all!

On Mother's Day, we visited Grandma Ruth and she shared with me a book on spinning. My Great Grandma did much spinning of her own on this, her pictured spinning wheel. I will probably try to figure some of this out this summer. It will probably take some time, and some figuring. I just got a bag of wool that my great-grandma Margit used to have, and the carding combs. I'm excited to try it out. It's kind of a special thing to be able to try, especially with the history of knitting in our family!

Here was our fun "Polish Horseshoes" or whatever they are called...they were a hit!

Even Grandma Ruth gave it a try!

And.....we have Rhubarb! Lots of it...I have made 2 strawberry rhubarb pies and they have been fabulous. I'm excited to say I have plenty of more rhubarb for the summer and into the fall!
I've been in the midst of some knitting, sewing and crocheting projects, but have not been finishing anything due to our huge flooring project. Chris, my brother Brian, and I worked a couple of weekends ago on our new laminate flooring. We have been finishing up the baseboards and trim...once it's done I'll post the before and after photos. I can't wait to have everything in order again!

Spring is finally here! I have truly enjoyed seeing which flowers are blooming in our yard this year. Chris got me a new camera for a graduation from getting my masters/Xmas/birthday present this year. I love being able to zoom in on things! So fun! Here are some of the bleeding hearts, tulips and ferns in our yard. The only thing we don't have that I really wish we had was a red/pink flowering crab apple tree. They smell so wonderful! They are just past their peak in color and bloom here.


Here are some of our multi-colored tulips out in front. Fun!

We have ferns galore in the backyard..so many I want to dig them up. There is something about them, however, that reminds me of our house on Greenwood Drive...we must have had lots of them. Here is one of the geraniums that I got when at the local nursery. My mom and I spent some time last Saturday picking out some begonias and geraniums. Here is the hubby:)

We are having lots of showers...wedding and baby showers at both of my schools in the next couple of weeks. Here are two wedding cakes made out of bath towels for two different wedding celebrations.


Here is a onesie that I decorated with some hand embroidery and felt...a little alien robot dude...I'm not sure which one.